Butterscotch

Vocal Percussionist Who Defies Gender & Other Social Constructs

Diamond Stingily

Artist Focused on Racial and Feminine Identities

Lorna Simpson

Award Winning Photographer & Visual Artist

Dawoud Bey

Photographer & Educator

Damon Davis

Activist, Multimedia Artist, Musician & Filmmaker; Director of Whose Streets?

Sanford Biggers

Conceptual Artist

Alec Soth

Photographer

Hank Willis Thomas

Conceptual Artist

Baratunde Thurston

Futurist Comedian, Writer & Cultural Critic

Baratunde In Media

Dr. Bernice King

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

Milagros Phillips

Keynote Speaker, TEDx Presenter, Author & Certified Coach

Dario Calmese

Artist, Urbanist, Director & Brand Consultant; First Black Photographer to Shoot a Vanity Fair Cover

Gabes Torres

Artist, Theologian, Psychotherapist & Human Rights Activist

Dread Scott

Artist Known for Controversial Exhibit "What Is the Proper Way to Display A U.S. Flag"

Deborah Willis

Professor & Chair of the Department of Photography and Imaging at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts

Ijeoma Oluo

Writer & Social Activist Known for Her Work on Issues of Race & Identity; Author of "So You Want to Talk About Race"

Trevor Paglen

Photographer & Geographer

Bruce Nauman

Contemporary & Modern Artist

Kimberlé Crenshaw

Civil Rights Advocate & Leading Scholar in Critical Race Theory

Alex Webb

Photographer with Magnum Photos

Loretta Ross

Founder of SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Health Collective; Reproductive Justice Activist & Professor

Martine Syms

Video & Performance Artist Focusing on Racial Issues

Killer Mike

Hip-Hop Artist & Activist Focused on Social Inequality, Police Brutality & Systemic Racism

Zanele Muholi

Visual Artist, Photographer, Co-Director of "Difficult Love"

Camille Seaman

National Geographic Contributing Photographer, TED Senior Fellow and Stanford Knight Fellow; Owner of Camille Seaman Photography

Tim Wise

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

Common

Award-Winning Artist, Actor, Producer, Musician & Writer

And Then We Rise: A Guide to Loving and Taking Care of Self

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

Bobby Seale

Political Activist & Co-Founder of the Black Panther Party