Clayborne Carson

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

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James Bell

Founder & President of the W. Haywood Burns Institute

Damarqio Williams

Community Activist, Nationally Recognized Leader, Singer, Philanthropist, Minister & CEO/Founder of Next Dimension Network

Michael W. Twitty

Culinary Historian & Author

Richard Rothstein

Richard Rothstein is a Distinguished Fellow of the Economic Policy Institute, the Thurgood Marshall Institute of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and of the Haas Institute at the University of California (Berkeley).

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

Assistant Professor at Princeton University; Writer & Activist

Lee Mokobe

Transgender Slam Poet & Creative Director at Vocal Revolutionaries

Staceyann Chin

Spoken Word Poet, Performing Artist & LGBTQ+ Rights Political Activist

Malcolm London

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

Renee Montgomery

WNBA Player, Non-Profit Founder & Black Lives Matter Activist

Damon Davis

Activist, Multimedia Artist, Musician & Filmmaker; Director of Whose Streets?

Yoruba Richen

Director, Writer & Producer; Known for her TED Talk on the Intersection of Civil Rights & LGBT Rights

Yusef Komunyakaa

Pulitzer Prize Winning Poet & Professor at NYU

Akwaeke Emezi

Award-Winning Author & Video Artist

Leslie Gray Streeter

Storyteller & Author of "Black Widow"

Al Duncan

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

Candice Morgan

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Partner at Google Ventures

Mitzi Miller

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

Dr. Sharroky Hollie

Executive Director of The Center for Culturally Responsive Teaching and Learning

Wesley Lowery

National Reporter at The Washington Post, Author of "They Can't Kill Us All: Ferguson, Baltimore and a New Era in America's Racial Justice Movement"