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Ijeoma Oluo
(8 ratings)

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

Tommie Smith
(3 ratings)

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

Charlene Carruthers

Writer, Filmmaker & Black Studies Scholar; Founder of BYP100

Ellen McGirt
(4 ratings)

Senior Editor at Fortune Magazine & "RaceAhead" Columnist

Maya L. Harris
(2 ratings)

Influential Voice at the Intersection of Politics, Public Policy & Civil Rights; Former Campaign Chairwoman for Kamala Harris's 2020 Presidential Bid

Julianne Malveaux
(2 ratings)

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

Clayborne Carson
(5 ratings)

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

Xernona Clayton
(6 ratings)

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

Roland Martin
(3 ratings)

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

Yusef Salaam
(6 ratings)

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

Yoruba Richen
(4 ratings)

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

Dr. Marc Lamont Hill
(8 ratings)

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

Bobby Seale
(3 ratings)

Political Activist & Co-Founder of the Black Panther Party

Dr. Bernice King
(9 ratings)

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

Nikki Giovanni
(25 ratings)

Award-Winning Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author; Civil Rights Activist; Cancer Survivor; Subject of the Emmy Award-Winning Documentary "Going to Mars"

Kylar Broadus
(4 ratings)

Attorney, Author & LGBTQ Rights Activist; Motivational Disability Speaker; Founder of the Trans People of Color Coalition

Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Award-Winning Filmmaker, Literary Scholar, Journalist & Cultural Critic; Director of the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research at Harvard University

Donna Brazile
(6 ratings)

Veteran Political Strategist, Best-Selling Author & Former Interim Chair of the Democratic National Committee; Professor in Women and Gender Studies at Georgetown

S. Lee Merritt
(1 rating)

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

Fania Davis
(2 ratings)

Co-founder & Director of Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth