Black History Month

Let’s start with Ms. Pat hasn’t lived the life of your typical comedian. Born to a single mother of 5, living on welfare in a tough West end neighborhood of…

Dyslexia is no easy foe and Clark Janell Davis knows this first-hand. Diagnosed at age 6, she used her frustrating battle as motivation to overcome.

Founded in July of 2014 by 24-year-old Silicon Valley veteran Morgan DeBaun., and 25-year-old Co-Founder Aaron Samuels,

Preacher Lawson was born In Portland, Oregon, but raised most of his adolescence in Memphis, TN.

Damon Davis is an award-winning post-disciplinary artist who works and resides in St. Louis, Missouri.

Browne is a writer-at-large at New York Magazine. Browne made a name for himself at the highly popular.

Reverend James M. Lawson, Jr. was one of the Civil Rights Movement's leading theoreticians.

Kimberly Foster is founder and editor-in-chief of For Harriet, a multiplatform digital community for Black women.

Cleo Wade was born in New Orleans in Louisiana, USA. As an artist, speaker, and poet, Wade is an inspiring voice in today's world for gender and race equality.

Michelle Duster is author, public historian, professor, and champion of racial and gender.

With a diverse skill set and resume spanning both television and film, Jay Ellis is quickly becoming one of Hollywood’s.

Dr. Carolyn Jefferson-Jenkins is a social historian, activist, and scholar in the areas of suffrage, education.

Imani is a Black bisexual Muslim woman who was born and raised in Los Angeles, California

Joi McMillon is an American film editor, known for her work on the critically acclaimed film Moonlight.

Dr. Wanda Durant, affectionately known as Mama Durant, and “The Real MVP” is a dynamic leader, advocate, entrepreneur and philanthropist.

Bryan Loritts serves Abundant Life Christian Fellowship of Silicon Valley, California, as the Senior Pastor.

Tammy Rivera Williams is an American television personality, singer, fashion designer and businesswoman.

Fania Davis is a leading national voice on restorative justice, a quickly emerging field which invites a fundamental shift.

Aisha Fukushima is a Performance Lecturer, Justice Strategist, Singer-Songwriter, and RAPtivist (rap activist).

Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor specializes in 19th-century U.S. history and race. Her first book, Colored Travelers.

Morgan is an NYC-based writer. She graduated from Princeton University with an AB in Comparative Literature, specializing in nineteenth century.

Dr. Sharroky Hollie is a national educator who provides professional development to thousands of educators.

Ira Madison III is a writer living in Los Angeles and host of Crooked Media’s pop culture podcast Keep It. His television credits include Daybreak, Nikki Fre$h, and the upcoming…

Charlene Wheeless is a renowned communications visionary, author, and speaker with more than three decades of experience.

Born and raised St. Louis, Mo. on a healthy diet of news programming, pop culture.

Ashlee Marie Preston is Editor in Chief of “Wear Your Voice” magazine,and the first transgender editor of a feminist publication.

Naima Coster is the author of two novels. Her debut, "Halsey Street," was a finalist for the 2018 Kirkus Prize for Fiction.

To describe Kiely Alexis Williams as a “triple threat” would be an understatement.

DeShuna Elisa Spencer is the Founder & CEO of kweliTV, which celebrates global black culture through curated.

Angela Onwuachi-Willig is the Charles and Marion Kierscht Professor of Law at the University of Iowa.

Shawn D. Rochester is CEO of Good Steward LLC, a financial education and advisor company.

Ericka Hart is a Black Queer Femme activist, writer, highly acclaimed speaker, and award-winning sexuality educator.

Valeriana Chikoti-Bandua was born into this world as a refugee, she is indigenous to the Ovimbundu tribe...

Frederick Joseph is a New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of "The Black Friend and upcoming Patriarchy Blues".

A native of Centralia, Illinois, William R. Norwood received his bachelor's degree..

Nafissa Thompson-Spires earned a PhD in English from Vanderbilt University..

Minna Salami is a Nigerian-Finnish and Swedish author and social critic..

Xernona Clayton is the Founder, President and CEO of the Trumpet Awards Foundation, Inc.

Born in Baltimore City, Leslie Gray Streeter is a University of Maryland College Park graduate.

Eric Benét is a contemporary R&B and neo-soul singer-songwriter and actor, who has received a total of four Grammy nominations.

Melina Abdullah is Professor and former Chair of Pan-African Studies at California State University.

Ron Stallworth is a law enforcement veteran and the first black detective in the Colorado Springs Police Department.

Nicole Tinson is the Founder and CEO of HBCU 20x20. Tinson is a Dillard (HBCU) and Yale University..

Stephanie Wilson is an engineer and NASA astronaut. She was the second African-American woman.

Frederick Gregory, Colonel, USAF (Ret.) is a former test pilot, NASA astronaut.

Best known for her role as Dionne in the 1995 hit comedy Clueless, as well as many other movies and TV roles, actress Stacey Dash is a Christian, a mother.

Tommie Smith began life quietly, born to Richard and Dora Smith on June 6, 1944 in Clarksville.

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor writes and speaks on Black politics, social movements, and racial inequality in the United States.

Tsion Gurmu is the Legal Director of the Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI), the nation’s first national immigrant.

Brea Baker is a skilled communications strategist and organizer who has been working.