Elijah Wald

Musician, Cultural Historian, Teacher, and Author of "Dylan Goes Electric!"

Annette Gordon-Reed

Professor of American Legal History at Harvard Law School & Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author

Juan Williams

New York Times Best-Selling Author, Fox News Political Analyst, Co-Host of "The Five" & Award-Winning Columnist

Sonia Nazario

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author & Journalist; Author of "Enrique’s Journey"

Dr. Michio Kaku

World-Renowned Futurist & Theoretical Physicist

Caleb Gayle

Award-Winning Journalist, Writer, & Author of "We Refuse To Forget"; Professor at Northeastern University

What Was the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921?

Tiffany Jewell

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

Michael W. Twitty

Culinary Historian & Author of "Rice: a Savor the South cookbook" (Savor the South Cookbooks)

Michael Twitty Teaches Tracing Your Roots Through Food

David R. Dow

David R. Dow has defended over 100 death row inmates in 20 years. He is the Cullen Professor at the University of Houston Law Center and the Rorschach Visiting Professor of History at Rice University.

Jeffrey Kluger

Journalist; Editor and Writer at TIME MAGAZINE. Author of 8 books, including APOLLO 13.

Jimmy Wales

Founder of Wikipedia & Wikitribune

Eric Etheridge

Author, Journalist & Photographer

Kurt Andersen

Host of "Studio 360 from PRI and WNYC" & Author

Clifton L. Taulbert

Author, Business Consultant, & Speaker; Best Known for "Once Upon a Time When We Were Colored"

Anna Deavere Smith

Award-Winning Actress, Playwright & Social Commentator

James McBride

New York Times Best-Selling Author & Musician

Parag Khanna

Managing Partner at FutureMap; Strategic Advisor to Governments & Global Companies; Bestselling Author; TED Speaker

Amy Goodman

Host & Executive Producer, Democracy Now!

Nelson George

Author / Filmmaker

Linda Darling-Hammond

CEO of Learning Policy Institute & Founder of the Stanford University Center for Opportunity Policy in Education; Leader of President Obama’s Education Policy Transition Team

Enuma Okoro

Nigerian-American Author and Lecturer; Columnist, Financial Times; Global Citizen

Silence and Other Surprising Invitations of Advent

Jay Caspian Kang

Author of "The Loneliest Americans"; Emmy Award-Nominated Correspondent for HBO's 'Vice'; Co-Host of Podcast 'Time to Say Goodbye'

The Loneliest Americans

Rachel Harding

Associate Professor of Indigenous Spiritual Traditions in the Department of Ethnic Studies at the University of Colorado Denver

Milagros Phillips

Keynote Speaker, TEDx Presenter, Author & Certified Coach

Soraya Field Fiorio

Historian, Writer, Musician

Julian Chambliss

Educator, Writer & Researcher

Keisha N. Blain

Award-Winning Historian & Writer

Dan Hauser

Author, Historian & Entertaining Commentator

Tiffany Jenkins

Sociologist, Cultural Commentator, Author & Culture Editor for the Journal "Sociology Compass"

Maryanne Wolf

Literacy Advocate & Director of the Center for Dyslexia, Diverse Learners, and Social Justice