KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

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

Political Activist & Co-Founder of the Black Panther Party; Author of "A Lonely Range" & "Seize the Time"

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

Professor of Law, Critical Race Theory Scholar & Advocate; Executive Director of the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center at Howard University

President & CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights; Digital Equity & Inclusion Speaker

Scholar & Activist; Distinguished Professor Emerita at UC Santa Cruz; Author of "Are Prisons Obsolete?"; Founding Member of Critical Resistance

Author & Civil Rights Historian; Founder of The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research & Education Institute

Writer, Filmmaker & Black Studies Scholar; Author of "Unapologetic"; Founder of BYP100; Director of Film "The Funnel"

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

Social Historian, Educator, Writer & Activist; First Woman of Color Elected President of the League of Women Voters

Award-Winning Hip-Hop Artist, Actor, Producer & Social Justice Activist

Social Justice Activist, Civil Rights Trial Attorney & Restorative Justice Practitioner; Founding Director of Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth

Scholar & Social Justice Advocate; Founding Director of the Penn Program on Race, Science, and Society; Award-Winning Author and Expert on the Interplay of Gender, Race, and Class

Scholar, Author & Media Commentator; Distinguished University Professor at Vanderbilt University; Author of "The Black Presidency"; MSNBC Political Analyst

Author, Public Historian & Educator; Expert on African American History & Women's Studies; Author of "Ida B. the Queen"

Award-Winning Journalist & Retired News Anchor; Host & Producer of "Monica Pearson One on One"; First Female & African-American to Anchor the Daily Evening News in Atlanta

Writer & Activist Amplifying Muslim American and Immigrant Narratives; Author of "America Made Me A Black Man,"

Award-Winning Actor, Literacy Advocate & Pop Culture Icon; Star of "Roots" & "Star Trek: The Next Generation"; Host of "Reading Rainbow"

Cultural Activist, Co-Founder of Black Voters Matter, Philanthropy Innovator