Nikki Giovanni

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

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Angela Davis

Feminist, Social Activist, Professor & Writer

Abolition: Politics, Practices, Promises, Vol. 1

Spike Lee

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

Montel Williams

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

Richard Florida

Leading Urbanist, Economist & Author of "The Rise of the Creative Class"

The Great Reset: How the Post-Crash Economy Will Change the Way We Live and Work

Lisa Ling

Award-Winning Journalist & Producer for CBS News

Dorothy Roberts

Scholar & Social Justice Advocate

Brian Solis

Digital Analyst, Futurist & Author of "What's the Future of Business: Changing the Way Businesses Create Experiences"

Rebecca Walker

Bestselling Author & Founder of the Third Wave Feminism Movement

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Stephen A. Smith

Sports Journalist, Analyst & Talk Show Host Known for "First Take"

Bobby Seale

Political Activist & Co-Founder of the Black Panther Party

Bertice Berry

Sociologist, Author and Educator

David Williams

Professor of Public Health at Harvard University

Dr. Cornel West

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

John Zogby

Trendspotter & Leading Pollster

Nancy Douyon

Founder & Chairwoman of Douyon Signature; Former International User Experience Researcher at Uber

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Jonathan Kozol

Educator & Social Justice Advocate

Michael Rogers

MSNBC's 'The Practical Futurist' & Technology Expert

Dr. Will Miller

Educator, Psychotherapist, Author & Humorist; Authority on Stress & Coping; Ethics & Social Media Professor at Purdue University

Brad Meltzer

Host of History Channel’s "Lost History" & "Brad Meltzer’s Decoded;" New York Times Best-Selling Author

Ruha Benjamin

Sociology & African American Studies Scholar; Author of "People's Science" and "Race After Technology"

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Bill Drayton

Social Entrepreneur, Founder & C.E.O of Ashoka. Leading an Everyone a Changemaker world movement.

Spencer Wells

Geneticist, Anthropologist, Author, Entrepreneur, Adjunct professor at the University of Texas at Austin

Kathryn Edin

Director of the Center for Research on Child Wellbeing; William Church Osborn Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs at Princeton University; PI, Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study

Claude Steele

Social Psychologist & Stereotype Expert

James Garbarino

Author, Psychologist, Expert on Violence & Children; Senior Faculty Fellow, Center for the Human Rights of Children at Loyola University

Eduardo Bonilla Silva

Professor of Sociology at Duke University & Author of "Racism without Racists"

Ric S. Sheffield

Author on Gender, Race & Ethnicity; Professor of Legal Studies and Sociology at Kenyon College

Dr. Gregory Stock

Healthcare Futurist & Biotech Pioneer

Chloe Hakim-Moore

Founder of NEXT Memphis, Wellness Strategist, Entrepreneur, Sociologist, Forbes 30 under 30, TEDx Speaker