Gladys Knight

Singer-Songwriter & Actress

Isaiah Washington

NAACP Image and SAG Award Winning Actor and Activist, Best Known as "Dr. Burke" On "Grey's Anatomy"

Ben Vereen

Tony Award-Winning Entertainer

Robert Townsend

Award-Winning Filmmaker & Former CEO of the Black Family Channel

DJ Spooky

DJ, Hip-Hop Artist & Writer

Tavis Smiley

Broadcaster, Author, Publisher, Advocate, and Philanthropist

Bobby Seale

Political Activist & Co-Founder of the Black Panther Party

Tony Plana

Actor & Director Known for "Ugly Betty;" Supporter of Comprehensive Immigration Reform; Advocate for Alzheimer's Disease

Mariane Pearl

Widow of Journalist Daniel Pearl

Charles J. Ogletree

Legal Theorist / Mentor / Activist

Sonia Nazario

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

Judge Greg Mathis

Civil Rights Activist, Television Personality

Lesra Martin

Attorney / Literacy Advocate

Kimberley Locke

Singer / Television Personality

Patti LaBelle

Grammy-Winning Singer & Cookbook Author

Patti LaBelle - Bloomberg Markets

Star Jones

Former Co-Host of "The View", Social Justice & Heart Disease Advocate

Frans Johansson

Innovation Expert & Author of "The Medici Effect"

Jennifer Holliday

Singer and Tony Award-Winning Actress

Roya Hakakian

Iranian Poet, Journalist & Author

Erin Gruwell

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

Kirk Franklin

Grammy Award-Winning Gospel Artist & Businessman

Giancarlo Esposito

African-Italian American Actor, Director, Producer; Best Known for his Role as Gustavo "Gus" Fring on AMC's Breaking Bad

Angela Davis

Feminist, Social Activist, Professor & Writer

Abolition: Politics, Practices, Promises, Vol. 1

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

Suzan Johnson Cook

3rd Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom for the United States

Pearl Cleage

Playwright & Novelist

Ken Burns

Historian & Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker

Sandra Bernhard

Comedienne, Actress, Singer & Author

Diane Guerrero

Immigration Reform Activist & Actress Known for "Orange is the New Black" & "Jane The Virgin"

Deo Mwano

Congolese Refugee