Influential Americans: Jackie Robinson, Martin Luther King, And Henry Ford

There are lots of very influential people in this bracket. However, our most influential Americans are Jackie Robinson, George C. Marshall, Martin Luther King Jr., and Henry Ford. The most influencial American needs to be somebody that not only affected his time period, but also affects ours. For that reason, I choose Henry Ford. Jackie Robinson was the first African American to play a professional sport, which opened the door for others to play at the proffesional level. But he didn’t merely change the sports world. His efforts inspired many around the country. No doubt he made an impact worth noting because sports are still big today. George C. Marshall was Chief of Staff in the U.S. Military and he founded the Marshall Plan. The Marshall