KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

Senior Editor at Fortune Magazine & "RaceAhead" Columnist

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

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

Writer, Filmmaker & Black Studies Scholar; Founder of BYP100

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

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

Political Activist & Co-Founder of the Black Panther Party

Scholar, Author, Professor, Civil Rights Historian & Director of The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

Social Justice Leader & Movement Strategist

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

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

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

Veteran Political Strategist, Best-Selling Author & Former Interim Chair of the Democratic National Committee

Economist, Author & Political Commentator; President Emerita of Bennett College for Women

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Reporter & Author of "They Can't Kill Us All"

Race Relations Expert, Clinical Psychologist & President Emerita of Spelman College

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

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