Jessica Williams

Actress, Comedian, Former Correspondent on "The Daily Show" & Co-Host of the "2 Dope Queens" Podcast

Boots Riley

Rapper, Producer, Screenwriter & Director; Known for "Sorry To Bother You"

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Jay Pharoah

Actor, Stand-Up Comedian & Impressionist; Former Saturday Night Live Cast Member

Regina Hall

Actress Known for "Scary Movie," "The Best Man" & "Ally McBeal"; First African American to Win a New York Film Critics Circle Award

Jharrel Jerome

Emmy Award-Winning Dominican-American Actor; Known for "When They See Us," "Moonlight" & "I'm a Virgo"

Keenen Ivory Wayans

Comedian, Director & Writer; Known for "White Chicks" and "In Living Color"

Lindsey Granger

Journalist, Writer & Producer

Naomi Ackie

Actress Known for "The End of the F***ing World" & "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker"

Lauren Ridloff

Actress & First Deaf Superhero on Marvel’s “The Eternals”

Brandon Leake

Award-Winning Spoken Word Poet & Artistic Educator

Leo Terrell

Renowned Civil Rights Attorney, Author of "Your Rights at the Work Place: The Things Your Boss Won’t Tell You"

Tiffany Jewell

Anti-Racist Educator, Author of "This Book is Anti-Racist"

Ruth E. Carter

Academy Award-Winning Costume Designer; Best Known for Her Work on "Selma" & Marvel's "Black Panther"

The Art of Ruth E. Carter: Costuming Black History and the Afrofuture, from Do the Righ...

Dena Simmons

Educator & Founder of LiberatED; Social & Emotional Learning Advocate

Brittney Cooper

Feminist Scholar & Author of "Beyond Respectability: The Intellectual Thought of Race Women"

Kwame Alexander

Poet, Educator, Publisher, Emmy Award Winning Producer & New York Times Bestselling Author Known for "The Crossover"

Light For The World To See: A Thousand Words on Race and Hope

Ayo Tometi

Human Rights Advocate, Strategist, Writer & Co-Founder of Black Lives Matter Movement

DeRay Mckesson

Civil Rights Activist Focusing on Innovation, Equity & Justice; Host of "Pod Save The People"

Julie Dash

Director & Writer Known for "Daughters of the Dust"; First Black Woman to Direct A Full-Length General Theatrical Release Film in the U.S.

Katori Hall

Playwright, Journalist & Actress