Black History Month & MLK

Tarana Burke shares the story behind the genesis of the viral 2017 TIME Person Of The Year-winning ‘me too.’ Movement, and gives strength and healing to those who have experienced…

Sterling K. Brown was born in St. Louis, Missouri, where he attended the prestigious St. Louis Country Day School. He then attended Stanford University, where he earned a B.A. in…

Angela Bassett’s talent and abilities as an actress, director and executive producer in both television and film have garnered well-deserved respect and acclaim from peers and fans, proving her to…

Dr. Joshua Bennett has recited his original work at events such as.

The Chicago Boyz Acrobatic Team, featured on the NBC hit reality competition series “America’s Got Talent (season 8),” is a professional gymnastics troupe consisting of talented young men and boys…

Jasmine Rand is not only a, professor, national legal analyst, international legal consultant, lecturer, columnist and civil rights leader, she is also the founding attorney of RAND LAW, L.L.C., a…

Kalani Souza is a gifted storyteller, singer, songwriter, musician, performer, poet, philosopher, priest, political satirist, and peacemaker. A Hawaiian practitioner and cross-cultural facilitator, he has experience in promoting social justice…

Jamila Lyiscott is a social justice education scholar, nationally renowned speaker, spoken word artist, and educational consultant. She was recently appointed as an Assistant Professor of Social Justice Education at…

Award-winning CBS journalist Maurice DuBois, a respected journalist who received the New York Association of Black Journalists’ Trailblazer Award, is an anchor at CBS-2. Over the course of an impressive…

Craig Melvin is an MSNBC Anchor and NBC News Correspondent. He currently anchors “MSNBC Live” on Saturdays and Sundays, contributes reports for “TODAY,” and fills in as host for Lester…

Maria Taylor is a television host and producer.

Erica Armstrong Dunbar focuses on eighteenth- and nineteenth-century African American women's history. Her first book, A Fragile Freedom: African American Women and Emancipation in the Antebellum City (2008), was the…

Luvvie Ajayi is an author, speaker and digital strategist who thrives at the intersection of comedy, technology and activism. Why you should listen A 14-year blogging veteran, Luvvie Ajayi is…

Jalen Rose is a host of ESPN’s morning show Get Up!, alongside Michelle Beadle and Mike Greenberg. Additionally, Rose has been a studio analyst for NBA Countdown — ABC and…

Evelyn Ngugi loves to tell hilarious stories online. Evelyn is a video producer, journalist, and Internet personality who is dedicated to highlighting the experiences of women of color. By day,…

Lena Waithe is one of Hollywood’s most promising up-and-coming talents, who continues to grow her body of work with diversity, charisma, and comedy. One of Hollywood Reporter’s “TV Breakouts”, Waithe…

A seasoned journalist with broadcast experience as a television news anchor, interviewer & host, Adrienne Bankert is currently a national news correspondent with ABC News and the Good Morning America…

Casey Sharperson, known as The Confidence Cultivator, is a speaker, blogger, coach and mentor to millennials looking to go to the next level in life, business, and faith. She is…

Nelson George is an established author and filmmaker with a passion for telling stories of the black experience in America. George is the author of several ground breaking histories of…

Anas Aremeyaw Anas is an undercover journalist, attorney and private detective working in Ghana and across the African continent. In disguise, he finds his way into asylums, brothels, prisons, orphanages…

Aaron Maybin is a 29-year-old Art-Activist and former professional football player from Baltimore City, Maryland. Selected as the 11th overall pick in the 2009 NFL Draft by the Buffalo Bills…

Dr. Walter M. Kimbrough, president of Dillard University in New Orleans, known for his writings on African-Americans and higher education.

Kerry Washington is a versatile and fearless performer who continues to astound with the depth of her talent. A native of the Bronx, New York, Washington has received high acclaim…

For decades, Boots Riley, musician, vocalist, writer, and public speaker, has been an integral part of the progressive struggle for radical change through culture. At a young age Boots served…

Tarell Alvin McCraney is best known for his acclaimed trilogy, The Brother/Sister Plays which include The Brothers Size, In the Red and Brown Water and Marcus: Or the Secret of…

V Bozeman, Grammy-nominated singer, music producer and actress, best known for her recurring role in FOX’s Golden Globe-nominated hit drama Empire. Los Angeles-born singer V. Bozeman disrupts conventions, burns expectations,…

Tobias Truvillion is an ex-Ford model-turned-award-winning actor, film producer, philanthropist, and inner-city youth mentor, advocate, and arts instructor. The Queens, New York native, who Indiewire hails as a “transformative actor,”…

Abby Phillip is a CNN White House Correspondent based in Washington, D.C. She joined the network in 2017 to cover the Trump Administration. Phillip joined CNN from The Washington Post…

Chris Broussard a sports analyst for Fox Sports, who mainly covers the NBA. Previously, he was a columnist for ESPN Magazine and ESPN.com, and made appearances on ESPN's NBA Fastbreak…

On April 19, 1989, a young woman in the prime of her life was brutally raped and left for dead in one of New York City’s most iconic spaces, Central…

Beverly Guy-Sheftall, the Anna Julia Cooper Professor of Women’s Studies at Spelman College, previously taught graduate courses as a visiting professor at Emory University’s Institute for Women’s Studies. A pioneer…

Angela Rye is Principal and CEO of IMPACT Strategies, a political advocacy firm in the nation’s capital. She is a CNN Political Commentator and NPR Political Analyst. She has been…

Anita Hill is University Professor of Social Policy, Law, and Women’s Studies at Brandeis University. She is a vital leader in both the civil rights and women’s rights movements. In…

Emmy Award winning journalist, Jemele Hill is the Co-founder of Lodge Freeway Media and a staff writer for The Atlantic. Hill was previously the chief correspondent and senior columnist for…

Bakari Sellers made history in 2006 when, at just 22 years old, he defeated a 26-year incumbent State Representative to become the youngest member of the South Carolina state legislature…

Josina Anderson primarily appears on NFL Live, NFL Insiders, Sunday NFL Countdown and SportsCenter. Her role spans enterprise feature reporting, serving as a game-day reporter for Countdown, and regular in-studio…

Howard Bryant joined ESPN in August 2007 as a senior writer of, weekly columns for ESPN.com.  He also contributes to ESPN The Magazine, ESPN, and ESPN Radio.Bryant arrived at ESPN…

Charlene A. Carruthers is a Black, queer feminist community organizer and writer with over 10 years of experience in racial justice, feminist and youth leadership development movement work. She currently…

The Truth Telling Project is a program of the community institute on truth, justice and reconciliation, sponsored by the Center for Educational Equity, and in coalition with the Peace and…

We, Ceremony is a response to the lack of representation and the negative portrayal of women of color in everyday life. With our collected stories, we celebrate the unique voices…

Jesse Williams, who plays Dr. Jackson Avery in ABC’s hit series “Grey’s Anatomy,” served as senior producer and correspondent for EPIX docuseries “America Divided” and executive-produced the documentary “Stay Woke:…

Ambassador Susan E. Rice served President Barack Obama as National Security Advisor from July 1, 2013 to Jan. 20, 2017. In that role, she led the National Security Council Staff,…

Antonia Hylton is an Emmy award-winning correspondent and producer reporting at the intersection of politics, civil rights, and immigration. Antonia currently reports for NBC News, where she primarily works on…

Paris Dennard is a GOP political commentator, consultant and strategist with over a decade of private and public sector experience on all levels of politics and public relations.  In addition…

Drew G. I. Hart is a professor in theology, an author, and an activist with ten years of pastoral experience. His undergraduate work was in biblical studies at Messiah College,…

Expanding the definition of beauty is something Tyra Banks has always believed in, as a supermodel and as a super-businesswoman. Six modeling agencies rejected her before she was signed at…

Mario Van Peebles is an film director and actor.  He brings a unique perspective to his work as an actor, director and producer having been born in Mexico to legendary…

As the new host of America’s Funniest Home Videos, actor, TV director, award-winning dancer, and Broadway star, Alfonso Ribeiro has spent more than 30 years leaving his unique mark on…

Mildred D. Muhammad is an Awarded Global Recognized Keynote Speaker, Speaker for the US Dept of State, Certified Consultant w/Office on Victims of Crime, CNN Contributor, Domestic Abuse Survivor, Advocate,…

Niecy Nash was sitting in her grandmother’s living room at the tender age of five when she first witnessed an elegant Black actress grace her television screen. From the sight…