African American

On January 20, 2021, Kamala Harris was sworn in as Vice President – a historic achievement as the first woman, the first Black American, and the first South Asian American…

Charles Barkley is an iconic figure in the basketball world, earning recognition as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History.

Dr. Sampson Davis was raised as the fifth of six children in Newark, one of New Jersey’s poorest cities.

Bold. Strong. Authentic. These are just a few words that define Brittney Griner

Auguste White (she/her/hers) is a Black Southern writer and stand up comedian with crippling middle child syndrome.

Bernard A. Harris, Jr., M.D. is an accomplished NASA astronaut, physician and businessman..

Roslyn is Founder and CEO for Equity Partnership Strategies, LLC, a consulting firm that provides strategic advice..

In 2009, Wanda James and her husband..

Dionne Warwick is a Grammy Award-winning singer, actress, television host.

Focused on getting women behind camera in TV, Katz has worked with female clients who have written or directed.

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

A huge controversy occurred when a white teacher in Brooklyn.

Billy Dexter is executive vice president and chief diversity officer of MTV Networks.

Nick Bertke, better known on the web and in the music scene as Pogo.

Ynon Kreiz is an American-Israeli businessman and current CEO of Mattel.

MK Asante is a best-selling author, award-winning filmmaker, recording artist.

Melanie Jayne Lynskey (b. May 16, 1977 in New Plymouth, New Zealand) is an actress.

Colin Cowie is a party planner, interior designer, television personality

Evan Carter is a stand-up comedian, show host and MC.

Adhir Kalyan is a South African actor noted for his role as Timmy.

Born and bred on Chicago's South Side, pop-R&B singer and songwriter Jeremih taught himself how to play several instruments and didn't consider himself a vocalist until a warmly received talent…

Aaron McGruder is an American writer and cartoonist best known for writing and drawing The Boondocks,

Born into a traveling, diplomatic family, Rokia Traore absorbed her own Malian traditions.

Their music was a blend of pop/rock and R&B -- especially doo wop and smooth uptown soul.

Erin Davis has been a fixture on the Canadian radio landscape for over 25 years.

Pru is one of the Country’s foremost authority on all things culinary.

One of the Variery's "10 Comics To Watch" for 2008-2009,Jay Phillips.

Bombino is a Nigerien singer-songwriter and guitarist. He is the lead member of Group Bombino and has appeared in the documentary.

Steve Babaeko is a Nigerian advertising and music executive, public advocate, founder of X3M Ideas, a Lagos-based digital advertising agency.

Candy Carson become known for her co-founding and promotion of the Carson Scholars Fund.

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

Brittney Grimes is a poet, published author, writer, model and motivational speaker.

Soweto native Ntshingila is a passionate advocate for development, and social inclusion in Africa.

Baltimore-born and -raised, Carole Weatherford composed her first poem in first grade.

Toheeb Jimoh is a British Nigerian actor. He is best known for his appearances as Sam.

TotaLee Awesome, is the phrase that best describes the magnitude of Lee Haney.

Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy received her undergraduate degree in economics and political science from the University of Michigan

Emi Mahmoud is a poet, activist and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador who won the 2015 Individual World Poetry Slam championship.

Ime Archibong is the head of new product experimentation at Facebook.

Sim Shagaya is a Nigerian media and technology entrepreneur.

Author and historian Robin D.G. Kelley is one of the most distinguished experts on African American studies.

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

Sangu Delle is an entrepreneur, investor and author. Delle is the Managing Director of Africa Health Holdings, an innovative company based in West Africa..

Shola Ajewole is the current Senior Vice President of Creative and Cultural Diversity at FX.

Jamika D. Burge is the Head of Conversational Artificial Intelligence (CAI) Insights at AI Design.

Khanyi Dhlomo is an award-winning magazine editor and publisher,

Joy Adowaa Buolamwini is a Ghanaian-American-Canadian computer scientist and digital activist based at the MIT Media Lab.

Raoul Peck is a Haitian filmmaker, of both documentary and feature films, and a political activist.

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

Lauren Simmons is a motivational speaker and her own brand. A former equity trader for Rosenblatt Securities.