Thomas King

Award-Winning First Nations Writer

Reihan Salam

President of the Manhattan Group for Policy Research; Former Executive Editor of National Review

Keisha N. Blain

Award-Winning Historian & Writer

Keisha N. Blain: Fannie Lou Hamer's Enduring Message to America

Xernona Clayton

Civil Rights Leader, Broadcast Executive, Founder, President & CEO of the Trumpet Awards Foundation

Bobby Seale

Political Activist & Co-Founder of the Black Panther Party

Bob Mankoff

Cartoon Editor for The New Yorker; Founder of The Cartoon Bank

Clayborne Carson

Scholar, Author, Professor, Civil Rights Historian & Director of The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute

Lesley Hazleton

Author of "The First Muslim," a New Look at the Life of Muhammad

Peter Boykin

History Professor Specializing in African American & United States History

Passover Speaker Peter Boykin

Luana M. Graves Sellars

Community Activist & Cultural Influencer

Gullah Traditions of the South Carolina Coast

John Clauson

Cold War Historian & Author

Dr. Deirdre Cooper Owens

Award-Winning Author & Historian

Mike Rothmiller

NY Times Best-Selling Non-fiction Author, Former TV Producer, TV Reporter & Undercover Mafia Detective

Eric Jager

Professor of English at UCLA, Literary Critic & Specialist in Medieval Literature

Linda Allen

Songwriter & Educator

Kevin Gannon

Professor of History, Teaching & Technology; Known as the "Tattooed Professor"

Michael Auslin

Award-winning Author, Historian & Geopolitical Analyst

The China Reckoning

Johanna Neuman

Historian, Author, Lecturer on Women's Suffrage & Former Journalist

And Yet They Persisted: How American Women Won the Right to Vote

Chris Emery

Chief Enterprise Architect at U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission, Author of "White House Usher: Stories from the Inside"

White House Usher: Who Killed the President?

Samuel W. Mitcham, Jr.

Author & Historian