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"

Janelle Monáe

Singer-Songwriter, Rapper, Actress & LGBTQ Advocate

RuPaul

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

Lettin It All Hang Out: An Autobiography

David Oyelowo

Actor Known for "Selma," "The Butler" & "Rise of the Planet of the Apes"

Dave Chappelle

Grammy Award-Winning Comedian and Actor; Known for "Chappelle's Show" & "Half Baked"

Katori Hall

Playwright, Journalist & Actress

The Producer's Perspective LIVE! Episode 76: Katori Hall

Annette Gordon-Reed

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

Annette Gordon-Reed | On Juneteenth

Kid Cudi

Rapper, Singer & Actor; Known for "Pursuit of Happiness" and "Man on the Moon"

Robert Townsend

Award-Winning Filmmaker & Former CEO of the Black Family Channel

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

ActOne CEO Janice Bryant Howroyd speaks about her influences

Ice Cube

Rapper, Actor, Producer, Director & Writer Known for "21 Jumpstreet" and "Straight Outta Compton"

Mark Anthony Neal

Author, Cultural Critic, James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of African & African American Studies

Rihanna

Grammy Award-Winning Singer, Songwriter & Actress; Creator of Savage X Fenty

Rihanna Recalls Keeping Her Pregnancy a Secret From Her Friends ...

Antoine Fuqua

Film Director and Producer; Best Known for "Olympus Has Fallen" & "The Equalizer"

Kenny Leon

Tony Award-Winning Broadway Film Director & Producer; Co-Founder of True Colors Theater Company

Gloria Ladson-Billings

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

Ryan Coogler

Film Director, Producer, and Screenwriter; Known for "Fruitvale Station," "Creed" & "Black Panther"

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"

Charles Blow: A Black Power Manifesto

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Highest-Scoring NBA Player in History & Cancer Survivor