KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Writer, Filmmaker & Black Studies Scholar; Author of "Unapologetic"; Founder of BYP100; Director of Film "The Funnel"

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

Scholar & Social Justice Advocate; Founding Director of the Penn Program on Race, Science, and Society; Award-Winning Author and Expert on the Interplay of Gender, Race, and Class

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

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

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

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

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

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

Attorney, Political Commentator & Author; CNN Contributor; Former South Carolina State Representative & Youngest African American Elected Official in the U.S.

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

Award-Winning Social Justice, Equity & Racism Consultant; Member of the "Little Rock Nine"

Political Activist & Co-Founder of the Black Panther Party; Author of "A Lonely Range" & "Seize the Time"

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

Social Historian, Educator, Writer & Activist; First Woman of Color Elected President of the League of Women Voters

Social Justice Advocate, Community Organizer & TED Speaker; Former Chief Equity & Inclusion Officer at the ACLU

Social Justice Leader, Movement Strategist & Activist

First African American Woman POW in U.S. War History, Author of "I’m Still Standing" & Veteran Advocate

Award-Winning Journalist & Retired News Anchor; Host & Producer of "Monica Pearson One on One"; First Female & African-American to Anchor the Daily Evening News in Atlanta