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Johnnetta Cole

Former Director, Smithsonian National Museum of African Art

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

Pranav Mistry

Computer Scientist & Inventor

Dr. Marc Lamont Hill

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

Dr. M. Joycelyn Elders

Former Surgeon General of the United States

Tonya Lewis Lee

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

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Sara Lawrence Lightfoot

Sociologist, Educator & Author

Karim Abouelnaga

Founder, Practice Makes Perfect

Leroy Chiao

Former Astronaut & International Space Station Commander; Commercial Space Flight Pioneer

Malaak Compton

Activist & Philanthropist

Kathleen Kennedy Townsend

Maryland's 1st Female Lt. Governor

Beverly Tatum

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

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Freeman Hrabowski

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

Tressie McMillan Cottom, Ph.D.

Award-Winning Associate Professor of Sociology at Virginia Commonwealth University

Jurnee Smollett

Actress & Singer

Jalen Rose

Former ESPN Analyst & NBA Player

John Zogby

Trendspotter & Leading Pollster

Shaun R. Harper

Critical Race Theorist; Gender Studies Scholar

Adam Braun

New York Times & Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author, "The Promise of a Pencil"; Entrepreneur, Philanthropist & Founder of Pencils of Promise

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