Race Issues Speakers

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

Social Justice Leader & Movement Strategist

Retired Police Officer & Inspiration for "BlacKkKlansman"

Social Justice Activist, Community Organizer & Founder of BYP100

Civil Rights Advocate & Leading Scholar in Critical Race Theory

Senior Editor at Fortune Magazine & "RaceAhead" Columnist

Distinguished Fellow of the Economic Policy Institute and Senior Fellow (Emeritus) at the Thurgood Marshall Institute of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Partner at Google Ventures

Host of "The Daily Show"

MSNBC Political Analyst, Former Host of NPR's "The Michael Eric Dyson Show" & Best-Selling Author

Academy Award-Winning Actor, Producer & Philanthropist

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

Sr. Client Strategist at the NeuroLeadership Institute; Inclusion Advocate, Speechwriter & TED Speaker

World Record Breaking Gold Medal Olympian & Civil Rights Icon Famous for Black Power Salute at the Olympics

Co-founder & Director of Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth

Culinary Historian & Author

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Reporter, CBS Correspondent & Author of "They Can't Kill Us All"

Writer, Cultural Critic, Columnist at Slate, Co-Host of "Mom & Dad Are Fighting" Podcast

Race Relations Expert, Clinical Psychologist & President Emerita of Spelman College

Civil Rights Activist & First African-American Child to Integrate a White Southern Elementary School