Brandice Daniel is the founder of Harlem's Fashion Row (HFR) and a fashion industry expert with experience in buying, production and bridging the gap for designers of color.

Jelani Cobb joined the Columbia Journalism School faculty in 2016 and became Dean in 2022. He has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 2015. He received a Peabody Award for his 2020 PBS Frontline film Whose Vote Counts? and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Commentary in 2018. He has also been a political analyst for MSNBC since 2019.

Antonia Hylton is a Peabody and Emmy award winning journalist at NBC News reporting on politics and civil rights, and the co-host of the hit podcasts Southlake and Grapevine.

Matthew Jordan Smith is a renowned professional photographer based in Tokyo, Japan.

New York-based artist Mickalene Thomas is best known for her elaborate paintings composed of rhinestones, acrylic and enamel.

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Tune in for a conversation with Natasha Alford, the Grio journalist and CNN political analyst. Author of American Negra, one woman's search to find her own voice. Born from an African American father and Puerto Rican mother in a working-class family in Syracuse, NY, she is confronted with issues with identity, conflicting standards of beauty from family members and her community, layered with feelings of inferiority as a Harvard bound Afro Latina young woman who did not have the academic pedigree of her white peers.

Tune in for a special replay conversation with Harriette Cole as we celebrate Women's History Month with Michelle Browder, the Lead Artist and Visionary behind The Mothers of Gynecology Monument in Montgomery, Alabama.

Join me for a conversation with Tamala Jones, film and television actor starring in Ordinary Angels in theaters everywhere on Feb 23rd.

Join me for a conversation with Dr. K. Zauditu Selassie, from the Netflix documentary "In Our Mothers' Gardens" and author of "The Second Line". Tune in at 5pm EST for the video premiere!

Award-winning journalist; entertainment editor, political commentator, radio host, filmmaker and author of The Grift: The Downward Spiral of Black Republicans from the Party of Lincoln to the Cult of Trump.

Ijeoma Oluo is a writer, speaker and internet yeller. She is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller So You Want to Talk About Race, Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America and, coming in January 30, 2024, BE A REVOLUTION: How Everyday People are Fighting Oppression and Changing the World - and How You Can, Too.

Two time “Bessie Award” winner, Hope Boykin was an original member of Complexions, danced with Philadanco, and completed 20 years with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

Dimyas Perdue is a true champion of personal and professional growth, and his expertise with helping with emerging leader programs has made him a valuable asset in the workplace and beyond.

Scott Shigeoka is an internationally recognized curiosity expert, speaker, and the author of SEEK: How Curiosity Can Transform Your Life and Change the World.

Named one of the 50 most influential people in the multicultural market by WWD, Tai is a thought leader and respected beauty, fashion, and lifestyle authority. Tai began her career as an editor at O, The Oprah Magazine in 2000.

Named America’s Best Interior Designer by Time magazine and CNN, Sheila Bridges is considered a creative visionary and design tastemaker.

The first Black mayor of Montgomery, Alabama, shares his story of making his way in a world that wasn’t built for him, drawing on his rich heritage as the son of a civil rights leader.

Ambassador Nicole Avant served as the 13 th U.S. Ambassador to The Bahamas after being nominated by President Barack Obama and unanimously confirmed by The U.S. Senate, becoming the youngest as well as the first African American woman to hold the position.