KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

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

Senior Editor at Fortune Magazine & "RaceAhead" Columnist

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

Writer, Filmmaker & Black Studies Scholar; Founder of BYP100

Award-Winning Author of "Halsey Street" & "What’s Mine and Yours"

Renowned Scholar, Poet, Playwright, Bestselling Author & Activist

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

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

Poet, Educator, Publisher, Emmy Award Winning Producer & New York Times Bestselling Author Known for "The Crossover"

Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker; Bestselling Author of Historical & Transcultural Novels and Memoirs

Scholar & Social Justice Advocate; Founding Director of the Penn Program on Race, Science, and Society

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

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

Civil Rights Icon, Environmental Advocate, Diversity Educator

Academy Award-Winning Costume Designer; Best Known for Her Work on "Selma" & Marvel's "Black Panther"

Political Analyst, Sexual Assault Awareness Advocate & Author of "The End of White Politics"

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

Political Activist & Co-Founder of the Black Panther Party

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