Gloria Ladson-Billings

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

Culturally Relevant Pedagogy: Asking a Different Question (Culturally Sustaining Pedago...

Simone Biles

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

Briana Scurry

Legendary U.S. Goalkeeper & National Soccer Hall of Fame Inductee; Two Time Olympic Gold Medalist; World Cup Champion; Concussion Awareness Advocate

Loretta Ross

"Calling In" Movement Maker; Founder of SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Health Collective; Reproductive Justice Activist & Professor

Has Cancel Culture Gone Too Far? Prof. Loretta J. Ross

Janice Howroyd

Founder & CEO of ActOne Group, First African American Woman Billionaire, Forbes' Richest Self-Made Women

Annette Gordon-Reed

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

Sasheer Zamata

Actress, Comedian & Podcast Host of "Best Friends"; Known for "SNL" & "Home Economics"

Angela Glover Blackwell

Founder & Former CEO, PolicyLink

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

Tia Mowry

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

Ruha Benjamin

Tech Equity Advocate; 2024 MacArthur Fellow; Sociology & African American Studies Scholar, & Author

Is Technology Our Savior — or Our Slayer? | Ruha Benjamin | TED

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

Peniel E. Joseph

Justice, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Speaker; Ethics and Political Values Expert; Founding Director of the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy at the University of Texas at Austin

Freedom Season: How 1963 Transformed America’s Civil Rights Revolution

Sunny Hostin

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

Jenifer Lewis

Actress Known as the "Mother of Black Hollywood"; Famous for her Roles in "Think Like a Man," "The Princess Frog" & "Black-ish"

Mary J. Blige

Grammy Award-Winning Singer-Songwriter, Rapper, Actress & Entrepreneur; Known as the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul & Queen of R&B

Music Icon Mary J. Blige | Sherri

Stan Foster

Award-Winning Writer, Director, Producer & Visionary Entrepreneur

Stan Foster | Public speaker

Shirley Ann Jackson

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

Jurnee Smollett

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

Patrisse Cullors

Artist, Activist & Organizer; Co-founder & Former Leader of #BlackLivesMatter

#BlackLivesMatter