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New York Times Best-Selling Author, Fox News Political Analyst, Co-Host of "The Five" & Award-Winning Columnist

Erin Gruwell

Founder & Executive Director of the Freedom Writers Foundation; Education Reform Advocate

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Emmy Award-Winning Talk Show Host; Multiple Sclerosis Survivor; Health Equity & Veteran Advocate

Tukufu Zuberi

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

Kevin Powell

Writer, Humanitarian, President of BK Nation

Victoria Rowell

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

Brad Meltzer

Host of History Channel’s "Lost History" & "Brad Meltzer’s Decoded;" New York Times Best-Selling Author

Spike Lee

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

Common

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

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

Van Jones

CEO of REFORM Alliance, CNN host, Emmy Award-winning Producer & NY Times Best-Selling Author

Daymond John

"Shark Tank" Investor; Founder & CEO of FUBU; Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship

Hill Harper

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

Roya Hakakian

Iranian Poet, Journalist & Author

Bruce George

Poet / Activist

Amanda Seales

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

Asra Nomani

Communications Strategist, Investigative Journalist, Cross-Cultural Communications Trainer & Researcher

Aaron McGruder

Writer and Cartoonist; Known for "The Boondocks"

Branford Marsalis

Grammy Award-Winning Jazz Musician & Passionate Music Educator

Nelson George

Author / Filmmaker

Ellis Cose

Award-Winning Journalist & Author

Iyanla Vanzant

New York Times Best-Selling Author, Spiritual Life Coach & Host of "Iyanla Fix My Life"

Alvin Poussaint

Psychiatrist, Media Consultant & Author

Mariane Pearl

Widow of Journalist Daniel Pearl

Sonia Nazario

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author & Journalist; Author of "Enrique’s Journey"

A.J. Jacobs

Best-Selling Author & "Human Guinea Pig"

The Year of Living Constitutionally: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Constitution'...

Donna Brazile

Veteran Political Strategist, Best-Selling Author & Former Interim Chair of the Democratic National Committee

Amy DuBois Barnett

Chief Content Officer, theGrio.com & EVP Digital, Entertainment Studios

Azure Antoinette

CEO, Commissioned Poet & Author, Millennial Advocate

John Zogby

Trendspotter & Leading Pollster

Jalen Rose

Former ESPN Analyst & NBA Player