Nikki Giovanni

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

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

Lenora Billings-Harris

Multicultural Diversity Expert & Author; President & CEO of UbuntuGlobal

Cullen Jones

Former Four-Time Olympic Medalist & World Record-Holding Swimmer

James A. Joseph

Former Ambassador to South Africa; Leader in Residence, Hart Leadership Program at Duke University

Ariel Dorfman

Argentine-Chilean-American Novelist, Playwright, Essayist, Academic & Human Rights activist

Bill Yoast

Inspirational Football Coach

Mark Anthony Neal

Author, Cultural Critic, James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of African & African American Studies

Scott McClellan

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

Alberto Gonzales

Former Attorney General of the United States

Rod Paige

Former U.S. Secretary of Education

Anthony Cohen

On May 4, 1996, historian Anthony Cohen embarked on a two-month-long journey to explore a tragically overlooked part of American history: the Underground Railroad, the secret network that thousands of slaves traveled through to attain their freedom.

Amy Wright

CNN Hero of the Year 2017; Owner of Bitty & Beau's Coffee

Chrissy Wallace

Professional Stock Car Racing Driver

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

Kemba Smith

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

Eduardo Bonilla Silva

Professor of Sociology at Duke University & Author of "Racism without Racists"

Michael Losey

Former President and CEO, Society for Human Resource Management

Sonia Aranza

Award-winning expert and dynamic speaker on cross-cultural, diversity and generational issues!

Jasmin Darznik

Iranian Immigrant; Author & Cultural Historian

Hope C. Mihalap

Award-Winning Humorist, Author and International Speaker