Spike Lee

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

Issa Rae

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

Will Smith

Actor, Producer, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist & Author

Will Packer

Award-Winning Producer Known for "Think Like A Man" & "Straight Outta Compton"; Founder of Will Packer Productions

Charles S. Dutton

Actor & Director Known for "Roc" and "The Piano Lesson"

Tyler Perry

Actor, Writer, Producer, Comedian & Director; CEO of Tyler Perry Studios

F. Gary Gray

Director, Film Produce & Actor; Best Known for Directing "Straight Outta Compton" & "The Italian Job"

Forest Whitaker

Award-Winning Actor, Producer & Director; Best Known for "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" & "The Last King of Scotland"

Bill Duke

Filmmaker & Actor Known for "Commando" and "X-Men: The Last Stand"

Debra Martin Chase

Award-Winning Television & Film Producer Known for "The Princess Diaries" and "Cheetah Girls"

Keenen Ivory Wayans

Comedian, Director & Writer; Known for "White Chicks" and "In Living Color"

Damon Wayans, Sr.

Actor & Comedian

Angela Bassett

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

Jay Pharoah

Actor, Stand-Up Comedian & Impressionist; Former Saturday Night Live Cast Member

Jordan Peele

Filmmaker, Producer, Actor & Academy Award-Winning Screenwriter; Known for "Get Out" & "Us"

Jordan Peele and Dev Patel Break Down Their Directing Processes

Denzel Washington

Actor, Director & Producer Known for "Fences," "The Book of Eli" & "Training Day"

Ice Cube

Rapper, Actor, Producer, Director & Writer Known for "21 Jumpstreet" and "Straight Outta Compton"

Tracee Ellis Ross

Actress, Producer; Chief Executive Officer at PATTERN

Marlon Wayans

Actor, Director & Comedian; Known for "Scary Movie" & "White Chicks"

Aaron McGruder

Writer and Cartoonist; Known for "The Boondocks"

Oprah Winfrey

CEO of Oprah Winfrey Network, Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient & National Women's Hall of Famer

Oprah Winfrey: Broken Open | Oprah's Super Soul | OWN Podcasts ...

Danny Glover

Acclaimed Actor, Producer & Leading Social Activist

Lee Daniels

Director, Writer & Producer Known for "Precious" and "Empire"; Creator of Lee Daniels Entertainment

Ben Vereen

Tony Award-Winning Entertainer

Tavis Smiley

Broadcaster, Author, Publisher, Advocate, and Philanthropist

Daymond John

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

Hill Harper

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

Regina Hall

Actress Known for "Scary Movie," "The Best Man" & "Ally McBeal"; First African American to Win a New York Film Critics Circle Award

Amandla Stenberg

Actor, Singer & Activist Known for "The Hate U Give," "The Hunger Games" & "Everything, Everything"

Idris Elba

English Actor, Producer, Rapper and DJ; Best Known for His Roles in "The Wire" & "Luther"