Valentino Achak Deng

Surviving Lost Boy of Sudan, Co-Founder of the VAD Foundation, & Author of "What is the What"

Nnedi Okorafor

International Award-Winning Fantasy & Science Fiction Author

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Jocko Willink

Retired Navy SEAL Officer & Co-Author of "Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win"

Ari Babaknia, M.D.

World Genocide Scholar and Medical Doctor

Charles Johnson

National Book Award Winner (Middle Passage), Charles Johnson has also been prolific in non-fiction, writing history (Africans in America), biography (Remembering Martin Luther King Jr.), and countless essays and reviews.

Greg McKeown

CEO of THIS Inc. & Best-Selling Author of "Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less"

Trevor Noah

Emmy Award-Winning Comedian & Bestselling Author; Former Host of "The Daily Show"

DeVon Franklin

Award-Winning Producer, New York Times Bestselling Author & Motivational Speaker

Black Ice

Award-Winning Spoken Word Artist

Dean Karlan

Behavioral Economist, Social Entrepreneur & Author

Rye Barcott

Co-Founder & CEO of With Honor, Veteran and Author of "It Happened on the Way to War"

Yusef Komunyakaa

Pulitzer Prize Winning Poet & Professor at NYU

Djimon Hounsou

Actor, Producer, Humanitarian, Founder of the Gate of (No) Return Marathon & Festival

Ray Zahab

Ultra-marathon Runner and Adventurer; Host, "The Project"; Author of "Running for My Life"

Chris Hogan

#1 National Best-Selling Author; Dynamic Speaker; Financial Expert

John Wood

Founder & Board Co-Chair of Room to Read; Former Microsoft Marketing Executive

Kevin Hines

Brain/Mental Health & Suicide Prevention Activist, Best-Selling Author, Multi-award Winning Filmmaker & Subject Matter Expert

Kevin Powell

Writer, Humanitarian, President of BK Nation

Don Cheadle

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

Juan Williams

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

Robin Kelley

Professor of African American Studies & Author

Immaculée Ilibagiza

Author, "Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust"

David Goodman

New York Times Best-Selling Author & Journalist

Richard T. Ford

Expert on Civil Rights & Anti-Discrimination Law

Caroline Elkins

Professor of African Studies at Harvard University & Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author of "Imperial Reckoning"

Tony Brown

Tony Brown is Chief Executive Officer of Urban America Television Network (UATV) which has about 30 million viewers.

Montel Williams

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

Clifton L. Taulbert

Author, Business Consultant, & Speaker; Best Known for "Once Upon a Time When We Were Colored"

Joseph Stiglitz

American Economist, Professor at Columbia University & Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences 2001

Tavis Smiley

Broadcaster, Author, Publisher, Advocate, and Philanthropist