Donna Brazile

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

Stedman Graham

CEO of S. Graham & Associates, Leadership Development Expert & Author

Nikki Giovanni

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

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

Bertice Berry

Sociologist, Author and Educator

Freeman Hrabowski

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

Shawn Harper

Former NFL Football Player, Successful Businessman & Life Coach

Michael Eric Dyson

MSNBC Political Analyst, Former Host of NPR's "The Michael Eric Dyson Show" & Best-Selling Author

Al Duncan

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

Roland Martin

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

Malcolm London

Young Poet, Educator, Activist & TED Speaker Known For "High School Training Ground"

Ben Vereen

Tony Award-Winning Entertainer

Tim Wise

Anti-Racist Essayist, Author & Educator; Expert on White Privilege & Advocate for Belonging

Mitzi Miller

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

Clarence B. Jones

Former Adviser & Speechwriter for Martin Luther King Jr.

Dr. Marc Lamont Hill

Presidential Professor at CUNY Graduate Center, BET News Correspondent, Human Rights Activist & Author

Pedro Noguera

Professor of Education, Founder of the Center for the Transformation of Schools UCLA

Beverly Tatum

Best-Selling Author, Higher Education Leadership & Race Relations Expert, President Emerita of Spelman College

Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: And Other Conversations ...

Mike Singletary

Head Coach for the Memphis Express; Former Professional Football Player and Coach

Jim Wallis

Theologian, Writer, Political Activist & Racial Justice Advocate

Christ in Crisis: Why We Need to Reclaim Jesus

Jane Elliott

Anti-Racism Activist, Educator, Feminist & LGBT Activist