The Color Orange

Cross-Cultural Performance

Tyrese Gibson

R&B Singer, Actor & Author

Will Power

Actor, Rapper, Playwright & Educator

Kevin Powell

Writer, Humanitarian, President of BK Nation

Bruce George

Poet / Activist

James McBride

New York Times Best-Selling Author & Musician

Branford Marsalis

Grammy Award-Winning Jazz Musician & Passionate Music Educator

Talib Kweli

Rapper, Emcee, Activist & Entrepreneur

Derrick Ashong

Broadcaster, Musician & Social Entrepreneur

MK Asante

Best-selling Author, Award-winning Filmmaker, Recording Artist & Professor

Beautiful. And Ugly Too

James Spooner

Director & Filmmaker, Afro-Punk

Common

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

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

DJ Spooky

DJ, Hip-Hop Artist & Writer

Kimberley Locke

Singer / Television Personality

Quincy Jones

Producer / Grammy-Winning Composer

Mos Def

Hip-Hop Artist & Actor

LL Cool J

Hip-Hop Artist, Host of "Lip Sync Battle" & Actor Known For "NCIS"

Tukufu Zuberi

Expert on Race Relations; Host, "PBS History Detectives"; Professor of Race Relations at the University of Pennsylvania,

Jurnee Smollett

Actress & Singer

Vanessa Williams

Grammy Nominated Singer, Actress & Philanthropist

David Banner

Rapper, Record Producer, Activist & Actor

Gladys Knight

Singer-Songwriter & Actress

Saul Williams

Spoken Word Artist

Dr. Ian Smith

Doctor, New York Times Bestselling Author, Medical Contributor & Host of "The Doctors"

Amanda Seales

Poet, Spoken Word Artist & Media Personality Known for HBO's "Insecure;" Anti-Smoking Activist

Ursula Rucker

Spoken Word Artist

Victoria Rowell

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

Alvin Poussaint

Psychiatrist, Media Consultant & Author

Aaron McGruder

Writer and Cartoonist; Known for "The Boondocks"

Spike Lee

Academy Award-Winning Writer, Producer, Actor & Director; Best Known for "BlacKkKlansman" & "Malcolm X"