Lesra Martin

Attorney / Literacy Advocate

Jurnee Smollett

Actress & Singer

Chris Mburu

Human Rights Activist

Bruce George

Poet / Activist

Alvin Poussaint

Psychiatrist, Media Consultant & Author

Sonia Nazario

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

James McBride

New York Times Best-Selling Author & Musician

Isaiah Washington

NAACP Image and SAG Award Winning Actor and Activist, Best Known as "Dr. Burke" On "Grey's Anatomy"

Reverend Al Sharpton

Baptist Minister, Political, Civil Rights & Social Justice Activist

Tim Reid

Tim Reid, the Emmy-nominated actor, director and producer, has been a mainstay in the entertainment industry for the last three decades.

Aaron McGruder

Writer and Cartoonist; Known for "The Boondocks"

Branford Marsalis

Grammy Award-Winning Jazz Musician & Passionate Music Educator

Derrick Ashong

Broadcaster, Musician & Social Entrepreneur

Harvey Alston

Educator & Motivator

Elizabeth Vargas

Emmy Award-Winning Journalist; Best-Selling Author; Anchor for NewsNation

Charles J. Ogletree

Legal Theorist / Mentor / Activist

Tina Marie Jones

Business Consultant, Strategic Interventionist & Host of Holistic Living Talk Show

Manuel Scott

Scholar, Author & Original "Freedom Writer"

C. Vivian Stringer

Former Rutgers University Women's Basketball Coach

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Highest-Scoring NBA Player in History & Cancer Survivor

A Season on the Reservation: My Soujourn With the White Mountain Apaches

Sharon Stone

Award-Winning Actress, Producer, Activist & Humanitarian

Grant Korgan

Spinal Cord Injury-Recovering Athlete & Motivator

Dr. Myron Rolle

Former NFL Player, Neurosurgeon & Rhodes Scholar

Tukufu Zuberi

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

Danita Patterson

Danita Patterson is founding president and principal content developer of Destiny Unlimited, Inc., a family entertainment company that develops innovative film, television and new media content.

Brian Kenny

ESPN SportsCenter Anchor

Tony Brown

Tony Brown is Chief Executive Officer of Urban America Television Network (UATV) which has about 30 million viewers.

Kathleen Kennedy Townsend

Maryland's 1st Female Lt. Governor

Pat Riley

Miami Heat President & Hall of Fame Inductee

Billy Mills

Second Native American to Win an Olympic Gold Medal & Co-Founder of Running Strong for American Indian Youth