Stephen C. Head

Fourth Chancellor of Lone Star College

Rex Nelson

Nationally Recognized Writer and Expert on Southern Culture

Kathryn S. Olmsted

Professor and Department Chair of the History Department at UC Davis, Author of "Right out of California: The 1930s and the Big Business Roots of Modern Conservatism"

David Fiske

Expert on life of Solomon Northup

Cris Stainbrook

President of the Indian Land Tenure Foundation & Thought Leader on the History and Future of American Indian Lands in the United States

Paul A. Kramer

Historian & Writer

Ben Gilbert & David Rosenthal

Hosts of the "Acquired" Podcast

Starbucks (with Howard Schultz)

Rosie Rios

Former Treasurer of the United States; CEO of Red River Associates; Founder & CEO of EMPOWERMENT 2026 and Chair of America 250

Mark Pryor

U.S. Senator (2003-2015) and Arkansas State Attorney General (1999-2002)

Jeremy Bash

Former CIA & Pentagon Chief of Staff, National Security Analyst, Managing Director

David Hackett Fischer

University Professor and Earl Warren Professor of History

Elaine Brown

Activist & Former Chairman of the Black Panther Party

The Black Panther Building: How Elaine Brown is Reimagining Black Liberation

Sven Beckert

Laird Bell Professor of History at Harvard University; Author of "Empire of Cotton"

Tom Tudor

Authority on the History of 'Arlington' and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

Hank Willis Thomas

National Medal of Arts Recipient; Founder of For Freedoms; Public Art Creator; Conceptual Artist

Lettie Gore

Historian, Host of "Sincerely, Lettie" Podcast

Steve Coll

Former President & CEO of New America Foundation; Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author of "Ghost Wars"

Dr. Brent D. Glass

Director Emeritus, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

Carolyn Roberts

Assistant Professor in History of Science & History of Medicine; African American Studies Professor at Yale University

Joanne Freeman

Professor of American History and of American Studies, Yale University