Race Issues

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

Shah Rukh Khan, also known by the initialism SRK, is an Indian actor, film producer, and television personality.

Carl Franklin is an actor, screenwriter, and director. He is most known for the film Devil in a Blue Dress, which starred Denzel Washington and Don Cheadle.

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Amiyah Scott is an actress, model, author,and LGBTQ advocate best known for her role as Cotton on Lee Daniels' "Star" on Fox.

Geena Rocero, born and raised in Manila, Philippines, is an Award Winning Producer, Writer, Director, Model, Public Speaker.

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

Jessica Williams is an actress and comedian who was formerly a senior correspondent on "The Daily Show".

Keli Lee is a transformational and innovative leader with a successful track .

Marcus Reeves has written about pop music, Black youth culture and politics for over 20 years.

Marissa Jenae Johnson is an Activist, Speaker, Philanthropist, Entrepreneur.

Maurice Cherry serves as marketing, design & communications lead at Glitch.

Kimberlé Crenshaw, Professor of Law at UCLA and Columbia Law School.

Maya Harris has been an influential voice at the intersection of politics,

Zerlina Maxwell is the host of "ZERLINA" her nightly show on Peacock and a Political Analyst for NBC/MSNBC.

Dorothy Roberts is the 14th Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor and George A.

Candice Morgan is the Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Partner at Google Ventures and former Head of Inclusion & Diversity at Pinterest.

Manuel Luis Jacinto is a Filipino-born Canadian actor. After several small appearances on television, his breakout role came in 2016.

Katrina Jones believes that when we prioritize closing equity gaps.

Reginald Dwayne Betts is the founder of Freedom Reads, a first-of-its-kind organization working to radically transform.

Ellen McGirt is an editor at FORTUNE, where she established the race and leadership beat in 2016.

Ijeoma Oluo (ee-joh-mah oh-loo-oh) is a writer, speaker and internet yeller.

Percell Dugger is a Harlem based writer, certified strength coach, USATF coach and NIKE running coach.

Michael Javen Fortner is Assistant Professor and Academic Director of Urban Studies at the Murphy Institute at CUNY SPS.

Yusef Komunyakaa is an award-winning poet and professor known for his autobiographical poems about race.

Travis Nembhard is an Administrative Law Judge, Lawyer, and advocate. He oversees hearings.

Kara Walker is best known for her room-size tableaux of black cut-paper....

Lorna Simpson is a photographer and visual artist whose work focuses primarily on race and sexuality.

Veronica Chambers is a prolific author, best known for her critically acclaimed memoir.  

William Rhoden is an American sports journalist and author, who formerly worked as a columnist for the New York

Donnell Rawlings is a comedian and actor. His notable roles include appearing in Chappelle's Show.

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

Ruth E. Carter is the 2019 Academy Award winner for Achievement in Costume Design for Marvel’s “BLACK PANTHER”.

Dream Hampton (stylized as dream hampton) is an award-winning filmmaker and writer from Detroit.

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

Candi Castleberry Singleton is the Vice President of Diversity Partnership Strategy & Engagement at Twitter.

99-year-old Betty Charbonnet Reid Soskin is, among other things, America’s oldest active park ranger.

Sabaah Folayan is an filmmaker, activist, and award-winning storyteller who uses written.

Amanda Gorman is an American poet and activist from Los Angeles. Her poetry focuses on themes of race.

Quentin James is the Co-Founder & COO of Vestige Strategies, LLC – one of the top civic.

Timnit Gebru is a computer scientist who works on algorithmic bias and data mining.

As a native of West Philadelphia, Jamira Burley saw first-hand the disenfranchisement of marginalized communities.

Elle Hearns is an organizer, speaker, strategist, and writer. Hearns' voice as a community organizer and speaker.

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

Dr. Voisin is a social welfare scholar and psychotherapist. He is the author of America the Beautiful and Violent.

Brittany Packnett Cunningham is a social justice activist, educator and writer.

S. Lee Merritt, Esq. commonly known as “the people’s lawyer,” is emerging as an influential new voice in the fight for Social Justice.

Featured in The New York Times and The Washington Post, Christine Michel Carter is a best-selling author.

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

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