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Former NFL Running Back; Golden Globe Nominated Actor Known for "BlacKkKlansman" & "Ballers"

Actor, Director & Producer Known for "Devil in a Blue Dress"

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

Actor Known for Marvel's "Black Panther" and "Us"

British-Ugandan Actor Known for "Get Out," "Black Panther" & "Judas and the Black Messiah"

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

Director, Writer & Producer Known for "Precious" and "Empire"; Creator of Lee Daniels Entertainment

Award-Winning Playwright, Author, Producer & Lifestyle Coach

American Actor; Known for "Wu-Tang: An American Saga" and "Messiah"

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

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

Director, Producer & Screenwriter; Known for "The Wood" and "Brown Sugar"

Actor; Best Known for "Moonlight" and "The Retrieval"

Award-Winning Producer Known for "Think Like A Man" & "Straight Outta Compton"; Founder of Will Packer Productions

Film Director Known for "Ride Along" & "Think Like A Man"

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

Academy Award-Winning Actress & Director

Filmmaker, Producer, Actor & Academy Award-Winning Screenwriter; Known for "Get Out" & "Us"

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"