Charles Blow

Visual Op-Ed Columnist for The New York Times; CNN Contributor & NY Times Best-Selling Author of "Fire Shut Up in My Bones"

Charles J. Ogletree

Legal Theorist / Mentor / Activist

Charles Payne

Founder, CEO and Chief Analyst of Wall Street Strategies; FOX News Contributor.

Chelsea Newton

Former WNBA player; Associate Head Basketball Coach at Texas A&M

Chenoa Maxwell

Photographer, Actress, Life Designer & TV Personality on OWN's "Love in the City"

Cheryl Boone Isaacs

Founding Director of Arizona State University’s Sidney Poitier New American Film School; Former President of Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Clark Kellogg

CBS College Basketball Analyst; Former VP of Player Relations for the Indiana Pacers; Former NBA Player

Cocoa Brown

Actress and Comedienne Best Known for her Role as Jennifer in Tyler Perry's "For Better or Worse"

Connie Rice

Co-Director of The Advancement Project, Public Policy & Diversity Activist

Conrad Tillard

Preacher & Hip-Hop Generation Leader

Cynthia McKinney

Former Congresswoman

Daniel Sunjata

Actor, Known for the FX TV Series "Rescue Me" & for USA Network's "Graceland"

Darryl Strawberry

Former American Major League Baseball Outfielder

David Adjaye

Renowned Architect; Lead Designer of The National Museum of African American History & Culture

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David Oyelowo

Actor Known for "Selma," "The Butler" & "Rise of the Planet of the Apes"

Dee Rees

Award-Winning Writer & Director Known for "Pariah"

Dennis Hightower

Former U.S. Deputy Commerce Secretary, CEO and Harvard Business Professor

Derrick Ashong

Broadcaster, Musician & Social Entrepreneur

Diane Nash

Civil Rights & Peace Activist

Doug Williams

Senior Advisor to Washington Commanders President; First African American Quarterback to Ever Play in a Superbowl