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Political Activist & Co-Founder of the Black Panther Party

Award-Winning Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author; Civil Rights Activist; Cancer Survivor; Subject of the Emmy Award-Winning Documentary "Going to Mars"

Philosopher, Professor, Political Activist & Author of "Race Matters"; 2024 People's Party Presidential Candidate

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

Culinary Historian & Author of "KosherSoul" and "Rice: A Savor the South Cookbook"

Scholar, Author, Professor, Civil Rights Historian & Director of The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute

Veteran Civil Rights Attorney; Represented Rosa Parks & Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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

Award-Winning Journalist & Media Personality, Author of "Listening to the Spirit Within: 50 Perspectives on Faith"

Writer, Filmmaker & Black Studies Scholar; Founder of BYP100

Senior Editor at Fortune Magazine & "RaceAhead" Columnist

Feminist, Social Activist, Professor & Writer

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

Assistant Professor at Princeton University, Writer & Activist

Restorative Justice Advocate, Civil Rights Attorney, Educator

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

Civil Rights Advocate & Leading Scholar in Critical Race Theory

DEI Professional & Professor

Visual Op-Ed Columnist for The New York Times; CNN Contributor & NY Times Best-Selling Author of "Fire Shut Up in My Bones"

Professor of African American Studies, Author, Cultural Analyst