Oprah Winfrey

CEO of Oprah Winfrey Network, Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient & National Women's Hall of Famer

Oprah Winfrey: Broken Open | Oprah's Super Soul | OWN Podcasts ...

Joyce Maynard

Journalist & Best-Selling Author

What cancer taught me about the nature of love | Joyce Maynard | TEDx

Janice Howroyd

Founder & CEO of The ActOne Group; The First African American Woman to Own a $1 Billion Brand

Don Cheadle

Actor, Activist & Author; Known for "Iron Man 2" & "Hotel Rwanda"

Al Letson

Peabody Award-Winning Radio Host, Spoken Word Artist, Playwright

Caroline Elkins

Professor of African Studies at Harvard University & Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author of "Imperial Reckoning"

Clayborne Carson

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

Patricia J. Williams

Columnist & Law Professor

Montel Williams

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

Kate White

Former Editor-In-Chief of Cosmopolitan Magazine; New York Times Best-Selling Author

Judy Smith

America's Premier Crisis Management Expert; Inspiration for ABC's "Scandal"

Judy Smith - Career Advice

Bobby Seale

Political Activist & Co-Founder of the Black Panther Party

Ursula Rucker

Spoken Word Artist

Victoria Rowell

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

Randall Robinson

Social Justice Advocate & Best-Selling Author

Retta

Stand-Up Comedian & Actress Known for "Parks and Recreation"

Mark Anthony Neal

Author, Cultural Critic, James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of African & African American Studies

Gloria Naylor

Best-selling Author

Tonya Lewis Lee

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

Tonya Lewis Lee on the Black maternal mortality crisis

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

Shoshana Johnson

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

Judge Glenda Hatchett

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

Erin Gruwell

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

Temple Grandin

World-Famous Animal Scientist, Autism Self-Advocate & Author of "Thinking in Pictures: My Life With Autism"

TEMPLE GRANDIN on the Three Kinds of Kids

Robin Givens

Actress, Author & Domestic Abuse Awareness Advocate

Farai Chideya

Multimedia Journalist & Commentator

Majora Carter

Real Estate Developer, Peabody Award-Winning Broadcaster & Urban Revitalization Strategy Consultant

Kristal Brent Zook

Investigative Journalist

Laila Ali

Undefeated Four-Time World Champion Boxer & Lifestyle Expert; Heart Disease Awareness Advocate