KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

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

Senior Editor at Fortune Magazine & "RaceAhead" Columnist

Author, Attorney, Political Commentator & Youngest African American Elected Official in the U.S.

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

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Reporter & Author of "They Can't Kill Us All"

Social Justice, Equity & Racism Speaker and Consultant; Member of the "Little Rock Nine"

President and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights; Former Senior Vice President for Social Justice at The New School

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

Political Activist & Co-Founder of the Black Panther Party

Social Justice Leader & Movement Strategist

Civil Rights Activist & Member of the "Little Rock Nine"

Former WNBA Player, Co-Owner and VP of the Atlanta Dream; Non-Profit Founder & Black Lives Matter Activist

First Openly Gay Player In Major League Sports; Retired NBA Player; Equality Advocate

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

Award-Winning Journalist & National Television Personality

Presidential Professor at CUNY Graduate Center, BET News Correspondent, Human Rights Activist & Author

Educator, Counselor & Activist; Known as the 'Grandmother of Juneteenth'

Culinary Historian & Author of "Rice: a Savor the South cookbook" (Savor the South Cookbooks)

Activist, Multimedia Artist, Musician & Filmmaker; Director of Whose Streets?