Fania Davis

Co-founder & Director of Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth

Ijeoma Oluo

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

Julianne Malveaux

Economist, Author & Political Commentator; President Emerita of Bennett College for Women

Minnijean Brown Trickey

Civil Rights Activist & Member of the "Little Rock Nine"

Justin Hansford

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

Kylar Broadus

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

Xernona Clayton

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

Tommie Smith

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

S. Lee Merritt

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

Charlene Carruthers

Writer, Filmmaker & Black Studies Scholar; Founder of BYP100

Kimberlé Crenshaw

Civil Rights Advocate & Leading Scholar in Critical Race Theory

Yusef Salaam

One of the Central Park 5, Entrepreneur, Author, Trainer & Leader

Yara Shahidi

Award-Winning Actress Known for "Black-ish," Youth Advocate & Voting Activist

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Dorothy Roberts

Scholar & Social Justice Advocate

Dr. Harry Edwards

Professor Emeritus at UC Berkeley, Civic Activist & Author

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Zerlina Maxwell

Political Analyst, Sexual Assault Awareness Advocate & Author of "The End of White Politics"

Jamilah Lemieux

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

Roland Martin

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

Valerie Jarrett

Civic Leader, New York Times Best-Selling Author & Former Senior Advisor to President Obama

Dr. Marc Lamont Hill

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

Stephen A. Smith

Sports Journalist, Analyst & Talk Show Host Known for "First Take"

Bobby Seale

Political Activist & Co-Founder of the Black Panther Party

Spike Lee

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

Dr. Bernice King

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

Van Jones

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

Nikki Giovanni

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

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

Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Award-Winning Filmmaker, Literary Scholar, Journalist & Cultural Critic; Director of the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research at Harvard University

Angela Davis

Feminist, Social Activist, Professor & Writer

Abolition: Politics, Practices, Promises, Vol. 1

Donna Brazile

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

Opal Lee

Educator, Counselor & Activist; Known as the 'Grandmother of Juneteenth'