Civil Rights Speakers

Literacy Advocate, Author & Actor Known for "Roots," "Star Trek" & "Reading Rainbow"

Hair & Beauty Expert, Author, Television Personality; Known for Netflix's Emmy Award-Winning "Queer Eye"; Host of the "Getting Better" Podcast

TV Personality & Fashion Designer; Best Known for "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy"

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

Humanitarian, Award-Winning Actor, Bestselling Author & Entrepreneur

Award-Winning Entrepreneur; "Shark Tank" Investor; Founder & CEO of FUBU; Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship

Executive Board Chair of Purpose Built Communities; Former Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia; Visiting Professor at The LBJ School

Global Strategic Advisor; Founder & Managing Partner at FutureMap; Author of "Move: the Forces Uprooting Us"

Feminist, Social Activist, Professor & Writer

Renowned Architect; Lead Designer of The National Museum of African American History & Culture

Host of "Democracy Now!", Award-Winning Journalist & Bestselling Author

World Champion Swimmer & First Person to Swim from Cuba to Florida; Author, Sports Journalist & Broadcaster; Co-Founder, BravaBody & EverWalk

Writer, Activist & Entrepreneur; Award-Winning Author of "The Wake Up"; Co-Founder & CEO of Awaken

Fashion Designer & Advocate for HIV/AIDS Awareness

Award-Winning Filmmaker, Literary Scholar, Journalist & Cultural Critic; Director of the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research at Harvard University

Tony Award-Winning Actor & Singer Known for "Glee"

Gender Non-Conforming Model, Actor & Activist

Actor & Trans Activist Known for " "The Fosters," "Shameless" & "Marvel Runaways"

Transgender Activist & National Face of Transgender Student Rights; Co-Author of "If You’re a Kid Like Gavin"

Director of External Affairs at Equitas Health; LGBTQ+ Inclusion & Equity Advocate