Top 20 Black History Influencers in 2026

1. Jermaine Fowler

Bio 📚 NYT Bestseller ✍🏾 American Myth Machine (2027)🏛 Recovering forgotten history📩 *****@thehumanityarchive.comJoin my 36K+ newsletter readers👇🏾 Instagram Handle @thehumanityarchive Instagram Followers 1.3M Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Mega Gender Male thehumanityarchive.com/podca.. + Follow Get Email Contact Request 633 Black History Instagram Influencers with email contacts in a spreadsheet or csv file. Email us at [email protected] Copy emailEmail us

2. Jacklynn

Bio Travelling the world in pursuit of history (and sometimes just for a little adventure!)@lonelyplanet correspondentPartnerships: *****@wmgmt.co.uk Instagram Handle @byjacklynn Instagram Followers 644K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

3. Andre P White

Bio 2025 Signal Award & 2026 AMBIE Winner 🏆 📧: *****@gmail.comTeaching you the history they don’t want you to know 🫡LISTEN TO THE PODCAST👇🏾 Instagram Handle @redactedhistory_ Instagram Followers 308.9K Follower Growth (3mo) +89% Type Macro Gender Male airwavemedia.com/our-shows/r.. + Follow Get Email Contact

4. Anthony Milian

Bio Democratizing History in an increasingly Undemocratic World | 🇵🇷 Public Historian | 2026 Clyburn Fellow📨 *****@millieup.com👇🏿for more Instagram Handle @deffnotant Instagram Followers 258.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

5. Jermaine

Bio 🔥 Library 📚 Of Knowledge *****@yahoo.com Instagram Handle @therealblackhistorian Instagram Followers 253.3K Follower Growth (3mo) +7% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

6. Xavier Buck

Bio The history they buried. The geopolitics they won't explain. The tactics our movements need — 3 min or less. 📩 *****@gmail.comBy @xavierbuck Instagram Handle @historyin3 Instagram Followers 242.6K Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

7. Cheyney McKnight

Bio 📚Public Historian🤲🏾Historical Interpreter 🙅🏾‍♀️Not Your Mammy *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @notyourmommashistory Instagram Followers 171.5K Type Macro Gender Female youtube.com/@NotYourMommasHi.. + Follow Get Email Contact

8. Axsal Omega

Bio 🌍Travel | Culture | History🌍🙅🏾‍♂️Author Educator & Voicebox👨🏾‍💻Group Trip Host ✈️Founder of @TheSoulFam👇🏾🎥UGC Creator | Brand Collabs *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @omega_axsal Instagram Followers 170.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

9. Hamish Ganga

Bio I JUST LOVE AFRICAN HISTORY 6’10”,315lbs *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @african_historyandnews Instagram Followers 121.9K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

10. Evan Woodard

Bio 🧭: History | Travel | Adventure📍: Baltimore, MD📨: *****@iamsocial.la Instagram Handle @salvagearc Instagram Followers 113.7K Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

11. Lettie Gore

Bio 📚 Historian | Professor | Racial Equity Consultant 👩🏾‍🏫 M.A. History | M.A. Conflict Resolution🔸 James Baldwin stan🎤 @historyshowsuspodcast *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @sincerely.lettie Instagram Followers 88.5K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Female anchor.fm/sincerelylettie + Follow Get Email Contact

12. Frederick DeShon Murphy

Bio 🚙 History traveler & storytellerFounder of History Before UsPreserving the places, people & stories that shaped us *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @historybeforeus Instagram Followers 48.3K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

13. Latoya Coleman

Bio 📜The Anthony Bourdain of History📚Books, Art & Culture🎙Host of @thatwasntinmytextbook🐶 Pet @alongcamelenox 📍NY✉️Toya[at]ToyaFromHarlem.com *****@toyafromharlem.com Instagram Handle @toyafromharlem Instagram Followers 26.3K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

14. Elle Kayson

Bio Urban Romance Author, African American History & Culture Lover, & Eternal Dreamer.PA: @theindieauthorassistant *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @ellekayson96 Instagram Followers 12.7K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

15. Keisha N. Blain

Bio ✨ Award-winning Historian and Professor at Brown University | 📚 President of the Center for Engaged Scholarship Instagram Handle @keishanblain Instagram Followers 8.3K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

16. Gracia Collins Rich

Bio Sharing History Through My Historical Nonfiction/Fiction Book Collection *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @historywithher Instagram Followers 3.2K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

17. Morgan Lloyd

Bio •⏳Brb, I’m Time Traveling ⏳•🪶 Black & Nanticoke Lenape (+ other ndns ) 🖤 Shàxahkapt ~ Truth:Straight Talker👇🏽learn about my work Instagram Handle @morgantailored Instagram Followers 1.6K Follower Growth (3mo) +11% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

18. Mr. Ernest Crim III

Bio Emmy-nominated public teacher of overlooked (Black) history. Hate-crime survivor. Chicago area. Email below, but brands go here: *****@theagencyhq.co Instagram Handle @mrcrim3 Instagram Followers 439.5K Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

19. Marvin-Alonzo Greer

Bio Public HistorianMorehouse 🏡ATL/DC/ STL#blackhistorian #blackhistory #mueum #publichistory *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @magthehistorian Instagram Followers 25.8K Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact