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

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"

Angela Davis

Feminist, Social Activist, Professor & Writer

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"

F. Gary Gray

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

Wes Moore

CEO of Robin Hood Foundation, Best-Selling Author & U.S. Army Veteran

Wes Moore on stepping down as Robin Hood Foundation CEO

Logan Browning

Actress & Singer-Songwriter; Best Known for Her Roles in "Bratz: The Movie" & Netflix's "Dear White People"

Sunny Hostin

Co-Host of "The View," Attorney, Author and Emmy Award-Winning Journalist; Senior Legal Correspondent & Analyst for ABC News

‘The View’s’ Sunny Hostin opens up about racial identity crisis in new book

Diane Guerrero

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

Jessica Williams

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

Nafissa Thompson-Spires

Author of "Heads of the Colored People"

Book Talk | Heads of the Colored People by Nafissa Thompson Spires

Brian Tyree Henry

Television & Broadway Actor; Best Known for "Atlanta," "If Beale Street Could Talk," & "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse"

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"