Diamond Stingily

Artist Focused on Racial and Feminine Identities

Hank Willis Thomas

Conceptual Artist

Dread Scott

Artist Known for Controversial Exhibit "What Is the Proper Way to Display A U.S. Flag"

Damon Davis

Activist, Multimedia Artist, Musician & Filmmaker; Director of Whose Streets?

Sanford Biggers

Conceptual Artist

Angélica Dass

Award-Winning Photographer & Human Rights Activist

Bunny Rogers

Video and Multimedia Artist

Meriem Bennani

Moroccan Artist & Social Media Influencer

Kara Walker

Visual Artist; Best Known for her Room-Size Tableaux of Black Cut-Paper Silhouettes that Examine America's Racial and Gender Tensions

Killer Mike

Hip-Hop Artist & Activist Focused on Social Inequality, Police Brutality & Systemic Racism

Baratunde Thurston

Futurist Comedian, Writer & Cultural Critic

Baratunde In Media

Trevor Stuurman

Award-Winning Visual Artist & Creative Director

Mark Bradford

Contemporary Artist

Rodney Foxworth

CEO at Common Future, Social Innovator, Philanthropist & Entrepreneur

Aaron Samuels

Co-Founder & COO of Blavity

Ijeoma Oluo

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

Lorna Simpson

Award Winning Photographer & Visual Artist

Kerry James Marshall

Artist Known for Using African-American Life & History as Subject Matter for His Paintings and Sculptures

Dave deBronkart

Kidney Cancer Survivor & Patient Advocate Known as "e-Patient Dave"

Issa Rae

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

Sheila C. Johnson

Entrepreneur, CEO of Salamander Hotels and Resorts, President of WNBA's Washington Mystics & Co-Founder of BET

Walk Through Fire: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Triumph

Pharrell Williams

Singer-Songwriter, Producer & Entrepreneur; Known for the Hit Single, "Happy"

Dr. Cornel West

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

Mark Anthony Neal

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

Sherman Alexie

Poet, Short Story Writer, Novelist, and Performer

Milagros Phillips

Keynote Speaker, TEDx Presenter, Author & Certified Coach

JLove Calderon

Award-Winning Author, Producer, Director & CEO of Social Impact Firm Inspire Justice

Jeffrey Gibson

Contemporary Artist

An Indigenous Present

EbonyJanice Moore

Activist, Professor, Author, Womanist Scholar

Gabes Torres

Artist, Theologian, Psychotherapist & Human Rights Activist