KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

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

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

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

Feminist, Social Activist, Professor & Writer

Senior Political Analyst at Fox News, Emmy Award-winning Author, Veteran Journalist

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

Professor of African American Studies, Author, Cultural Analyst

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

Anti-Racist Essayist, Author & Educator; Expert on White Privilege & Advocate for Belonging

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

Sports Journalist, Analyst & Talk Show Host Known for "First Take"

Political Activist & Co-Founder of the Black Panther Party

Second Native American to Win an Olympic Gold Medal & Co-Founder of Running Strong for American Indian Youth

Sociologist & Harvard Professor

Political Theorist, Former U.S. Ambassador, Conservative Commentator

Award-Winning Actor, Bestselling Author, Entrepreneur

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

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

Writer, Filmmaker & Black Studies Scholar; Founder of BYP100