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Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

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Shekinah Elmore

Oncologist; Dedicated to Pursuing Equity & Empathy in Oncology Care

Michael W. Twitty

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Sheila C. Johnson

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

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Rita Dove

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

Shantell Thomas

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Leland Melvin

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Sharon Delaney McCloud

Emmy Award-Winning Journalist; Breast Cancer Survivor; Certified Diversity Executive & Resilience Expert

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Kali Uchis

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Brian Fanzo

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Dr. Sheila Robinson

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Rhiannon Giddens

Grammy-Winning & Pulitzer Prize-Winning Folk Singer Reclaiming African-American Musical Traditions

Eduardo Bonilla Silva

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

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

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Lenora Billings-Harris

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Justin Leblanc

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Matthew Schwab

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Mark Anthony Neal

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

Dr. Carolyn Jefferson-Jenkins

Educator, Writer, Activist & First Woman of Color Elected President of the League of Women Voters

Cullen Jones

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