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Author, Producer, Filmmaker & Entrepreneur; Women's Health Activist

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Alfre Woodard

Emmy Award-Winning Actress; Human Rights Activist

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Founder & Executive Director of the Freedom Writers Foundation; Education Reform Advocate

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Civil Rights Activist

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Poet / Activist

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Sonia Nazario

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author & Journalist; Author of "Enrique’s Journey"

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"Shark Tank" Investor; Founder & CEO of FUBU; Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship

Donna Brazile

Veteran Political Strategist, Best-Selling Author & Former Interim Chair of the Democratic National Committee

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Temple Grandin

World-Famous Animal Scientist, Autism Self-Advocate & Author of "Thinking in Pictures: My Life With Autism"

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Angela Davis

Feminist, Social Activist, Professor & Writer

Abolition: Politics, Practices, Promises, Vol. 1

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Real Estate Developer, Peabody Award-Winning Broadcaster & Urban Revitalization Strategy Consultant

Kevin Powell

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Ursula Rucker

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James McBride

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Julianne Malveaux

Economist, Author & Political Commentator; President Emerita of Bennett College for Women

Dr. Bernice King

Minister, Attorney, Author & Daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Roya Hakakian

Iranian Poet, Journalist & Author

Nikki Giovanni

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

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Pearl Cleage

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Amy DuBois Barnett

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Dr. Tererai Trent

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