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

John Legend

EGOT Winning Musician, Producer & Philantropist

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

Montel Williams

Emmy Award-Winning Talk Show Host; Multiple Sclerosis Survivor; Health Equity & Veteran Advocate

Jada Pinkett Smith

Actress, Host of "Red Table Talk" & Founder of 100% WOMON

Kweisi Mfume

Political & Business Leader

Lisa Leslie

WNBA Champion, Olympic Gold Medalist & Author of "Don't Let the Lipstick Fool You;" Coach of Ice-Cube's BIG3 Basketball League

Spike Lee

Academy Award-Winning Writer, Producer, Actor & Director; Best Known for "BlacKkKlansman" & "Malcolm X"

Jackie Joyner-Kersee

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

Daymond John

"Shark Tank" Investor; Founder & CEO of FUBU; Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship

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

Linda Darling-Hammond

CEO of Learning Policy Institute & Founder of the Stanford University Center for Opportunity Policy in Education; Leader of President Obama’s Education Policy Transition Team

Bill Cosby

Influential Comedian and Actor; Starred in "The Cosby Show"

LeVar Burton

Literacy Advocate & Actor Known for "Roots," "Star Trek" & "Reading Rainbow"

A'Lelia Bundles

Author of Best-Selling Biography ON HER OWN GROUND: The Life and Times of Madam C.J. Walker

Les Brown

Motivator, TV Personality & Best-Selling Author

Ruby Bridges

Civil Rights Activist & First African-American Child to Integrate a White Southern Elementary School

Wally Amos

Founder of Famous Amos Cookies

Melissa L. Gilliam

11th President of Boston University, Former Executive Vice President & Provost of Ohio State University; Educator, Research Scientist & Physician

“Serious Games for Serious Problems” with Melissa Gilliam

Dr. K.L. Allen

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

Trish Millines Dziko

Former Microsoft Programmer; Co-Founder & Executive Director of Technology Access Foundation

Sharif El-Mekki

Chief Executive Officer The Center for Black Educator Development

Alena Analeigh

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

Afrika Afeni Mills

Anti-Bias, Antiracist, Pro-Human Mindset Advocate; Expert on Inclusion & Belonging; Education Consultant and Author of "Open Windows, Open Minds"

Haley Carolyn Taylor Schlitz

Youth Advocate, Lawyer, Author & Advocate For Education Equity