Will Smith

Actor, Producer & Musician Known for "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air," "Men in Black" & "King Richard"

F. Gary Gray

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

F. Gary Gray - V-103 Atlanta

Denzel Washington

Oscar Winning Actor, Director & Producer Known for "Fences," "Glory" & "Training Day"

An Interview with Denzel Washington - Variety

Lee Daniels

Director, Writer & Producer Known for "Precious," "Empire," "The United States vs. Billie Holiday" & "The Deliverance"; Founder, Lee Daniels Entertainment

Lee Daniels’s Closet Picks

Spike Lee

Academy Award-Winning Director, Film Producer, Author

LeVar Burton

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

Lupita Nyong'o

Academy Award-Winning Actress; Known for "12 Years a Slave," "Black Panther" & "Us"

Issa Rae

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

Issa Rae - TIME Impact Dinner: The Closers 2024 Toast

Jermaine Fowler

Stand-Up Comedian, Voice Actor & Actor; Known for "Coming 2 America"

Jermaine Fowler

Oprah Winfrey

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

Lavell Crawford

Stand-up Comedian Best Known for his Role in "Breaking Bad"

Forest Whitaker

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

Forest Whitaker | SAG-AFTRA Foundation

Gabrielle Union

Actress, Author, Advocate

Shady Baby Feels: A First Book of Emotions

Samuel L. Jackson

Actor Best Known as Nick Fury in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, "Pulp Fiction" & "Django Unchained"

Danny Glover

Acclaimed Actor, Producer & Leading Social Activist

Common

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

Keenen Ivory Wayans

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

Robert Townsend

Actor, Director, Independent Filmmaker, NAACP Award Nominee

Robert Townsend - The Roots

Tyler Perry

Actor, Writer, Producer, Director & CEO, Tyler Perry Studios; Philanthropist & Founder, Perry Foundation

Cuba Gooding Jr.

Academy Award-Winning Actor Known for his Roles in "Jerry Maguire," "American Gangster," "The Butler" & "American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson"

Morgan Freeman

Academy Award-Winning Actor, Narrator & Humanitarian

Charles S. Dutton

Yale Drama Graduate, Tony Nominee, Emmy Award Winner

Bill Cosby

Influential Comedian and Actor; Starred in "The Cosby Show"

Wayne Brady

TV Personality, Comedian & Actor

Wayne Brady - People

Ava DuVernay

Academy Award Nominee, Director of "Selma", Founder of ARRAY

Ava DuVernay Interview: Capturing Black Life

Sasheer Zamata

Actress, Comedian & Podcast Host of "Best Friends"; Known for "SNL" & "Home Economics"

Sasheer Zamata - Getting Witchy in “Agatha All Along”

Keke Palmer

Emmy Award-winning Actress, Singer-Songwriter, Producer

Janet Mock

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

Laz Alonso

Actor & Producer Known for "The Boys"

Lamman Rucker

Actor, Social Justice & Community Empowerment Activist, Green Living Advocate & Entrepreneur; Former Teacher & Education Activist