Wendy Osefo, PhD

Professor | Media Personality | Political Commentator | CEO

Shawn Ginwright

One of the Nation’s Leading Innovators, Provocateurs, & Thought Leaders on African American Youth, Youth Activism, & Youth Development; PhD, Author & Professor

Angel Rich

Founder & CEO of The Wealth Factory

Tracie Thoms

TV, Film & Stage Actress; Best Known for "Rent," "Cold Case" and "The Devil Wears Prada"

Beverly Tatum

Best-Selling Author, Higher Education Leadership & Race Relations Expert, President Emerita of Spelman College

Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: And Other Conversations ...

Kip Fulbeck

Professor of Art at UCSB; Award-Winning Filmmaker, Author, Artist & Spoken Word Poet

Dr. Tererai Trent

Internationally Recognized Voices for Quality Education and Women’s Empowerment; Oprah Winfrey's "All-Time Favorite Guest"

Jurnee Smollett

Actress & Singer

Erika Hayes James

Dean, Wharton School of Business; First Black Woman to Lead a Top MBA Program; Expert on Organizational Psychology & Executive Leadership

Dr. Erika James talks becoming Wharton School's dean

Fonzworth Bentley

Musician, Author and TV personality; MTV's "From G's to Gents"

Bakari Sellers

Author, Attorney, Political Commentator & Youngest African American Elected Official in the U.S.

Dr. Marc Lamont Hill

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

Coach Ken Carter

Coach, Author, Educator & Inspiration for the Film "Coach Carter"

Freeman Hrabowski

Former President of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC); Advocate for STEM Education for African Americans

Shawn Harper

Former NFL Football Player, Successful Businessman & Life Coach

Rebecca Walker

Bestselling Author & Founder of the Third Wave Feminism Movement

What's Your Story? with author Rebecca Walker

Kweisi Mfume

Political & Business Leader

Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Olympic Legend, Philanthropist, American Record-Holder in the Long Jump & Founder of the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Foundation

Hill Harper

Best-Selling Author, Tech Entrepreneur, Investor, Philanthropist & Actor; Best Known For "CSI: NY" & "The Good Doctor"

Stedman Graham

CEO of S. Graham & Associates, Leadership Development Expert & Author

Nikki Giovanni

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

‘Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project’ Review: An Afrofuturist Space Odyssey

Marian Wright Edelman

Founder & President of the Children's Defense Fund

Wally Amos

Founder of Famous Amos Cookies

Dr. K.L. Allen

Veteran, Chancellor WGU Ohio, & Prolific Op-Ed Writer

Alena Analeigh

Brown STEM Girl Founder; Youngest Person of Color Accepted into Medical School & Youngest NASA Intern

Jarmichael R. Harris, MS, LCAS

Founder & CEO of Engage Recovery, LLC; Director of Scholastic Recovery for the Addiction Professionals of North Carolina

David C. Banks

President & CEO of the Eagle Academy Foundation; Education Reformer & DEI Expert

Dwinita Mosby Tyler

Equity Advocate, TED Speaker & Author

Kira Banks

Psychologist, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Consultant

Tressie McMillan Cottom, Ph.D.

Award-Winning Associate Professor of Sociology at Virginia Commonwealth University