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Award-Winning Spoken Word Artist and Activist

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Tri-Tongue Orator Known for her TED Talk "3 Ways to Speak English"

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Expert on Race Relations; Host, "PBS History Detectives"; Professor of Race Relations at the University of Pennsylvania,

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NASCAR Stock Car Driver; On-Air Personality for "SPEED" and "NASCAR Victory Lane"

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Minnesota Senator & Former Democratic Candidate in 2020 Presidential Race

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Regan Smith

2011 Southern 500 Race Winner; 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Rookie of the Year

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Race Car Driver; 2004 NASCAR Rookie of the Year

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Leading Feminist and Social Justice Advocate

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Race Car Driver for Front Row Motorsports in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series

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NASCAR Daytona 500 Champion & TV Analyst; Multiple Sclerosis Survivor

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NASCAR Race Car Driver, Winner of the 2016 Daytona 500

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Legal Theorist / Mentor / Activist

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Singer, Drag Queen and YouTube Personality; Appeared on Season 7 of "American Idol" and Season 6 of "RuPaul's Drag Race"

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Former Editor-in-Chief, Ms. and Essence

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Sociology & African American Studies Scholar; Author of "People's Science" and "Race After Technology"

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