Nikki Giovanni

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

‘Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project’ Review: An Afrofuturist Space Odyssey

Rye Barcott

Co-Founder & CEO of With Honor, Veteran and Author of "It Happened on the Way to War"

Vinton Cerf

Vice President & Chief Internet Evangelist for Google

Mark Anthony Neal

Author, Cultural Critic, James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of African & African American Studies

Regina Louise

Author & Child Advocate

William Bennett

Radio Host, Bill Bennett's Morning In America; Former Secretary of Education

Vivian Howard

Chef & Restaurateur Known for "Chef & the Farmer", Featured on the PBS Series, "A Chef's Life"

Alan Pell Crawford

Author, Journalist, former Speechwriter for a US Senator and former Press Secretary to a US Congressman

James Key

James Key was born in Los Angeles, California and was reared in the Crenshaw District where he attended public schools.

Kaye Gibbons

American novelist. Known for Ellen Foster and A Virtuous Woman

Robert Gordon

Senior Advisor for Strategic Outreach Heritage Foundation

Allan Gurganus

Novelist, Short Story Writer & Essayist

Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All

The Spencers

You Won't Believe Your Eyes!

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

Edwin "Winn" Maddrey

Edwin E. Maddrey III (Winn) was born in Bronxville, N.Y.

Ron Shirley

Author, Pastor, Hunter & Star of "Lizard Lick Towing" on truTV

Amy Shirley

Motivational Speaker, Fitness Guru & Star of "Lizard Lick Towing" on truTV

Chef Maira Isabel

TV Personality, Chef & Cookbook Author

Jim Ball

Entrepreneur and Venture Capitalist Who Assisted in Creating Over 20 New Businesses Including The Discovery Channel

Steven Petrow

Award-Winning Journalist & Author of "Complete Gay and Lesbian Manners: The Definitive Guide to LGBT Life"