KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Writer, Filmmaker; Black Studies Scholar & Founder of BYP100

Civil Rights Leader & Broadcast Executive; Founder, President & CEO of the Trumpet Awards Foundation

President & CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights; Digital Equity & Inclusion Speaker

Influential Voice at the Intersection of Politics, Public Policy & Civil Rights; Former Senior Advisor to Two Historic U.S. Presidential Candidates

Scholar & Social Justice Advocate; Founding Director of the Penn Program on Race, Science, and Society

Attorney & Activist Dubbed "The People's Lawyer;" Founder of Merritt Law Firm

Civil Rights Icon, Environmental Advocate & Diversity Educator; Subject of "Journey to Little Rock: The Untold Story of Minnijean Brown Trickey"

Social Justice Leader, Movement Strategist & Activist

Author & Civil Rights Historian; Founder of The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research & Education Institute

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

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

Political Activist & Co-Founder of the Black Panther Party

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

Peabody Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker; Known For TED Talk on the Intersection of Civil Rights & LGBT Rights

Professor of Law, Critical Race Theory Scholar & Advocate; Executive Director of the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center at Howard University

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

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

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

Professor of African American Studies, Author, Cultural Analyst

Senior Editor at Fortune Magazine & "RaceAhead" Columnist