Spike Lee

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

Spike Lee to Receive American Cinematheque Award

Elaine Welteroth

Co-host of CBS “The Talk,” NYT Bestselling Author, Award-Winning Journalist, Former Editor-in-Chief of Teen Vogue

Common

Award-Winning Artist, Actor, Producer, Musician & Writer

Margot Lee Shetterly

Author of "Hidden Figures"

Cynthia Erivo

Singer-Songwriter & Tony Award-Winning Actress Known for "The Color Purple" and Portraying Harriet Tubman in "Harriet"

LeVar Burton

Literacy Advocate & Actor Known for "Roots," " Star Trek" & "Reading Rainbow"

Amandla Stenberg

Actor, Singer and Activist; Best Known for "The Hate U Give," "The Hunger Games" & "Everything, Everything"

Raoul Peck

Critically-Acclaimed Haitian Filmmaker Known for "I Am Not Your Negro" & "Lumumba"

Barry Jenkins

Writer & Director of the Academy Award-Winning "Moonlight"

F. Gary Gray

Director, Film Producer, and Actor; Best Known for Directing "Straight Outta Compton" & "The Italian Job"

Diane Guerrero

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

Yara Shahidi

Actress, Youth Advocate & Voting Activist

Jessica Williams

Actress, Comedian, Former Correspondent on "The Daily Show" & Co-Host of the "2 Dope Queens" Podcast

Janet Mock

Author, Feminist, Transgender Rights Activist, TV Host & Founder of #GirlsLikeUs

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Renowned African Novelist & Speaker

Boots Riley

Rapper, Producer, Screenwriter & Director; Known for "Sorry To Bother You"

Tim Story

Film Director Known for "Ride Along" & "Think Like A Man"

Lee Daniels

Director, Writer & Producer Known for "Precious" and "Empire"; Creator of Lee Daniels Entertainment

John David Washington

Former NFL Running Back & Golden Globe Nominated Actor; Best Known for "BlacKkKlansman" and "Ballers"

Jesse Williams

Actor, Director, Producer & Activist