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Simone Biles

Most Decorated Gymnast Ever & Record Holder for Most Gold Medals at a Single Olympic Games; Subject of Netflix's "Simone Biles Rising"

Exclusive: Simone Biles says she's ready to 'get the job done' at Olympics

Houston, TX, USA

Annette Gordon-Reed

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

Massachusetts, USA

John Register

Paralympic Silver Medalist, Desert Storm Veteran & Change Management Expert; 2024 Top Global Leadership Speaker

Colorado Springs, CO, USA

Janice Howroyd

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

Beverly Hills, CA, USA

Dr. Monica F. Cox

Distinguished Professor of Engineering at The Ohio State University; Director of the International Institute of Engineering Education Assessment; CEO, STEMinent LLC & STEM Education Advocate

Columbus, OH, USA

Gloria Ladson-Billings

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

Madison, WI, USA

Jurnee Smollett

Actress Known for "Eve's Bayou," "The Great Debaters" & "True Blood"

Los Angeles, CA, USA

Loretta Ross

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

Atlanta, GA, USA

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"

Nashville, TN, USA

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

Tempe, AZ, USA

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"

Brooklyn, NY, USA

RuPaul

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

New York, NY, USA

Robin Quivers

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

New York, NY, USA

Shirley Ann Jackson

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

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David Moinina Sengeh

Minister Of Basic and Senior Secondary Education & Chief Innovation Officer for the Government of Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone

Darryl Strawberry

Cancer Survivor, Motivational Speaker & Former American Major League Baseball Outfielder

St. Louis, MO, USA

John Gray

Christian Comedian, Pastor & Author; Star of "The Book of John Gray"

Greenville, SC, USA

Sunny Hostin

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

New York, NY, USA

Sasheer Zamata

Actress, Comedian & Podcast Host of "Best Friends': Known for "SNL" and "Home Economics"

Sasheer Zamata - Getting Witchy in “Agatha All Along”

Los Angeles, CA, USA

Tia Mowry

Actress, Television Personality & Producer; Entrepreneur & Founder, Anser & 4u; Cooking & Lifestyle Influencer; Women's Health Advocate

Tia Mowry | The Jennifer Hudson Show

Los Angeles, CA, USA

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John Register

Janice Howroyd

Loretta Ross

Michael Oher

Charles Blow

Sasheer Zamata