Randi Pink

Advocate & Author Known for "Angel of Greenwood"

Damon Young

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

Michael Arceneaux

Best-Selling Author of "I Can't Date Jesus"

I Finally Bought Some Jordans: Essays

Ijeoma Oluo

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

Joy-Ann Reid

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

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

Michael Eric Dyson

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

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Renowned African Novelist & Speaker

Bobby Seale

Political Activist & Co-Founder of the Black Panther Party

Mark Anthony Neal

Author, Cultural Critic, James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of African & African American Studies

Nkechi Taifa

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

Taifa keynotes 2021 HBCU Pre-Law Summit

Afrika Afeni Mills

Anti-Bias, Antiracist, Pro-Human Mindset Advocate; Expert on Inclusion & Belonging; Education Consultant and Author of "Open Windows, Open Minds"

Todd Bridges

Author, Director & Actor Known for "Diff'rent Strokes"; Substance Abuse Recovery Advocate

Alaina E. Roberts

Award-Winning Black & Indigenous Historian; Associate Professor at University of Pittsburgh; Author of "I’ve Been Here All the While"

Dorothy A. Brown

Author of "The Whiteness Of Wealth"

Glory Edim

Literary Advocate & Founder of Well-Read Black Girl

Monique Melton

Anti-Racism Educator, Author, Host of the Shine Brighter Together Podcast

Enid Lee

Anti-Racist Professional Development Specialist, Leadership Coach, Writer

Michelle Duster

Public Historian, Equity Advocate & Award-Winning Author Known for "Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells"

Amanda Gorman

Inaugural Youth Poet Laureate of the U.S.

Nafissa Thompson-Spires

Author of "Heads of the Colored People"

Xernona Clayton

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

Ron Stallworth

Retired Police Officer & Inspiration for "BlacKkKlansman"

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

Naima Coster

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

Fania Davis

Co-founder & Director of Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth

Cassandra Worthy

Change Enthusiasm, Mindset & Leadership Speaker; Disruptive Thought Leader

Morgan Jerkins​

Contributing Editor at Catapult & Author of "This Will Be My Undoing"

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

Stacey Abrams

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

Elaine Welteroth

Former Co-Host of CBS “The Talk,” NYT Bestselling Author, Award-Winning Journalist & Former Editor-in-Chief of Teen Vogue

Charlene Carruthers

Writer, Filmmaker & Black Studies Scholar; Founder of BYP100