Shariff Abdullah

Director of Commonway Institute

Stacey Abrams

Political Leader, Voting Rights Activist & New York Times Bestselling Author

Justin Hansford

Executive Director of the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center at Howard University School of Law

Xernona Clayton

Civil Rights Leader, Broadcast Executive, Founder, President & CEO of the Trumpet Awards Foundation

Fania Davis

Co-founder & Director of Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth

Amber Goodwin

Founding Director of the Community Justice Reform Coalition

S. Lee Merritt

Attorney & Activist Dubbed "The People's Lawyer;" Founder of Merritt Law Firm

Nkechi Taifa

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

Taifa keynotes 2021 HBCU Pre-Law Summit

Kylar Broadus

Attorney, Author & LGBTQ Rights Activist; Motivational Disability Speaker; Founder of the Trans People of Color Coalition

Leo Terrell

Renowned Civil Rights Attorney, Author of "Your Rights at the Work Place: The Things Your Boss Won’t Tell You"

Benjamin Crump

Civil Rights Attorney, Author & Media Influencer

Jasmine Crowe-Houston

Founder & CEO at Goodr Co.

Deanna Van Buren

Design Director & Co-Founder of Designing Justice + Designing Spaces

Morgan DeBaun

Founder & CEO of Blavity Inc.

Angela Rye

CNN Political Commentator, NPR Political Analyst, Attorney, Principal & CEO of IMPACT Strategies

Wesley Lowery

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Reporter & Author of "They Can't Kill Us All"

Joy-Ann Reid

MSNBC Correspondent, Political Author & Host of "The ReidOut"

Medgar and Myrlie: Medgar Evers and the Love Story that Awakened America

Jamilah Lemieux

Writer, Cultural Critic, Columnist at Slate, Co-Host of "Mom & Dad Are Fighting" Podcast

Maya L. Harris

Influential Voice at the Intersection of Politics, Public Policy & Civil Rights; Former Campaign Chairwoman for Kamala Harris's 2020 Presidential Bid

Fred D. Gray

Veteran Civil Rights Attorney; Represented Rosa Parks & Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Michael Eric Dyson

MSNBC Political Analyst, Former Host of NPR's "The Michael Eric Dyson Show" & Best-Selling Author

Michelle Obama

Former First Lady of the United States & Bestselling Author

Elie Mystal

Justice Correspondent, Attorney, Writer & Political Commentator

Lurie Daniel Favors, Esq.

Social Justice Activist & Attorney

Kira Banks

Psychologist, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Consultant

Lettie Gore

Historian, Host of "Sincerely, Lettie" Podcast

Annemarie Shrouder

Author of "Being Brown in a Black and White World," DEI Facilitator & International Consultant

Leon Ford Jr.

Community Activist & Speaker

Ron Stallworth

Retired Police Officer & Inspiration for "BlacKkKlansman"

The Gangs of Zion: A Black Cop’s Crusade in Mormon Country

Tommie Smith

World Record Breaking Gold Medal Olympian & Civil Rights Icon Famous for Black Power Salute at the Olympics