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WNBA Champion, Olympic Gold Medalist & Author of "Don't Let the Lipstick Fool You;" Coach of Ice-Cube's BIG3 Basketball League

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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Renowned African Novelist & Speaker

Dr. Marc Lamont Hill

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Montel Williams

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

Spike Lee

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Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Olympic Legend, Philanthropist, American Record-Holder in the Long Jump & Founder of the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Foundation

Daymond John

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

Hill Harper

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LeVar Burton

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

Ruby Bridges

Civil Rights Activist & First African-American Child to Integrate a White Southern Elementary School

Afrika Afeni Mills

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

Alaina E. Roberts

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

Tiffany Aliche

Author & Award-Winning Teacher of Financial Education known as “The Budgetnista"

Tiffany Jewell

Anti-Racist Educator, Author of "This Book is Anti-Racist"

Enid Lee

Anti-Racist Professional Development Specialist, Leadership Coach, Writer

Dexter R. Voisin

Top 2% of Global Experts on Violence & Wellness; Psychotherapist; Author; Dean & Professor at Case Western Reserve University

The Relationship Between Violence Syndemics and Sexual Risk Behaviors Among African Ame...

Joy-Ann Reid

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

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

Beverly Tatum

Best-Selling Author, Higher Education Leadership & Race Relations Expert, President Emerita of Spelman College

Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: And Other Conversations ...

Pedro Noguera

Professor of Education, Founder of the Center for the Transformation of Schools UCLA

Gloria Ladson-Billings

Former Kellner Family Professor of Urban Education in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Tim Wise

Anti-Racist Essayist, Author & Educator; Expert on White Privilege & Advocate for Belonging

Bakari Sellers

Author, Attorney, Political Commentator & Youngest African American Elected Official in the U.S.

John Legend

EGOT Winning Musician, Producer & Philantropist

Shawn Harper

Former NFL Football Player, Successful Businessman & Life Coach

Mae Jemison

First Black Woman in Space & Former NASA Astronaut; National Women's & International Space Hall of Famer Founder, 100 Year Starship

Erin Gruwell

Founder & Executive Director of the Freedom Writers Foundation; Education Reform Advocate

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CEO of S. Graham & Associates, Leadership Development Expert & Author