BLACK HISTORY MONTH

100 High-Profile Black People Who Impacted My Life

Many are icons across several industries

Deante L. Young
12 min readFeb 2, 2021

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Cassius Clay 1960's.
“Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali)” by charlywkarl is licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0

Black History Month is a badge of honor for many African Americans, myself included. I usually make good-natured jokes about Black stereotypes when the month rolls around, but I’ve always been proud of my ethnicity.

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Deante L. Young

Personal Development Writer | Deante Unlimited podcast, Host | Deante: Under Construction web series, Star | Deante Young Enterprises, Chief Creative Architect