Winston Duke

Actor Known for Marvel's "Black Panther" and "Us"

Will Packer

Award-Winning Producer Known for "Think Like A Man" & "Straight Outta Compton"; Founder of Will Packer Productions

Ava DuVernay

Academy Award-Nominated Director & Producer Known for "Selma," "13th" & "When They See Us"

Colin Kaepernick Scripted Series From Ava DuVernay, ‘When They See Us’ Writer Set at Ne...

Viola Davis

First Black Actor to Receive an Emmy, Tony & Academy Award; Equal Rights for Women & Women of Color Advocate

Viola Davis: “My Entire Life Has Been a Protest” — Vanity Fair

Forest Whitaker

Award-Winning Actor, Producer & Director; Best Known for "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" & "The Last King of Scotland"

Forest Whitaker at the Fourth World Conference of Speakers of ...

Marsai Martin

Actress & Producer; Known for "Black-ish" & "Little"

Marsai Martin, Star Of 'Little,' Is The Youngest Executive Producer In ...

Diane Guerrero

Immigration Reform Activist & Actress Known for "Orange is the New Black" & "Jane The Virgin"

Ice Cube

Rapper, Actor, Producer, Director & Writer Known for "21 Jumpstreet" and "Straight Outta Compton"

Amandla Stenberg

Actor, Singer and Activist; Best Known for "The Hate U Give," "The Hunger Games" & "Everything, Everything"

Amandla Stenberg Refuses to Let Her Identity Dictate Her Career

Will Smith

Actor & Producer Known for "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air," "I Am Legend," "Concussion" and "Suicide Squad"

Will Smith's Life Advice Will Change You | Will Smith Motivation

Cynthia Erivo

Singer-Songwriter & Tony Award-Winning Actress Known for "The Color Purple" and Portraying Harriet Tubman in "Harriet"

Acceptance Speech: Cynthia Erivo - Best Leading Actress in a Musical (2016)

Issa Rae

Actress, Writer, Director & Producer; Star and Creator of HBO's "Insecure" and "Awkward Black Girl"

dream hampton

Cultural Critic, Award-Winning Filmmaker & Executive Producer of "Surviving R.Kelly"

Regina King

Award-Winning Actress Known for "American Crime" and "If Beale Street Could Talk"

Global Support for Black Lives Matter Gives Regina King Hope

Shonda Rhimes

Executive Producer, Screenwriter, & Author

Shonda Rhimes '91 Delivers Dartmouth's Commencement Speech

Jordan Peele

Filmmaker, Producer, Actor and Academy Award-Winning Screenwriter; Known for "Get Out" & "Us"

Janelle Monáe

Singer-Songwriter, Rapper & Actress

Janelle Monáe says pescatarian diet caused mercury poisoning - CNN

Denzel Washington

Actor, Director & Producer Known for "Fences," "The Book of Eli" & "Training Day"

Put God First - Denzel Washington Commencement Speech

Julie Taymor

Film, Opera, & Academy Award-Nominated Theater Director

Tyler Perry

Actor, Writer, Producer, Comedian & Director; CEO of Tyler Perry Studios

Inside Tyler Perry’s 300-Acre Studio Compound in Atlanta