Lavell Crawford

Stand-up Comedian Best Known for his Role in "Breaking Bad"

Pharrell Williams

Singer-Songwriter, Producer & Entrepreneur; Known for the Hit Single, "Happy"

Forest Whitaker

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

Donnell Rawlings

Comedian & Actor; Best Known for his Role in "The Chapelle Show" and HBO's "The Wire"

Don Cheadle

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

Bo Burnham

Filmmaker, Comedian & YouTuber

Clayborne Carson

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

Andy Borowitz

New York Times Best-Selling Author and Comedian; Creator of the Borowitz Report

Lizz Winstead

Co-creator & Former Head Writer of "The Daily Show"

Dr. Cornel West

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

Robert Townsend

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

Kenan Thompson

Prime Time Emmy Award-Nominated Actor; "Saturday Night Live" Cast Member; Star on NBC's "Kenan"

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Wanda Sykes

Emmy Award-Winning Comedian, Actress & Author

Ben Stein

Political Economist, Commentator, Author & Actor

Sinbad

Stand-Up Comedian & Actor

Sinbad is back after a stroke: ‘Miracles happen’

Sarah Silverman

Stand-Up Comedian, Actress, Singer, Producer & Writer

Bobby Seale

Political Activist & Co-Founder of the Black Panther Party

Craig Robinson

Comedic Actor Known for "The Office," "Knocked Up" & "Brooklyn Nine-Nine"

Tracy Morgan

Comedian, Former SNL Cast Member & Actor on NBC's "30 Rock"

Seth Meyers

Host of "Late Night with Seth Meyers" & Former Head Writer for SNL

Tim Meadows

Actor & Comedian; Known for "Saturday Night Live"

Star Jones

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

Mae Jemison

First Black Woman in Space & Former NASA Astronaut; National Women's & International Space Hall of Famer Founder, 100 Year Starship

Brandon T. Jackson

Actor, Stand-Up Comedian; Known for "Californication," "Tropic Thunder" and NBC's "Mr. Robinson"

Laura Ingraham

Political Commentator, Television Host & Journalist

Robin Givens

Actress, Author & Domestic Abuse Awareness Advocate

Nikki Giovanni

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

‘Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project’ Review: An Afrofuturist Space Odyssey

Waikinya Clanton

Impact Strategist, Community Activist, Advocate & Director of the Southern Poverty Law Center

Nkechi Taifa

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

Taifa keynotes 2021 HBCU Pre-Law Summit

Joshua Dodds

DEI Professional & Professor