KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Best-Selling Author of "I Can't Date Jesus"

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

Writer, Researcher, Social Entrepreneur, Author of "The Diversity Gap: Where Good Intentions Meet True Cultural Change" & Host of "The Diversity Gap" Podcast

First Female & African-American News Anchor in Atlanta

Award-Winning Black & Indigenous Historian; Associate Professor at University of Pittsburgh; Author of "I’ve Been Here All the While"

Literary Advocate & Founder of Well-Read Black Girl

Public Historian, Equity Advocate & Award-Winning Author Known for "Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells"

Educational Consultant, Author, Cultural Analyst

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

Public Speaker & Motivator; Head of Development for Rainforest Entertainment; Former Editor-in-Chief of Ebony & Jet

Award-Winning Playwright, Author, Producer & Lifestyle Coach

One of the Central Park 5, Entrepreneur, Author, Trainer & Leader

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

Advocate & Author Known for "Angel of Greenwood"

MSNBC Correspondent, Political Author & Host of "The ReidOut"

Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker; Known For TED Talk on the Intersection of Civil Rights & LGBT Rights

Award-Winning Keynote Speaker, Best-Selling Author, #1 Global Voice For Working Moms

Co-Founder of Very Smart Brothas & Author of "What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker"

Professor of African American Studies, Author, Cultural Analyst

Best-Selling Young-Adult Novelist Known for "The Hate U Give"