Public Enemy

Hip Hop Group; Known for their Politically-Charged Music

Tony Iton

Senior Vice President of Programs & Partnerships at The California Endowment; Lecturer of Health Policy & Management at UC Berkeley

Dr. Joy DeGruy

Doctor, Author & Social Justice Advocate

Walter Kimbrough

Noted Author & 7th President of Dillard University

Herbert Addison Burns

Motivational Speaker, Author & Narrator of the Audio Books, " The History of Cleveland's Underground Railroad," "The Oberlin-Wellington Rescue," & "The Oberlin-Wellington Trial"

Kassie M. Edwards

Sexual Assault Victim Advocate & Board Member of DC Rape Crisis Center

Melissa L. Cooper

Professor of History at Rutgers University–Newark; Author of "Making Gullah" & African American History Expert

Annette Grotheer

Founder of The Shop Docs

Luana M. Graves Sellars

Community Activist & Cultural Influencer

Shawn Ginwright

One of the Nation’s Leading Innovators, Provocateurs, & Thought Leaders on African American Youth, Youth Activism, & Youth Development; PhD, Author & Professor

Dwinita Mosby Tyler

Equity Advocate, TED Speaker & Author

Michael W. Twitty

Culinary Historian & Author of "Rice: a Savor the South cookbook" (Savor the South Cookbooks)

Michael Twitty Teaches Tracing Your Roots Through Food

Charlene Carruthers

Writer, Filmmaker & Black Studies Scholar; Founder of BYP100

Monique W. Couvson

Social Justice Scholar & Author of "Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools"

Andrea Davis Pinkney

New York Times Bestselling Author and Award-Winning Author of Many Children and Young Adult Books

Pamela Newkirk

Journalist, Professor, Author & Multi-Disciplinary Scholar Whose Work Challenges Depictions of African Americans in Popular Culture

Cornell William Brooks

Former President & CEO of the NAACP; Civil Rights Attorney; Social Justice Activist; Ordained Minister; Professor at Harvard Kennedy School

Dorothy Roberts

Scholar & Social Justice Advocate

Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson

Co-Executive Director at Highlander Research & Education Center; Activist

Deanna Van Buren

Design Director & Co-Founder of Designing Justice + Designing Spaces