Nikki Giovanni

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

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

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

Sheila C. Johnson

Entrepreneur, CEO of Salamander Hotels and Resorts, President of WNBA's Washington Mystics & Co-Founder of BET

Walk Through Fire: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Triumph

Rita Dove

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Poet, Former Poet Laureate to the Library of Congress & Henry Hoyns Professor of Creative Writing

Leland Melvin

Engineer, Former NASA Astronaut & Former NFL Wide Receiver

Dr. Sheila Robinson

Founder of Diversity Woman Media; DEI Expert; Author & Publisher

Adrienne Fikes, M.Ed., C.S.C.

Soul Power Coach and creator of the "Sort Out Your Life in 30 Seconds with Soul Power Challenge"

Lenora Billings-Harris

Multicultural Diversity Expert & Author; President & CEO of UbuntuGlobal

Bill Yoast

Inspirational Football Coach

Saira Rao

Co-Founder, Race2Dinner; Co-author of the New York Times Bestseller "White Women"

Chambermaid: A Novel

Corban Addison

Best-Selling Author, Attorney & Activist

Kemba Smith

Criminal Justice Advocate, Author of "Poster Child," Abuse Survivor

Laura Morgan Roberts

Organizational Psychologist, Consultant & Professor of Practice at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business

Rachel Rodgers

Entrepreneur, Author, CEO of Hello Seven & Founder of We Should All Be Millionaires: The Club

Robert A. Winn

Director & Lipman Chair in Oncology at the Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center

Frontiers in Oncology: Robert A. Winn, MD

Jackie "Jack" Hatfield, Jr.

Hatfield & McCoy Descendant, Author, LGBTQ+ Advocate & Executive Business Leader

Jasmin Darznik

Iranian Immigrant; Author & Cultural Historian

Scott McClellan

Former White House Press Secretary & Author of the No. 1 New York Times Bestseller About the Bush Administration, "What Happened"

Adalynn E. Harris

Founder and President of Equity Bridge Consultants

Blacks In Science

Sabin Prentis Duncan

Educator, Author, & Creator of Literary Soul Food