KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

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

Award-Winning Filmmaker; Director of the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research at Harvard University

Scholar & Social Justice Advocate; Founding Director of the Penn Program on Race, Science, and Society

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

Writer, Filmmaker; Black Studies Scholar & Founder of BYP100

Professor of History, Race & Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School; Author of "The Condemnation of Blackness"

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

Social Justice Leader, Movement Strategist & Activist

Professor of History at Smith College, Expert on The History of Race, Citizenship & Slavery; Author of "Colored Travelers"

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

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

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

Culinary Historian & Author of "KosherSoul" and "Rice: A Savor the South Cookbook"

Professor of African American Studies, Author, Cultural Analyst

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

Civil Rights Icon, Environmental Advocate & Diversity Educator; Subject of "Journey to Little Rock: The Untold Story of Minnijean Brown Trickey"

New York City Councilman, Member of "The Exonerated Five" & Advocate for Police Reform; Author, "Better, Not Bitter"

Social Justice Scholar & Author of "Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools"

Award-Winning Journalist & Media Personality Known as "The Voice of Black America", Author of "White Fear," "The First" & "Speak Brother!"