Kenya Barris

Screenwriter, ABC's "Black-ish", Producers Guild Visionary Award Winner, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Writing

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Elaine Welteroth

New York Times Best-Selling Author, Award-Winning Journalist, Former Editor in Chief of Teen Vogue & Judge on the New Project Runway

Felecia Hatcher

Entrepreneur, Author, Founder of Feverish Ice Cream & Code Fever Miami

Franchesca Ramsey

Comedian, Activist, Television & YouTube Personality

Angela Rye

Attorney, Principal & CEO of IMPACT Strategies, CNN Political Commentator, NPR Political Analyst

Jemele Hill

Emmy Award Winning Journalist, Senior Correspondent & Columnist for The Undefeated

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Yvonne Orji

Actress, Comedian & Writer, Known for HBO's "Insecure"

Jay Ellis

Actor Known for "Insecure"; Philanthropist & Entrepreneur

Billy Porter

Broadway Theater Performer, Actor, & Singer

Adwoa Aboah

Model, Actor, Fashion Editor, Activist, Creator of Gurls Talk Organization

Rhiannon Giddens

Folk Singer Reclaiming African-American Musical Traditions

Madison Pettis

Actress, Model Known for "The Game Plan"

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Daymond John

"Shark Tank" Investor; Founder & CEO of FUBU; Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship

Van Jones

CNN Political Contributor; Author; Human Rights, Education & Clean Energy Advocate

Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Alphonse Fletcher University Professor & Director of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University

Cynthia Marshall

CEO of the Dallas Mavericks, President & CEO, Marshalling Resources Consulting, Retired AT&T SVP-Human Resources & Chief Diversity Officer

Cynthia Erivo

Singer-Songwriter & Tony Award-Winning Actress Known for "The Color Purple" and Portraying Harriet Tubman in "Harriet"

Daveed Diggs

Grammy and Tony Award-Winning Actor; Best Known for his Starring Role in the Musical "Hamilton"

Margot Lee Shetterly

Author of "Hidden Figures"

Geoffrey Canada

Inner-City Youth & Education Advocate