Mary Anne Franks

George Washington University Law School Professor, Legal Scholar, Author, Activist & Media Commentator

Fearless Speech: Breaking Free from the First Amendment

Tara Yosso

Professor at UC Riverside, Critical Race Theory & Media Literacy Expert; Known for Her Community Cultural Wealth Framework

Kelly Lytle Hernandez

Expert on Race, Immigration & Mass Incarceration; Professor of History, African American Studies, and Urban Planning at UCLA

Melissa Creary

Assistant Professor of Health Management and Policy, University of Michigan, School of Public Health

Khaled A. Beydoun

Law Professor, Author & Islamophobia Expert

Michèle Lamont

Harvard University Professor; Internationally-Recognized Sociology Author

Dr. Bernard LaFayette, Jr.

Civil Rights Movement Leader, Minister, Educator, and Lecturer

Carolyn Roberts

Assistant Professor in History of Science & History of Medicine; African American Studies Professor at Yale University

Hasan Kwame Jeffries

Author & African American History Professor

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

Assistant Professor at Princeton University, Writer & Activist

Kira Banks

Psychologist, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Consultant

EbonyJanice Moore

Activist, Professor, Author, Womanist Scholar

Michele Bratcher Goodwin

Director of the Department of Gender & Sexuality Studies and Center for Biotechnology & Global Health Policy at University of California Irvine; Founder of the Institute for Global Child Advocacy

Lynn Conway

Transgender Pioneer & Computer Scientist

Eve Ewing

Sociologist of Education & Assistant Professor at the School of Social Service Administration at the University of Chicago

Anthony C. Thompson

Author & Professor at NYU Law

Nafissa Thompson-Spires

Author of "Heads of the Colored People"

Tommie Smith

World Record Breaking Gold Medal Olympian & Civil Rights Icon Famous for Black Power Salute at the Olympics

Fania Davis

Co-founder & Director of Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth

Safiya Noble

AI & Algorithmic Discrimination Expert; Associate Professor at UCLA; Researcher on Race, Gender, Technology & Design