KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Author of "To Make Men Free," American History Professor at Boston College

Professor of American History and of American Studies, Yale University

Pulitzer Prize & National Book Award-Winning Author; Best Known for "The Color Purple"

CNN Political Analyst, Professor of History & Public Affairs at Princeton University

Professor of History; Director of the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance & Abolition at Yale University

Award-Winning Historian & Writer

Renowned LGBT Historian & Author

American Historian

Associate Professor of History at Smith College, Expert on The History of Race, Citizenship & Slavery

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

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

President & CEO of the National Constitution Center & Contributing Editor of The Atlantic

Historian, Professor, Author of "An African American History of the United States"

Author of "The First Muslim," a New Look at the Life of Muhammad

Educator, Author & Historian

Philosopher, Professor, Political Activist & Author of "Race Matters"; 2024 People's Party Presidential Candidate

Writer, Scholar & Distinguished Professor of American Studies at the University of New Mexico

Senior writer at POLITICO and a contributing editor at Vanity Fair

Director of the Department of Gender & Sexuality Studies and Center for Biotechnology & Global Health Policy at University of California Irvine; Founder of the Institute for Global Child Advocacy

Professor; Science Historian; Philosopher; Author of "The Philosophical Breakfast Club"