Forest Whitaker

Award-Winning Actor, Producer & Director; Best Known for "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" & "The Last King of Scotland"

Tim Wise

Anti-Racist Essayist, Author & Educator; Expert on White Privilege & Advocate for Belonging

Bakari Sellers

Author, Attorney, Political Commentator & Youngest African American Elected Official in the U.S.

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Dr. Marc Lamont Hill

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

Clayborne Carson

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

Dr. Cornel West

Philosopher, Professor, Political Activist & Author of "Race Matters"; 2024 People's Party Presidential Candidate

Dr. Boyce Watkins

Financial Expert & Social Activist

Ben Vereen

Tony Award-Winning Entertainer

Stephen A. Smith

Sports Journalist, Analyst & Talk Show Host Known for "First Take"

Bobby Seale

Political Activist & Co-Founder of the Black Panther Party

Judy Richardson

Film Producer and Former Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) Activist

Dr. Bernice King

Minister, Attorney, Author & Daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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Civil Rights Activist, Global Humanitarian & Political Leader

Daniel Dae Kim

Actor, Director & Producer

Erin Gruwell

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

Nikki Giovanni

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

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America Ferrera

Award-Winning Actress, Producer & Humanitarian

Jane Elliott

Anti-Racism Activist, Educator, Feminist & LGBT Activist

Angela Davis

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Chelsea Miller

Leading Voice in Racial Justice; Co-Founder of Freedom March NYC

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Saira Rao

Co-Founder, Race2Dinner; Co-author of the New York Times Bestseller "White Women"

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"The Gen-Z Historian"; New York Times Featured Social Media Influencer; Public Academic & Advocate for Racial Justice

Camille M. Busette

Interim Vice President & Director of Governance Studies at The Brookings Institution

Arthur Garrison

Professor, Scholar & Author on Criminal Justice History and Black Incarceration in America

Alice Waddington

Film Director, Writer, Photographer & Feminist

Amy Spitalnick

CEO of Bend the Arc, Former Executive Director at Integrity First for America & Civil Rights Activist

Jasper Vyda

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Social Entrepreneur, Activist & Black Feminist

Aditi Mayer

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

Taifa keynotes 2021 HBCU Pre-Law Summit