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 ...

Spike Lee

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

America Ferrera

Award-Winning Actress, Producer & Humanitarian

Issa Rae

Actress, Writer, Director & Producer Known for HBO's "Insecure" & "Awkward Black Girl"

Denzel Washington

Actor, Director & Producer Known for "Fences," "The Book of Eli" & "Training Day"

Viola Davis

Academy Award-Winning Actress, Producer & New York Times Best-Selling Author

Viola Davis on Speaking Up, Challenging Stereotypes

John Legend

EGOT Winning Musician, Producer & Philantropist

Hill Harper

Best-Selling Author, Tech Entrepreneur, Investor, Philanthropist & Actor; Best Known For "CSI: NY" & "The Good Doctor"

Janet Mock

Author, Feminist, Transgender Rights Activist, TV Host & Founder of #GirlsLikeUs

Will Smith

Actor, Producer, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist & Author

F. Gary Gray

Director, Film Produce & Actor; Best Known for Directing "Straight Outta Compton" & "The Italian Job"

Robert Townsend

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

Mira Sorvino

Academy Award-Winning Actress & United Nations Goodwill Ambassador on Human Trafficking

Tyler Perry

Actor, Writer, Producer, Comedian & Director; CEO of Tyler Perry Studios

Charles S. Dutton

Actor & Director Known for "Roc" and "The Piano Lesson"

LeVar Burton

Literacy Advocate & Actor Known for "Roots," "Star Trek" & "Reading Rainbow"

Angela Bassett

Award-Winning Actress & Co-Founder of Bassett/Vance Productions

Ava DuVernay

Academy Award-Nominated Director & Producer Known for "Selma," "13th" & "When They See Us"

How Film Changes the Way We See the World | Ava DuVernay | TED

Shonda Rhimes

Executive Producer, Screenwriter, & Author

Shonda Rhimes Reveals SHOCKING Method Behind Her Creative ...

Gina Rodriguez

Award-Winning Actress, Producer, Director, Model & Humanitarian

Amandla Stenberg

Actor, Singer & Activist Known for "The Hate U Give," "The Hunger Games" & "Everything, Everything"

Don Cheadle

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

Bill Duke

Filmmaker & Actor Known for "Commando" and "X-Men: The Last Stand"

Lee Daniels

Director, Writer & Producer Known for "Precious" and "Empire"; Creator of Lee Daniels Entertainment

Alfre Woodard

Emmy Award-Winning Actress; Human Rights Activist

Ben Vereen

Tony Award-Winning Entertainer

dream hampton

Cultural Critic, Award-Winning Filmmaker & Executive Producer of "Surviving R.Kelly"

Lupita Nyong'o

Academy Award-Winning Actress; Known for "12 Years a Slave," "Black Panther" & "Us"

Maria Bello

Actress, Activist & Vital Voices Global Ambassador

Ice Cube

Rapper, Actor, Producer, Director & Writer Known for "21 Jumpstreet" and "Straight Outta Compton"