KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

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)

Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker; Bestselling Author of Historical & Transcultural Novels and Memoirs

Newbery Medal-Winning Author of "Number the Stars" and "The Giver"

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

Spoken Word Poet, Performing Artist & LGBTQ+ Rights Political Activist

Renowned Scholar, Poet, Playwright & Activist

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

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist; Critic-At-Large for The New York Times; Co-Host of "Still Processing" Podcast

Anti-Racist Educator, Author of "This Book is Anti-Racist"

Founder & CEO of Youth Equity Platform Chicago Beyond; Star of CNN's Documentary Series "Chicagoland"

Author of "Heads of the Colored People"

Senior Editor at Fortune Magazine & "RaceAhead" Columnist

NYT Bestselling Author Known for "Esperanza Rising" & "Becoming Naomi León"

Activist, Multimedia Artist, Musician & Filmmaker; Director of Whose Streets?

Acclaimed Journalist Known for Being Detained in North Korea; Host of "E! Investigates;" Co-Author of "Somewhere Inside"

Feminist, Social Activist, Professor & Writer

Anti-Bias, Antiracist, Pro-Human Mindset Advocate; Expert on Inclusion & Belonging; Education Consultant and Author of "Open Windows, Open Minds"

First Female & African-American News Anchor in Atlanta