Historians & Biographers

His stories have been featured in Harper's, the New York Times, the New Yorker, on NPR's "This American Life..

James McBride is an author, musician and screenwriter. His landmark memoir, "The Color of Water.

Jeffrey Israel has taught religion and political philosophy at Northwestern University and Rutgers University

Salli Richardson is a television and film actress and director.

Kurt Anderson is primarily a writer. He’s the author of the novels True Believers,

Lidia Bastianich is an Italian-American celebrity chef, television host, author, and restaurateur. Specializing in Italian and Italian-American cuisine, Bastianich has been a regular contributor to public television cooking shows since…

Michael W. Twitty is a culinary historian and food writer from the Washington D.C. area.

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

Satoshi Kanazawa is an evolutionary psychologist and intelligence researcher at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Alternately described as a serial entrepreneur, do-gooder, and designer, Graham Hill is founder and CEO of LifeEdited,

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

Annette Gordon-Reed is a Professor of History in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University,

Diane Guerrero is an actor known for her roles on the hit shows Orange is the New Black, Jane the Virgin, HBO’s Doom Patrol and Sony Pictures' Blast Beat.