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

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

Clayborne Carson

Scholar, Author, Professor, Civil Rights Historian & Director of The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute

Dr. Cornel West

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

Bobby Seale

Political Activist & Co-Founder of the Black Panther Party

Julianne Malveaux

Economist, Author & Political Commentator; President Emerita of Bennett College for Women

Spike Lee

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

Van Jones

CEO of REFORM Alliance, CNN host, Emmy Award-winning Producer & NY Times Best-Selling Author

Hill Harper

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

Angela Davis

Feminist, Social Activist, Professor & Writer

Abolition: Politics, Practices, Promises, Vol. 1

Tania Israel

Award-Winning Author of "Beyond Your Bubble: How to Connect Across the Political Divide," Professor of Counseling Psychology & Associate Dean for DEI

Marc Bamuthi Joseph

Writer, Spoken Word Artist, Activist & Cultural Strategist

Joanna Peña-Bickley

Founder & CEO of Vibes Ai, Founder & Fellow of A.I. Design Corps Host of "DesignedBy.Show" Podcast

Joanna Peña-Bickley – Empowered by wearable tech | The Conference 2015

Stacey Abrams

Political Leader, Voting Rights Activist & New York Times Bestselling Author

Joy-Ann Reid

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

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

Zanele Muholi

Visual Artist, Photographer, Co-Director of "Difficult Love"

Michael Eric Dyson

MSNBC Political Analyst, Former Host of NPR's "The Michael Eric Dyson Show" & Best-Selling Author

Suzan Shown Harjo

Cheyenne-Holdulgee Muscogee Activist, Poet, Writer, Lecturer & Curator

Fulfilling Her Promise: Museums Honor Native Rights Advocate Suzan Harjo

Baratunde Thurston

Futurist Comedian, Writer & Cultural Critic

Baratunde In Media

Kevin Powell

Writer, Humanitarian, President of BK Nation

Clay Shirky

Expert on New Technology & Social Media, & How They Shape Culture; Professor & Distinguished Writer in Residence, NYU

Jimmy Wales

Founder of Wikipedia & Wikitribune

Graham Hill

Founder of Life Edited & TreeHugger.com

Richard T. Ford

Expert on Civil Rights & Anti-Discrimination Law

John Legend

EGOT Winning Musician, Producer & Philantropist

Alfre Woodard

Emmy Award-Winning Actress; Human Rights Activist

Alice Walker

Pulitzer Prize & National Book Award-Winning Author; Best Known for "The Color Purple"

Anna Deavere Smith

Award-Winning Actress, Playwright & Social Commentator

Victoria Rowell

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

Angela E. Oh

Mediator, Conflict Resolution Consultant, Attorney & Civil Rights Activist

Cynthia Nixon

Actress Known for her Role as Miranda Hobbes on HBO's "Sex and the City"; Former Candidate for Governor of New York