Rosa Clemente

Community Organizer, Journalist, Political Activist, President & Founder of Know Thy Self Productions

Farai Chideya

Multimedia Journalist & Commentator

LeVar Burton

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

Nkechi Taifa

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

Taifa keynotes 2021 HBCU Pre-Law Summit

Kylar Broadus

Attorney, Author & LGBTQ Rights Activist; Motivational Disability Speaker; Founder of the Trans People of Color Coalition

LaTosha Brown

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

Benjamin Crump

Civil Rights Attorney, Author & Media Influencer

Angelica Ross

Founder of TransTech Social Enterprises & Actress in the FX Drama "Pose"

DeRay Mckesson

Civil Rights Activist Focusing on Innovation, Equity & Justice; Host of "Pod Save The People"

Patrisse Cullors

Artist, Activist & Organizer; Co-founder of #BlackLivesMatter

Jamilah Lemieux

Writer, Cultural Critic, Columnist at Slate, Co-Host of "Mom & Dad Are Fighting" Podcast

Charles Blow

Visual Op-Ed Columnist for The New York Times; CNN Contributor & NY Times Best-Selling Author of "Fire Shut Up in My Bones"

John Dau

Sudanese Refugee & Activist

Gabrielle Union

Actress, Voice Artist, Activist, Author & Investor

John Legend

EGOT Winning Musician, Producer & Philantropist

Dr. Boyce Watkins

Financial Expert & Social Activist

Deborah Prothrow-Stith

Youth Violence Expert / Physician

Neal Petersen

History-Making Extreme Adventurer, Award-Winning Author & Global Investor

Lisa Ling

Award-Winning Journalist & Producer for CBS News

Tonya Lewis Lee

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

Tonya Lewis Lee on the Black maternal mortality crisis

Parag Khanna

Managing Partner at FutureMap; Strategic Advisor to Governments & Global Companies; Bestselling Author; TED Speaker

Shoshana Johnson

First African American Woman POW in U.S. War History & Author of "I’m Still Standing"

Stedman Graham

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

Jonah Edelman

Advocate for Public Education, CEO of Stand for Children

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

Mohammed Bilal

Poet, Musician & Social Educator

Opal Lee

Educator, Counselor & Activist; Known as the 'Grandmother of Juneteenth'

JLove Calderon

Award-Winning Author, Producer, Director & CEO of Social Impact Firm Inspire Justice

Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor

Associate Professor of History at Smith College, Expert on The History of Race, Citizenship & Slavery

Tommie Smith

World Record Breaking Gold Medal Olympian & Civil Rights Icon Famous for Black Power Salute at the Olympics