Top 25 Black History Influencers in 2026

1. Henry Louis Gates

Bio Dir. of Hutchins Center at @harvard. Catch #FindingYourRoots Tuesdays at 8/7c on PBS (check local listings). *****@harvard.edu Instagram Handle @henrylouisgates Instagram Followers 495K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact Request 644 Black History Instagram Influencers with email contacts in a spreadsheet or csv file. Email us at [email protected] Copy emailEmail us

2. Ibram X. Kendi

Bio Carter G. Woodson Endowed Chair in History @howard1867 • Director @huadvstudy • Editor @the_emancipator • National 📙 Award Winner • Bestselling Author *****@bu.edu Instagram Handle @ibramxk Instagram Followers 1.1M Type Mega Gender Male Get Email Contact

3. Nikole Hannah-Jones

Bio Waterloo’s finest/Creator #1619Project @nytmag/Knight Chair @howard1867/Founder @1619freedomschool/Founder @northstarbooksbar in 2026!/Ida Bae Wells✨ Instagram Handle @nikolehannahjones Instagram Followers 222.5K Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

4. Isabel Wilkerson

Bio I write about human nature. Pulitzer Prize. National Humanities Medal. Author of The Warmth of Other Suns and Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents. Instagram Handle @isabelwilkerson Instagram Followers 119.4K Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

5. Jermaine Fowler

Bio 📚 NYT Bestselling Author
✍🏾 Coming Soon: The American Myth Machine
🏛 Recovering Forgotten History
👇🏾Get My Free Newsletter *****@thehumanityarchive.com Instagram Handle @thehumanityarchive Instagram Followers 1.3M Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Mega Gender Male Get Email Contact

6. Clint Smith

Bio Author of JUST BENEATH THE SOIL coming May 4, 2027 from @aaknopf. Also How the Word Is Passed, Above Ground, & Counting Descent. Writer, The Atlantic. Instagram Handle @clintsmithiii Instagram Followers 113.2K Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

7. David Olusoga

Bio British-Nigerian Historian - BAFTA Winning Producer/Presenter - Best Selling Author - CoHost @journeythroughtimepod🎙️
AGENT *****@unitedagents.co.uk Instagram Handle @olusoga Instagram Followers 19.2K Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

8. Keisha N. Blain

Bio ✨ Award-winning Historian and Professor at Brown University | 📚 President of the Center for Engaged Scholarship (@centerengagedscholarship) Instagram Handle @keishanblain Instagram Followers 8.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

9. Michael Harriot

Bio World renowned wypipologist.
Writer of things. Doer of stuff. Never reneged, never will. The last real negus alive. Instagram Handle @michaelharriot Instagram Followers 75.1K Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

10. Blair Imani Ali

Bio Historian & educator helping you get Smarter in Seconds! Author of bestseller Read This to Get Smarter 🌈✊🏽
🏆 @time 100 creator
💌 *****@blairimani.com Instagram Handle @blairimani Instagram Followers 933.3K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

11. Taylor Cassidy

Bio A place of joy, self-growth, and fun✨
Emmy Nominated, Published Author, @forbes 30 Under 30, @time 100 Creators
inquiries: *****@piza.global Instagram Handle @taylorcassidyj Instagram Followers 484.3K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

12. Kahlil Greene

Bio 🔍 Cultural Commentary, World History
📺 Seen on: @natgeo @nickelodeon
🏆 2x Emmy Nom | Peabody Winner
☎️ DAILY Newsletter & Contact info👇🏾 *****@genzhistorian.com Instagram Handle @kahlil.greene Instagram Followers 450.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +18% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

13. 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

14. Andre P White

Bio Dr. André White
Signal Award & AMBIE Winner 🏆
📧: *****@gmail.com
LISTEN TO THE PODCAST👇🏾 Instagram Handle @redactedhistory_ Instagram Followers 355.1K Follower Growth (3mo) +31% Type Macro Gender Male airwavemedia.com/our-shows/r.. + Follow Get Email Contact

15. Marvin-Alonzo Greer

Bio Public Historian
Morehouse 🏡
ATL/DC/ STL
#blackhistorian #blackhistory #mueum #publichistory *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @magthehistorian Instagram Followers 25.7K Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

16. 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 87.8K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Female anchor.fm/sincerelylettie + Follow Get Email Contact

17. 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 26.4K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

18. Xavier Buck

Bio The history they buried. The geopolitics they won't explain. The tactics our movements need — 3 min or less. 📩 *****@gmail.com
By @xavierbuck Instagram Handle @historyin3 Instagram Followers 263.2K Follower Growth (3mo) +9% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

19. Jermaine

Bio 🔥 Library 📚 Of Knowledge *****@yahoo.com Instagram Handle @therealblackhistorian Instagram Followers 318.1K Follower Growth (3mo) +29% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

20. Frederick DeShon Murphy

Bio 🚙 History traveler & storyteller
Founder of History Before Us
Preserving 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

21. Gracia Collins Rich

Bio Sharing History Through My Historical Nonfiction/Fiction Book Collection *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @historywithher Instagram Followers 3.2K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

22. 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 170K Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

23. 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

24. Jacklynn

Bio Travelling the world in pursuit of history!
VOTE for me Travel Creator of the Year ⬇️🔗
@lonelyplanet correspondent
💌 *****@wmgmt.co.uk Instagram Handle @byjacklynn Instagram Followers 656.1K Follower Growth (3mo) +4% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

25. Evan Woodard

Bio 🧭: History, Relic Hunting, and Side Quests
📍: Baltimore, MD
📱: Social Team - @iamsocial.la
📨: *****@iamsocial.la
🎬: Acting - @theartistagency Instagram Handle @salvagearc Instagram Followers 117.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact