KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Academy Award-Winning Actress, Producer & New York Times Best-Selling Author

Academy Award-Winning Writer, Producer, Actor & Director; Best Known for "BlacKkKlansman" & "Malcolm X"

Emmy Award-Winning Screenwriter, Producer & Actress

Academy Award-Nominated Director & Producer Known for "Selma," "13th" & "When They See Us"

Actor, Writer, Producer, Comedian & Director; CEO of Tyler Perry Studios

Actress Known for "Scary Movie," "The Best Man" & "Ally McBeal"; First African American to Win a New York Film Critics Circle Award

British Screenwriter & Director Known for "Belle" and "A Way of Life"

Academy Award-Winning Actress, Author & Producer; Best Known for "The Help" & "Hidden Figures"

Singer-Songwriter, Rapper, Actress & LGBTQ Advocate

Award-Winning Actress Known for "Black-ish," Youth Advocate & Voting Activist

Singer-Songwriter & Grammy & Tony Award-Winning Actress; Known for "The Color Purple," "Wicked" & Portraying Harriet Tubman in "Harriet"; Vice President of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts

Immigration Reform Activist & Actress Known for "Orange is the New Black" & "Jane The Virgin"

Actress & Youngest Talk Show Host in TV History

Academy Award-Winning Production Designer Known for Beyonce's "Lemonade" & Marvel's "Black Panther"

Writer & Director of the Academy Award-Winning "Moonlight"

Actress & Producer; Known for "Black-ish" & "Little"

English Actor, Producer, Rapper and DJ; Best Known for His Roles in "The Wire" & "Luther"

Award-Winning Actor, Producer & Director; Best Known for "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" & "The Last King of Scotland"

Cultural Critic, Award-Winning Filmmaker & Executive Producer of "Surviving R.Kelly"

Actress, Writer & Producer; Best Known for "All American"