Montel Williams

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

Tyrese Gibson

R&B Singer, Actor & Author

Common

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

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

Kevin Powell

Writer, Humanitarian, President of BK Nation

Bruce George

Poet / Activist

Saul Williams

Spoken Word Artist

James McBride

New York Times Best-Selling Author & Musician

Spike Lee

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

Daymond John

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

Nelson George

Author / Filmmaker

MK Asante

Best-selling Author, Award-winning Filmmaker, Recording Artist & Professor

Beautiful. And Ugly Too

Tukufu Zuberi

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

Al Letson

Peabody Award-Winning Radio Host, Spoken Word Artist, Playwright

David Banner

Rapper, Record Producer, Activist & Actor

John Legend

EGOT Winning Musician, Producer & Philantropist

Alfre Woodard

Emmy Award-Winning Actress; Human Rights Activist

The Color Orange

Cross-Cultural Performance

Dr. Ian Smith

Doctor, New York Times Bestselling Author, Medical Contributor & Host of "The Doctors"

Victoria Rowell

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

Alvin Poussaint

Psychiatrist, Media Consultant & Author

Talib Kweli

Rapper, Emcee, Activist & Entrepreneur

Hill Harper

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

Giancarlo Esposito

African-Italian American Actor, Director, Producer; Best Known for his Role as Gustavo "Gus" Fring on AMC's Breaking Bad

LeVar Burton

Literacy Advocate & Actor Known for "Roots," "Star Trek" & "Reading Rainbow"

Joy Behar

Comedian, Actress & Former Co-Host of "The View"

Angela Bassett

Award-Winning Actress & Co-Founder of Bassett/Vance Productions

Jurnee Smollett

Actress & Singer

Sheryl Lee Ralph

Actress, Broadway Singer & Producer; Known for "Abbott Elementary"

Will Power

Actor, Rapper, Playwright & Educator

Jasmine Guy

Actress of Stage & Screen