Issa Rae

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

Viola Davis

Academy Award-Winning Actress, Producer & New York Times Best-Selling Author

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Elaine Welteroth

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

Yara Shahidi

Award-Winning Actress Known for "Black-ish," Youth Advocate & Voting Activist

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Ava DuVernay

Academy Award-Nominated Director & Producer Known for "Selma," "13th" & "When They See Us"

How Film Changes the Way We See the World | Ava DuVernay | TED

Janet Mock

Author, Feminist, Transgender Rights Activist, TV Host & Founder of #GirlsLikeUs

Trey Anthony

Award-Winning Playwright, Author, Producer & Lifestyle Coach

Spike Lee

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

Hannah Beachler

Academy Award-Winning Production Designer Known for Beyonce's "Lemonade" & Marvel's "Black Panther"

Lena Waithe

Emmy Award-Winning Screenwriter, Producer & Actress

Cheryl Boone Isaacs

Founding Director of Arizona State University’s Sidney Poitier New American Film School; Former President of Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Angelica Ross

Founder of TransTech Social Enterprises & Actress in the FX Drama "Pose"

Keke Palmer

Actress & Youngest Talk Show Host in TV History

Taylor K. Shaw

Founder & CEO at Black Women Animate

Kimberlé Crenshaw

Civil Rights Advocate & Leading Scholar in Critical Race Theory

Lindsey Granger

Journalist, Writer & Producer

Amber Hikes

Chief Equity & Inclusion Officer, ACLU

Xernona Clayton

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

Aisha Fukushima

Performance Lecturer, Justice Strategist, Facilitator, Vocalist & Founder of RAPtivism

Intersectionality matters: Aisha Fukushima at TEDxWhitmanCollege

Arlan Hamilton

Founder of Backstage Capital, Venture Capitalist, Tech Inclusion Activist & Host of "Your First Million" Podcast

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Yoruba Richen

Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker; Known For TED Talk on the Intersection of Civil Rights & LGBT Rights

Ellen McGirt

Senior Editor at Fortune Magazine & "RaceAhead" Columnist

Mitzi Miller

Public Speaker & Motivator; Head of Development for Rainforest Entertainment; Former Editor-in-Chief of Ebony & Jet

Amandla Stenberg

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

Oprah Winfrey

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

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Alfre Woodard

Emmy Award-Winning Actress; Human Rights Activist

Dr. Bernice King

Minister, Attorney, Author & Daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Nikki Giovanni

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

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America Ferrera

Award-Winning Actress, Producer & Humanitarian

Angela Davis

Feminist, Social Activist, Professor & Writer

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