Kwame Alexander

Poet, Educator, Publisher, Emmy Award Winning Producer & New York Times Bestselling Author Known for "The Crossover"

Light For The World To See: A Thousand Words on Race and Hope

Abby Phillip

Host of Inside Politics Sunday with Abby Phillip; CNN's Senior Political Correspondent

Joe Madison

Civil Rights Activist & American Radio Talk-Show Host Known as “The Black Eagle” on SiriusXM’s Urban View Channel

Wesley Lowery

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Reporter & Author of "They Can't Kill Us All"

Willie Jolley

Best-Selling Author, Award-Winning Speaker & Media Personality

Nikki Giovanni

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

‘Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project’ Review: An Afrofuturist Space Odyssey

Rita Dove

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Poet, Former Poet Laureate to the Library of Congress & Henry Hoyns Professor of Creative Writing

Dominique Dawes

Three-time Olympian, Olympic Gold Medalist, Healthy Lifestyle Advocate and Gymnastics Academy Owner

A'Lelia Bundles

Author of Best-Selling Biography ON HER OWN GROUND: The Life and Times of Madam C.J. Walker

Donna Brazile

Veteran Political Strategist, Best-Selling Author & Former Interim Chair of the Democratic National Committee

Angel Rich

Founder & CEO of The Wealth Factory

Karima Woods

Director of Business Development & Strategy at DMPED

Theodore R. Johnson

Senior Advisor at New America & Columnist for The Washington Post; United States Navy Veteran

Kassie M. Edwards

Sexual Assault Victim Advocate & Board Member of DC Rape Crisis Center

Nkechi Taifa

Civil & Human Rights Attorney, Best-Selling Author, Scholar Activist

Taifa keynotes 2021 HBCU Pre-Law Summit

Charlene Wheeless

Communications Leader & Author

Justin Hansford

Executive Director of the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center at Howard University School of Law

Kylar Broadus

Attorney, Author & LGBTQ Rights Activist; Motivational Disability Speaker; Founder of the Trans People of Color Coalition

Dr. Joyce Ladner

Civil Rights Activist, Author & Sociologist

Rodney Robinson

2019 National Teacher of the Year