Anthony C. Thompson

Author & Professor at NYU Law

Nkechi Taifa

Civil & Human Rights Attorney, Best-Selling Author, Scholar Activist

Taifa keynotes 2021 HBCU Pre-Law Summit

Fania Davis

Co-founder & Director of Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth

S. Lee Merritt

Attorney & Activist Dubbed "The People's Lawyer;" Founder of Merritt Law Firm

Charlene Carruthers

Writer, Filmmaker & Black Studies Scholar; Founder of BYP100

Monique W. Couvson

Social Justice Scholar & Author of "Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools"

Dorothy Roberts

Scholar & Social Justice Advocate

Arthur Garrison

Professor, Scholar & Author on Criminal Justice History and Black Incarceration in America

Kelly Lytle Hernandez

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

Mikki Kendall

NYT Bestselling Author of "Hood Feminism", Diversity Consultant & Writer

Judge Victoria Pratt

Former Chief Judge, Newark, NJ Criminal Justice Reform Activist; Executive Director of Odyssey Impact & Author of "The Power of Dignity"

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Scott Ellsworth

Historian, Journalist, and Author of The Secret Game

Maya L. Harris

Influential Voice at the Intersection of Politics, Public Policy & Civil Rights; Former Campaign Chairwoman for Kamala Harris's 2020 Presidential Bid

Dr. Marc Lamont Hill

Presidential Professor at CUNY Graduate Center, BET News Correspondent, Human Rights Activist & Author

Shanita Hubbard

Professor, Advocate, Mother & Author of "Ride or Die: A Feminist Manifesto For The Well-Being of Black Women"

Johanna Fernández

Historian, Activist, Abolitionist & Author of "The Young Lords: A Radical History"

Ric S. Sheffield

Author on Gender, Race & Ethnicity; Professor of Legal Studies and Sociology at Kenyon College

LaTosha Brown

Co-Founder of Black Votes Matter & The Black Voters Matter Fund; Professional Moderator & Facilitator; Principal Owner of TruthSpeaks Consulting LLC

Deanna Van Buren

Design Director & Co-Founder of Designing Justice + Designing Spaces

Douglas Blackmon

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author of "Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II"

Stacey Abrams

Political Leader, Voting Rights Activist & New York Times Bestselling Author

Tamika D. Mallory

Social Justice Leader & Movement Strategist

Dr. Jawanza Kunjufu

Author, Speaker & Founder of African American Images

Richard Rothstein

Distinguished Fellow of the Economic Policy Institute and Senior Fellow (Emeritus) at the Thurgood Marshall Institute of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund

Tim Wise

Anti-Racist Essayist, Author & Educator; Expert on White Privilege & Advocate for Belonging

Khaled A. Beydoun

Law Professor, Author & Islamophobia Expert

Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia

Professor of Law & Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Penn State; Director, Center for Immigrants' Rights Clinic

Afua Hirsch

Award-Winning Writer, Broadcaster & Film Maker on Issues of Race and Equality, Co-host of "Enslaved" with Samuel L Jackson

Mariah Parker

Rapper, Abolitionist & Former Georgia County Commissioner

Justin Hansford

Executive Director of the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center at Howard University School of Law