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Award-Winning Actor, Musician, Author and Arts Advocate
John Lithgow's broad range of interests and talents have touched every area of the entertainment industry -- and even outside it. He's achieved stunning success in wildly varied ventures, and…
Nine-Time Grammy Award Winner, Academy Award-Winner & Philanthropist
Nine-time Grammy award-winning R&B artist John Legend and the “All of Me” crooner has earned millions of fans with his chart-topping albums.
Educator & Social Justice Advocate
In the passion of the civil rights campaigns of 1964 and 1965, Jonathan Kozol gave up the prospect of a promising career in the academic world, moved from Harvard Square…
Civil Rights Activist & Sociologist
Sociologist Dr. Joyce Ladner is one of the nation’s pre-eminent thought leaders. Her career has been shaped through her first hand involvement with the civil rights movement in Mississippi and…
Computer Scientist, Academician, and Businessman. Former President, Stanford University
John Hennessy, The founder of MIPS Computer Systems Inc., John was the 10th President of Stanford University. He earned his Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Villanova University, and his…
Media Strategist, Voting, Activism and Youth Culture Expert
Democracy works and Jehmu Greene will speak at every college campus, go on every news show, and shout it from the rooftops until all of America knows it. A widely…
Divorce Court Judge, Relationship Expert, Licensed Mediator & Family Law Attorney
Judge Mablean Ephriam is one of the most recognized jurists in America. She attributes her success to God, her family and close friends. Her faith, religion and trust in God…
The 15th Surgeon General of the United States
When she was sworn in as Surgeon General, Dr. M. Joycelyn Elders became the first African American and the second woman to hold that post. As Surgeon General, Dr. Elders…
Anthropologist, Educator and Director, Smithsonian National Museum of African Art. Cole Was The First African-American Female President of Spelman College
One of the most powerful and well-regarded African American women in the US, Johnnetta B. Cole has a way with making history. She was the first female African American president…
40 Years Of Experience Working In Education & 2014 former President Barack Obama appointed Dr. Comer to the President's Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for African Americans
Dr. James P. Comer is the Maurice Falk Professor of Child Psychiatry at the Yale University School of Medicine's Child Study Center, and has been a Yale medical faculty member…
Feminist artist, art educator, and writer known for her large collaborative art installation pieces, which examine the role of women in history and culture
Judy Chicago is an artist, author, feminist, educator, and intellectual whose career now spans five decades. -- and men in particular. The thought processes involved in PowerPlay,
Teacher, Author, and Journalist
Jenna Hager Best-selling Author; Contributing Correspondent, NBC's Today; Chair, UNICEF's Next Generation and Editor-at-Large, Southern Living Magazine. Jenna Hager is a contributing correspondent on NBC's Today show and an editor-at-large…
Author, Educator, and Activist who is dedicated to the struggle for Human Rights, the positive proliferation of youth and Hip-Hop Culture
JLove is an activist, author, coach and a creator, producer and director of TV and Film. Storytelling is at the heart of her work. She is the author of That…
President and Chairman of The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University (CASA) which he founded in 1992 and former Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
Joseph Califano is the former secretary of Health, Education and Welfare. During his years as secretary of HEW (1977-1979), Califano reorganized the department, initiated major health promotion and disease prevention…
National Champion & Head Coach of the University of Kentucky Wildcats
Head Coach of the University of Kentucky and 2012 NCAA National Champion, John Calipari has added an 8th Championship banner to the rafters by leading his team to a victory…
Educator, Consultant and Expert On Diversity
A psychodrama, presented by John Gray, confronts issues related to stereotyping, bigotry, affirmative action and social "isms". He con-ducts seminars for business, university, government and profes-sional organizations on developing skills…
Athlete, Author, Teacher and The Inspiration for the Movie “The Rookie”, Jim Morris travels the world as America's foremost inspirational and motivational speaker
The Cinderella story of Jim Morris serves as testimony to the power of dreams and their ability to inspire and transform human life. Jim Morris’s meteoric rise from 35 year-old…
Professor of Law at the University at Buffalo and Author Who Has Won Praise for Her Powerful New Ideas About Race in America
Judy Scales-Trent is Professor of Law at The State University of New York at Buffalo. Before joining the law school faculty in 1984, she practiced law at the Equal Employment…
Television Personality, Lawyer, and Retired Judge who presided as the arbitrator on Judge Alex
Alex Ferrer’s family fled communist Cuba to the United States when he was just a baby. Starting a new life in America, his parents exchanged well-paying careers with an American…
The People's Court. She is the first Latina arbitrator to preside over a court show
Let the record show that Judge Marilyn Milian returns to the courtroom of "The People's Court" as the longest judge to preside over the highly rated courtroom series. Milian continues…