Top 20 most influential African Americans

   Don Lemon

 

	Don Lemon   News anchor who came out of the closet in his memoir, 'Transparent,' and is currently an adjunct professor at his alma mater, Brooklyn College.
Influence: 104.5 Reach:14.1 Substance: 7.4 Media: 936 Internet: 1230000	Job: News anchor, CNN Sector: Entertainment/Media Location: Atlanta Age: 45

Don Lemon is an incisive journalist who courageously revealed both his homosexuality and childhood sexual abuse earlier this year. Such honesty informs Lemon's work, which has garnered four Emmys and includes coverage of Africa's AIDS epidemic. Lemon also covered Hurricane Katrina and the explosion of the space shuttle Columbia.