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Most Decorated Gymnast Ever & Record Holder for Most Gold Medals at a Single Olympic Games

Janelle Monáe

Singer-Songwriter, Rapper, Actress & LGBTQ Advocate

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Former NASA Rocket Scientist, Author, TED Speaker & Artificial Intelligence Ethics Professor

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Annette Gordon-Reed

Professor of American Legal History at Harvard Law School & Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author

Maya Moore

Activist, Olympian & WNBA Champion

Janice Howroyd

Founder & CEO of The ActOne Group; The First African American Woman to Own a $1 Billion Brand

Jurnee Smollett

Actress & Singer

Dr. Monica F. Cox

Professor & Chair of the Department of Engineering Education at Ohio State University; CEO of STEMinent LLC

Michael Oher

Founder of Oher Foundation for Disadvantaged Youth; Former NFL Player for Baltimore Ravens, Tennessee Titans & Carolina Panthers; Super Bowl 47 Champion; Story Told in Movie "The Blind Side"

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Highest-Scoring NBA Player in History & Cancer Survivor

A Season on the Reservation: My Soujourn With the White Mountain Apaches

Wilson Cruz

LGBTQ Activist & Actor; Known for “My So Called Life,” “Thirteen Reasons Why” & “Star Trek: Discovery”

Shane Ortega

The US Army's First Openly Trans Soldier

Mia Birdsong

Executive Director of Next River & Author, "How We Show Up"

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Robin Quivers

Radio Personality; Author; Actress; News Anchor & Co-Host of "The Howard Stern Show"

Loretta Ross

Founder of SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Health Collective; Reproductive Justice Activist & Professor

James McBride

New York Times Best-Selling Author & Musician

Gloria Ladson-Billings

Former Kellner Family Professor of Urban Education in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

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

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"

Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith

Physician, Work-Life Integration Researcher & Award-Winning Author

Luvvie Ajayi

New York Times Best-Selling Author, Podcast Host & Professional Troublemaker

Sasheer Zamata

Comedic Actress, Former "SNL" Cast Member, Celebrity Ambassador for the ACLU & Co-Host of the "Best Friends" Podcast

Val McLeod

Inspirational Influencer, Empowerment Speaker & Author

Shirley Ann Jackson

Theoretical Physicist & Inventor; President of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; National Medal of Science Recipient

RuPaul

Drag Queen, Model & TV Personality; Host of Award-Winning "RuPaul's Drag Race"

The House of Hidden Meanings: A Memoir

Julie Dash

Director & Writer Known for "Daughters of the Dust"; First Black Woman to Direct A Full-Length General Theatrical Release Film in the U.S.

Darryl Strawberry

Former American Major League Baseball Outfielder

Ruha Benjamin

Sociology & African American Studies Scholar; Author of "People's Science" and "Race After Technology"

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Sunny Hostin

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

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Founding Principal of Mott Hall Bridges Academy; Best-Selling Author; STEAM & Mental Health Advocate