Active reading 1:Embarkation She has been ranked the richest African American of the 20th century and beyond,the greatest bl philanthropist in Opiah Winfiey American history,and was once the world's only black billionaire. She is also,according to some assessments, the most influential woman in the world. Active reading 1: Embarkation She has been ranked the richest African American of the 20th century and beyond, the greatest black philanthropist in American history, and was once the world’s only black billionaire. She is also, according to some assessments, the most influential woman in the world