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Ijeoma Oluo
(8 ratings)

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

Charlene Carruthers

Writer, Filmmaker; Black Studies Scholar & Founder of BYP100

Xernona Clayton
(6 ratings)

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

Dr. Marc Lamont Hill
(10 ratings)

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

Dr. Bernice King
(11 ratings)

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

Yoruba Richen
(4 ratings)

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

Staceyann Chin
(2 ratings)

Spoken Word Poet, Performing Artist & LGBTQ+ Rights Political Activist; Author of "Crossfire: A Litany For Survival" & "The Other Side of Paradise"

Erin Gruwell
(10 ratings)

Founder & Executive Director of the Freedom Writers Foundation; Education Reform Advocate

Minnijean Brown Trickey
(5 ratings)

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

Van Jones
(6 ratings)

Emmy Award-Winning TV Host, Political Strategist & Producer; Civil Rights & Environmental Advocate; NYT Bestselling Author; CEO of REFORM Alliance

AJ Hikes
(5 ratings)

Social Justice Advocate, Community Organizer & TED Speaker; Former Chief Equity & Inclusion Officer at the ACLU

Ruth E. Carter
(3 ratings)

Academy Award-Winning Costume Designer; Best Known for Her Work on "Selma" & Marvel's "Black Panther"

Dorothy Roberts
(12 ratings)

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

Anita Hill
(2 ratings)

University Professor of Social Policy, Law & Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies & David R. Pokross Professor of Law & Social Policy at Brandeis University

Ellen McGirt
(4 ratings)

Senior Editor at Fortune Magazine & "RaceAhead" Columnist

Jackie Joyner-Kersee
(7 ratings)

Olympic Legend & American Record-Holder in the Long Jump; Philanthropist & Founder of the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Foundation

Maia Chaka
(4 ratings)

NFL's First Black Female Official; Founder, Make Meaningful Change

Maya Wiley
(7 ratings)

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

Clayborne Carson
(6 ratings)

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

Elaine Welteroth
(5 ratings)

Award-Winning Journalist, TV Host, Former Editor-in-Chief of Teen Vogue & Maternal Health Advocate