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Former NFL Football Player, Successful Businessman & Life Coach

Tracee Ellis Ross

Actress, Producer; Chief Executive Officer at PATTERN

Roland Martin

Award-Winning Journalist & Media Personality, Author of "Listening to the Spirit Within: 50 Perspectives on Faith"

Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Olympic Legend, Philanthropist, American Record-Holder in the Long Jump & Founder of the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Foundation

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Rapper, Record Producer & Actor Known for "Law & Order: SVU"

Shonda Rhimes

Executive Producer, Screenwriter, & Author

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Al Duncan

Motivational Speaker for At-Risk Youth; Authority on Development & Empowerment

Lee Daniels

Director, Writer & Producer Known for "Precious" and "Empire"; Creator of Lee Daniels Entertainment

Keke Palmer

Actress & Youngest Talk Show Host in TV History

Dr. Cornel West

Philosopher, Professor, Political Activist & Author of "Race Matters"; 2024 People's Party Presidential Candidate

Issa Rae

Actress, Writer, Director & Producer Known for HBO's "Insecure" & "Awkward Black Girl"

Jesse Williams

Director, Producer, Activist & Actor Known for "Grey's Anatomy"

Richard Rothstein

Distinguished Fellow of the Economic Policy Institute and Senior Fellow (Emeritus) at the Thurgood Marshall Institute of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund

Freeman Hrabowski

Former President of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC); Advocate for STEM Education for African Americans

Ben Vereen

Tony Award-Winning Entertainer

Mitzi Miller

Public Speaker & Motivator; Head of Development for Rainforest Entertainment; Former Editor-in-Chief of Ebony & Jet

Idris Elba

English Actor, Producer, Rapper and DJ; Best Known for His Roles in "The Wire" & "Luther"

Amanda Seales

Poet, Spoken Word Artist & Media Personality Known for HBO's "Insecure;" Anti-Smoking Activist

Octavia Spencer

Academy Award-Winning Actress, Author & Producer; Best Known for "The Help" & "Hidden Figures"

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