Michaela Jaé Rodriguez

Actress & Singer; Known for "Pose"; HIV Awareness Advocate

Raven Symone

Actress & Singer Known for "That's So Raven"

Viola Davis

Academy Award-Winning Actress, Producer & New York Times Best-Selling Author

Viola Davis on Speaking Up, Challenging Stereotypes

Janelle Monáe

Singer-Songwriter, Rapper, Actress & LGBTQ Advocate

Cynthia Nixon

Actress Known for her Role as Miranda Hobbes on HBO's "Sex and the City"; Former Candidate for Governor of New York

Cynthia Erivo

Singer-Songwriter & Grammy & Tony Award-Winning Actress; Known for "The Color Purple," "Wicked" & Portraying Harriet Tubman in "Harriet"; Vice President of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts

Leslie Odom Jr.

Broadway Actor & Grammy Award Winning Singer

Octavia Spencer

Academy Award-Winning Actress, Author & Producer; Best Known for "The Help" & "Hidden Figures"

Octavia Spencer Career Retrospective | SAG-AFTRA Foundation Conversations

Issa Rae

Actress, Writer, Director & Producer Known for HBO's "Insecure" & "Awkward Black Girl"

Sheryl Lee Ralph

Actress, Broadway Singer & Producer; Known for "Abbott Elementary"

Alfre Woodard

Emmy Award-Winning Actress; Human Rights Activist

Dyllón Burnside

Actor & Musician Known for his Role in 'Pose' & 'Prideland'

Hunter Schafer

Transgender Actress, Model & Activist Known for HBO's "Euphoria"

Camila Mendes

Actress Known for Portraying Veronica Lodge in "Riverdale"

Lana Condor

Actress & Dancer Known for "To All the Boys I've Loved Before"

Finding My Roots | Lana Condor

Diane Guerrero

Immigration Reform Activist & Actress Known for "Orange is the New Black" & "Jane The Virgin"

Jonathan Groff

Tony-Nominated Actor & Singer; Known for Musicals such as "Spring Awakening," "Hamilton," and Disney's "Frozen"

Danielle Brooks

TV, Film & Broadway Actress Known for "Orange is the New Black," "Peacemaker" & "The Color Purple"

Danielle Brooks On “The Piano Lesson” & Viral “The Color Purple” Callback

Danny Glover

Acclaimed Actor, Producer & Leading Social Activist

Kerry Washington

Actress, Producer & Activist Known for Starring as Olivia Pope in ABC's "Scandal"

Ben Vereen

Tony Award-Winning Entertainer

Sara Ramirez

Award-Winning Actress, Singer & Songwriter; Known for her Role on "Grey's Anatomy"

Spike Lee

Academy Award-Winning Writer, Producer, Actor & Director; Best Known for "BlacKkKlansman" & "Malcolm X"

Charles S. Dutton

Actor & Director Known for "Roc" and "The Piano Lesson"

Angela Bassett

Award-Winning Actress & Co-Founder of Bassett/Vance Productions

Leiomy Maldonado

"Wonder Woman of Vogue;" Choreographer, Model & Actress; Known for HBO's "Legendary"

Brandon Kyle Goodman

Actor known for "Big Mouth"

dream hampton

Cultural Critic, Award-Winning Filmmaker & Executive Producer of "Surviving R.Kelly"

Tituss Burgess

Emmy-Nominated Actor Known for "The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt"

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