Dan O'Brien

Olympic Gold Medalist & Decathlon Champion

Lamman Rucker

Actor, Education Activist, Green Living Advocate & Entrepreneur

Malcolm London

Young Poet, Educator, Activist & TED Speaker Known For "High School Training Ground"

Nia Long

NAACP Image Award-Winning Television & Film Actress, Philanthropist

Don Lemon

Emmy Award-Winning News Anchor & Journalist, Author of "This Is The Fire"

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Claude Steele

Social Psychologist & Stereotype Expert

Will Packer

Award-Winning Producer Known for "Think Like A Man" & "Straight Outta Compton"; Founder of Will Packer Productions

Edward Lewis

Co-Founder of Essence Magazine & One of the Most Successful Publishers in the Country

Phaedra Parks

Producer, Entertainment Attorney & Cast Member of Bravo's "The Real Housewives of Atlanta"

Muggsy Bogues

Former NBA All-star for the Charlotte Hornets

Venus Williams

Professional Tennis Player, Four-Time Olympic Gold Medalist, Equal Pay Activist, Author & Entrepreneur

Terry McMillan

New York Times Best-Selling Author Known for "Waiting to Exhale" & "How Stella Got Her Groove Back"

Clarence B. Jones

Former Adviser & Speechwriter for Martin Luther King Jr.

Michael Yo

Actor, Stand-up Comedian & Two-Time Emmy Nominee

Pedro Noguera

Professor of Education, Founder of the Center for the Transformation of Schools UCLA

Beverly Tatum

Best-Selling Author, Higher Education Leadership & Race Relations Expert, President Emerita of Spelman College

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Role Models; Authors; Civic Leaders

Mike Singletary

Head Coach for the Memphis Express; Former Professional Football Player and Coach

Dave Winfield

National Baseball Hall of Famer & Advisor to the Executive Director of the Major League Baseball Players Association

Yusef Komunyakaa

Pulitzer Prize Winning Poet & Professor at NYU

Yoruba Richen

Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker; Known For TED Talk on the Intersection of Civil Rights & LGBT Rights

Janet Mock

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

Eric Thomas

Inspirational Speaker, Life Strategist & Author

Kehinde Wiley

Visual Artist Specializing in Portrait Painting; Painted Barack Obama's Official Portrait

April Ryan

White House Correspondent, MSNBC Political Analyst, D.C. Bureau Chief for TheGrio & Author