Ava DuVernay

Academy Award-Nominated Director & Producer Known for "Selma," "13th" & "When They See Us"

How Film Changes the Way We See the World | Ava DuVernay | TED

Joy-Ann Reid

MSNBC Correspondent, Political Author & Host of "The ReidOut"

Medgar and Myrlie: Medgar Evers and the Love Story that Awakened America

Zerlina Maxwell

Political Analyst, Sexual Assault Awareness Advocate & Author of "The End of White Politics"

Adaora Udoji

CEO & Founder of outLoud Inc., Angel Investor and Former Award-Winning Journalist

Kim Coles

Actress & Comedian; Known for Her Role on the Sketch Comedy "In Living Color"

Angela Burt-Murray

Deputy Editor at Glamour Magazine & Former Editor-in-Chief of Essence Magazine

Crystal Fox

Star of Tyler Perry's "The Haves and the Have Nots" on OWN

Regina King

Academy Award-Winning Actress & Director

Stephanie Mills

R&B and Gospel Singer; Known for Broadway's "The Wiz"

Brooklyn Tankard

Reality TV Personality; Star of Bravo's "Thicker Than Water"

Lupita Nyong'o

Academy Award-Winning Actress; Known for "12 Years a Slave," "Black Panther" & "Us"

Lisette Titre-Montgomery

Veteran Video Game Artist; Advocate for STEAM Education & Diversity in the Gaming Industry

Stephanie Johnson

CEO of Bed Rest Concierge, self-proclaimed "Mompreneur"

Nicole Beharie

Actress & Singer

Nontombi Naomi Tutu

Race, Gender & Human Rights Activist; Daughter of Desmond Tutu

Tamera Mowry-Housley

Actress & Entrepreneur; Former Emmy & NAACP Image Award-Winning Talk Show Host on "The Real"

Cheryl Brown Henderson

Founding President of the Brown Foundation for Educational Equity, Excellence & Research

Beverly Bond

Founder & CEO of Black Girls Rock!

Rovenia M. Brock, Ph.D.

Health Journalist & Television Personality

Sheila C. Johnson

Entrepreneur, CEO of Salamander Hotels and Resorts, President of WNBA's Washington Mystics & Co-Founder of BET

Walk Through Fire: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Triumph