Daymond John

"Shark Tank" Investor; Founder & CEO of FUBU; Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship

Van Jones

CEO of REFORM Alliance, CNN host, Emmy Award-winning Producer & NY Times Best-Selling Author

Angela Davis

Feminist, Social Activist, Professor & Writer

Abolition: Politics, Practices, Promises, Vol. 1

LeVar Burton

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

Taraji P. Henson

Academy Award-Nominated Actress & Mental Health Advocate

Mae Jemison

First Black Woman in Space & Former NASA Astronaut; National Women's & International Space Hall of Famer Founder, 100 Year Starship

Michelle Obama

Former First Lady of the United States & Bestselling Author

Oprah Winfrey

CEO of Oprah Winfrey Network, Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient & National Women's Hall of Famer

Oprah Winfrey: Broken Open | Oprah's Super Soul | OWN Podcasts ...

Star Jones

Former Co-Host of "The View", Social Justice & Heart Disease Advocate

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Renowned African Novelist & Speaker

Kerry Washington

Actress, Producer & Activist Known for Starring as Olivia Pope in ABC's "Scandal"

Kandi Burruss

Singer-Songwriter, Entrepreneur & Star of "The Real Housewives of Atlanta"

Misty Copeland

First African American Female Principal Dancer with the American Ballet Theatre; Author

Misty Copeland's Return After Her Break as Dancer & Producer

Kirk Franklin

Grammy Award-Winning Gospel Artist & Businessman

Tyler Perry

Actor, Writer, Producer, Comedian & Director; CEO of Tyler Perry Studios

Whoopi Goldberg

Award-Winning Actress, Comedian & Co-Host of ABC's "The View"

T.D. Jakes

Ministerial Business Visionary, Spiritual Shepherd & Author

Bill Cosby

Influential Comedian and Actor; Starred in "The Cosby Show"

Sarah Jones

Tony Award-Winning Solo Performer, Writer, Comedian & Activist

Ursula Burns

First Black Woman to Serve as CEO of A Fortune 500 Company; Former Chairwoman of VEON & Former CEO of Xerox