Diversity

A native of Brooklyn, Lana's father Sam was a professional baseball player for the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1970s.

Leslie David Baker is an American actor best known for pl..

LZ Granderson is a political contributor and host of the Life Out Loud podcast for ABC News.

An award-­winning author, speaker, consultant, and television host.

A powerful and inspirational speaker, writer and singer, Rev. Lydia Istomina is a force to contend with.

Multi-faceted attorney, author, television personality, Lauren Lake is a Renaissance woman .

Larry Gilliard, Jr. is an American character actor who has appeared in films.

LisaGay Hamilton is an American director, and film, television.

Hile Lorrie Bartlett might not be a familiar name to those outside the acting realm, she has emerged.

Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, a member of the Career Foreign Service,

Lisa W. Wardell is President and Chief Executive Officer of Adtalem Global Education.

Liz Garbus is one of America’s most celebrated young voices in documentary filmmaking.

Melissa Jefferson, better known by her stage name Lizzo, is an alternative hip-hop artist who originated in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Lydia X. Z. Brown is an abolitionist disability justice advocate.

Lisa Phillips helps African American Professionals build profitable rental property portfolios.

In television, LisaRaye appeared in “The Parent ‘Hood,” “In the House”.

Lalita Tademy's own journey is a remarkable one. Before writing Cane River she was one of the country's most promising young executives.

Lawrence Hill is the son of American immigrants — a black father and a white mother.

Funnyman Lavell Crawford is quickly climbing the comedic ranks and becoming one rising comedy star to watch.

Lauren Nicole London is an American actress, model, and television personality.

From Ferguson to New York, and from Germany and South Africa to Australia and Brazil.

Lamman Rucker is an Actor, Educator, Activist and Entrepreneur.

With various ‘firsts’ in her already impressive career, Laverne Cox is a four-time Emmy-nominated actress.

Chosen as one of VARIETY’S “Top Ten Actors to Watch” and part of the new breed of Hollywood leading men, Laz Alonso stars.

From education to activism, Liz Dozier has spent her career working tirelessly to disrupt the culture of inequity.

Lex Gillette is the best totally blind long and triple jumper in the history of the U.S. Paralympic movement.

Layla is the author of the ground-breaking book, "Me and White Surpremacy", and the host of Good Ancestor podcast.

Lerato "Lee" Mokobe is a slam poet who explores social injustice and gender identity issues.

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

Affectionately known as “Dr. Key,” she moves businesses from sales to success, and inspires them to become doers,

Leo Terrell is a renowned Civil Rights Attorney, Author of "Your Rights at the Work Place.

From humble beginnings in her Brooklyn kitchen, Founder & President of Carol’s Daughter

Comedians, actors, and writers, the Lucas Brothers (Keith and Kenny Lucas) continue their rise as two of the freshest.

Linda Darling-Hammond is the Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education Emeritus at Stanford University and founding president of the Learning Policy Institute.