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Black Trans Queer Poet & Educator; Author of "And Then I Got Fired"

Award-Winning Author, Producer & Director; Social Impact Strategist & Conscious Content Creator

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

Antiracism Educator, Podcaster & Founder of Roots of the Spirit

Anti-Bias, Social Justice Educator; Education Consultant & Curriculum Creator; Author of "This Book is Anti-Racist"

Professor of History at Smith College, Expert on The History of Race, Citizenship & Slavery; Author of "Colored Travelers"

Civil Rights Advocate & Leading Scholar in Critical Race Theory; Professor of Law at UCLA and Columbia University

Civil Rights Activist, Co-Founder of MPOWER Change, Women’s March Leader

Visual Op-Ed Columnist for The New York Times; CNN Contributor & NYT Bestselling Author of "Fire Shut Up in My Bones"

Best-Selling Author, Higher Education Leadership & Race Relations Expert, President Emerita of Spelman College

Social Activist & Founder of the Me Too Movement

Emmy Award-Winning Journalist Known for Being Detained in North Korea; " Co-Author of "Somewhere Inside: One Sister’s Captivity in North Korea and the Other’s Fight to Bring Her Home"

Author, Racial & Gender Equity Advocate, President & CEO of the Institute for Women's Policy Research

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

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

Philosopher, Professor, Political Activist & Author of "Race Matters"

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

Journalist & Author of "How Does it Feel to Be a Problem? Being Young and Arab in America"

Feminist, Social Activist, Professor & Writer

Award-Winning Journalist & Media Personality Known as "The Voice of Black America", Author of "White Fear," "The First" & "Speak Brother!"