Donna Brazile

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

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Majora Carter

Real Estate Developer, Peabody Award-Winning Broadcaster & Urban Revitalization Strategy Consultant

Rita Dove

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

Jane Elliott

Anti-Racism Activist, Educator, Feminist & LGBT Activist

Shoshana Johnson

First African American Woman POW in U.S. War History & Author of "I’m Still Standing"

Randall Robinson

Social Justice Advocate & Best-Selling Author

Clayborne Carson

Scholar, Author, Professor, Civil Rights Historian & Director of The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute

Dr. Terrence Roberts

Social Justice, Equity & Racism Speaker and Consultant; Member of the "Little Rock Nine"

Minnijean Brown Trickey

Civil Rights Activist & Member of the "Little Rock Nine"

Willie Brown

41st Mayor of San Francisco & 58th Speaker of the California State Assembly

Christopher Paul Curtis

Newbery Medal-Winning Children's Book Author

William Rhoden

Sports Journalist, Former New York Times Columnist, Author of "Forty Million Dollar Slaves"

Trey Anthony

Award-Winning Playwright, Author, Producer & Lifestyle Coach

Reginald Hudlin

Writer, Director and Producer; Known for "Django Unchained" &"House Party"; One Half of Hudlin Brothers Production Company

Shaun R. Harper

Critical Race Theorist; Gender Studies Scholar

Moustafa Bayoumi

Journalist & Author of "How Does it Feel to Be a Problem? Being Young and Arab in America"