KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

One of the Central Park 5, Entrepreneur, Author, Trainer & Leader

World Record Breaking Gold Medal Olympian & Civil Rights Icon Famous for Black Power Salute at the Olympics

Senior Editor at Fortune Magazine & "RaceAhead" Columnist

Temple University Professor, BET News Correspondent, Human Rights Activist & Author

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

Professor Emeritus at UC Berkeley, Civic Activist & Author

Political Analyst, Sexual Assault Awareness Advocate & Author of "The End of White Politics"

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

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

Feminist, Social Activist, Professor & Writer

Writer, Filmmaker & Black Studies Scholar; Founder of BYP100

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

Social Justice Leader & Movement Strategist

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

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

Award-Winning Journalist & Media Personality, Author of "Listening to the Spirit Within: 50 Perspectives on Faith"

Economist, Author & Commentator; Founder and President, Economic Education; President Emerita of Bennett College