KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

Political Activist & Co-Founder of the Black Panther Party

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

Feminist, Social Activist, Professor & Writer

Award-Winning Artist, Actor, Producer, Musician & Writer

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

Award-Winning Actor, Bestselling Author, Entrepreneur

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

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

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

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

Author, Attorney, Political Commentator, Health & Education Advocate; Youngest African American Elected Official in the U.S.

Lasry Family Professor of Race Relations, Director of Center for Africana Studies, Host of PBS's "History Detectives"

Emmy Award-Winning Talk Show Host; Multiple Sclerosis Survivor; Navy and Marine Corps Veteran; Health Equity & Veteran Advocate

Executive Director of the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center at Howard University School of Law

Academy Award-Winning Director, Film Producer, Author

Executive Director of "Equality for HER", Activist & Mental Health Advocate

Emmy Award-Winning TV Host, Political Strategist & Producer; Civil Rights & Environmental Advocate; NYT Bestselling Author; CEO of REFORM Alliance

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

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