African-American Research Speakers

Culinary Historian & Author of "Rice: a Savor the South cookbook" (Savor the South Cookbooks)

Writer, Filmmaker & Black Studies Scholar; Founder of BYP100

Women's Health Advocate, Co-Founder & CEO of GirlTrek

Novelist, Writer, Scholar

One of the Nation’s Leading Innovators, Provocateurs, & Thought Leaders on African American Youth, Youth Activism, & Youth Development; PhD, Author & Professor

Equity Advocate, TED Speaker & Author

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

Journalist, Professor, Author & Multi-Disciplinary Scholar Whose Work Challenges Depictions of African Americans in Popular Culture

Former President & CEO of the NAACP; Civil Rights Attorney; Social Justice Activist; Ordained Minister; Professor at Harvard Kennedy School

Scholar & Social Justice Advocate

Author, Speaker & Founder of African American Images

Doctor, Author & Social Justice Advocate

Senior Vice President of Programs & Partnerships at The California Endowment; Lecturer of Health Policy & Management at UC Berkeley

Co-Executive Director at Highlander Research & Education Center; Activist

Design Director & Co-Founder of Designing Justice + Designing Spaces

Former President of the National Women's Studies Association; Founding Director of the Women’s Research and Resource Center at Spelman College

Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania

Political News Correspondent (CNN)

Speaker, Historian, Author, Contributor, College Instructor, Expert on 21st Century Law Enforcement and Communities of Color