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Author of "Heads of the Colored People"

Writer & Social Activist Known for Her Work on Issues of Race & Identity; Author of "So You Want to Talk About Race"

Anti-Racist Essayist, Author & Educator; Expert on White Privilege & Advocate for Belonging

Award-Winning Author of "Halsey Street" & "What’s Mine and Yours"

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

NYT Bestselling Author of "Hood Feminism", Diversity Consultant & Writer

Co-Founder of Very Smart Brothas & Author of "What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker"

Award-Winning Author, Known for "The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore"

Social Entrepreneur, Change Agent & Author of "Purposeful Hustle"; Advocate of Inclusion and Belonging in the Workplace

Award Winning Author, Historian & Feminist

Co-Founder & CEO of Fostering Healthy Solutions, LLC

Award-Winning Writer, Broadcaster & Film Maker on Issues of Race and Equality, Co-host of "Enslaved" with Samuel L Jackson

Retired Police Officer & Inspiration for "BlacKkKlansman"

Director of Commonway Institute

Award-Winning Author & Historian of Racial and Sexual Violence

National Book Award Longlisted Poet

Writer, Filmmaker & Black Studies Scholar; Founder of BYP100

Poet, Educator, Publisher, Emmy Award Winning Producer & New York Times Bestselling Author Known for "The Crossover"

Change Enthusiasm, Mindset & Leadership Speaker; Disruptive Thought Leader

Contributing Editor at Catapult & Author of "This Will Be My Undoing"