Bobby Seale

Political Activist & Co-Founder of the Black Panther Party

Hill Harper

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

Clayborne Carson

Scholar, Author, Professor, Civil Rights Historian & Director of The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute

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.

Donna Brazile

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

Kevin Powell

Writer, Humanitarian, President of BK Nation

Juan Williams

New York Times Best-Selling Author, Fox News Political Analyst, Co-Host of "The Five" & Award-Winning Columnist

Dr. Marc Lamont Hill

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

Tavis Smiley

Broadcaster, Author, Publisher, Advocate, and Philanthropist

Roland Martin

Award-Winning Journalist & Media Personality, Author of "Listening to the Spirit Within: 50 Perspectives on Faith"

Patricia J. Williams

Columnist & Law Professor

Reverend Al Sharpton

Baptist Minister, Political, Civil Rights & Social Justice Activist

Victoria Rowell

Actress, Producer, Director, Writer, American Ballet Theatre Alum & Founder of Rowell Foster Children's Positive Plan (RFCPP)

Charles J. Ogletree

Legal Theorist / Mentor / Activist

Erin Gruwell

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

John Zogby

Trendspotter & Leading Pollster

Randall Robinson

Social Justice Advocate & Best-Selling Author

Alvin Poussaint

Psychiatrist, Media Consultant & Author

Judge Glenda Hatchett

Former Juvenile Court Judge & Star of "Judge Hatchett" and "The Verdict"

Ernest Green

Member of the "Little Rock Nine" / Consultant

Nikki Giovanni

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

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

Myrlie Evers-Williams

Civil Rights Activist

Yusef Salaam

One of the Central Park 5, Entrepreneur, Author, Trainer & Leader

Clarence B. Jones

Former Adviser & Speechwriter for Martin Luther King Jr.

Tim Wise

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

Bakari Sellers

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

Helen Zia

Award-Winning Journalist, Author & Activist for Asian American and LGBTQ Rights

Sonia Nazario

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

Michael Patrick MacDonald

Best-Selling Author