Nikki Giovanni

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

‘Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project’ Review: An Afrofuturist Space Odyssey

Angela Davis

Feminist, Social Activist, Professor & Writer

Abolition: Politics, Practices, Promises, Vol. 1

Ijeoma Oluo

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

Kwame Alexander

Poet, Educator, Publisher, Emmy Award Winning Producer & New York Times Bestselling Author Known for "The Crossover"

Light For The World To See: A Thousand Words on Race and Hope

Yusef Komunyakaa

Pulitzer Prize Winning Poet & Professor at NYU

Tiffany Jewell

Anti-Racist Educator, Author of "This Book is Anti-Racist"

Ruth King

Author, Educator, Former Development Consultant to Intel & Levi Strauss

Enid Lee

Anti-Racist Professional Development Specialist, Leadership Coach, Writer

Damon Young

Co-Founder of Very Smart Brothas & Author of "What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker"

Naima Coster

Award-Winning Author of "Halsey Street" & "What’s Mine and Yours"

Austin Channing Brown

Racial Justice Advocate & Bestselling Author of "I'm Still Here"

Tim Wise

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

Dr. Cornel West

Philosopher, Professor, Political Activist & Author of "Race Matters"; 2024 People's Party Presidential Candidate

Rita Williams-Garcia

Award-Winning Author Best Known For "One Crazy Summer"

LeRon L. Barton

Writer, Artist, Author of "All We Really Need Is Love"

Straight Dope: A 360 Degree Look Into American Drug Culture

Michael W. Twitty

Culinary Historian & Author of "Rice: a Savor the South cookbook" (Savor the South Cookbooks)

Michael Twitty Teaches Tracing Your Roots Through Food

Kim Katrin Milan

Writer, Educator, Artist, Women and LGBT Advocate

DeRay Mckesson

Civil Rights Activist Focusing on Innovation, Equity & Justice; Host of "Pod Save The People"

Thomas King

Award-Winning First Nations Writer

Ellen McGirt

Senior Editor at Fortune Magazine & "RaceAhead" Columnist

How to Future Proof Your Career | Tammy Franklin & Ellen McGirt

Charles Blow

Visual Op-Ed Columnist for The New York Times; CNN Contributor & NY Times Best-Selling Author of "Fire Shut Up in My Bones"

Michael Eric Dyson

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

Roland Martin

Award-Winning Journalist & Media Personality, Author of "Listening to the Spirit Within: 50 Perspectives on Faith"

Issa Rae

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

Dr. Marc Lamont Hill

Presidential Professor at CUNY Graduate Center, BET News Correspondent, Human Rights Activist & Author

Dr. Bernice King

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

Daymond John

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

Spirit Tawfiq

Antiracism Educator & Founder of Roots of the Spirit

Randi Pink

Advocate & Author Known for "Angel of Greenwood"

EbonyJanice Moore

Activist, Professor, Author, Womanist Scholar