African-American Interest

Stephanie Powell Watts is an associate professor of English at Lehigh University, and has won numerous awards, including a Whiting Award, a Pushcart Prize, the Ernest...

Stephanie Powell Watts

Fiction Writer and Author of No One Is Coming to Save Us

JIM ST. GERMAIN

Jim St. Germain is the co-founder of Preparing Leaders of Tomorrow, Inc. (PLOT), a nonprofit organization that provides mentoring to at-risk and formerly incarcerated...

Jim St. Germain

Author, Social Entrepreneur, & Presidential Appointee

KARRINE STEFFANS

Karrine Steffans is the New York Times bestselling author of seven titles: The Vixen Diaries, The Vixen Manual, Satisfaction, How to Make Love to a Martian, Décor and...

Karrine Steffans

New York Times Bestselling Author

SANDRA UWIRINGIYIMANA

Sandra Uwiringiyimana is the co-founder of the Jimbere Fund, a human rights activist, and the author of the forthcoming memoir How Dare the Sun Rise (Katherine Tegen...

Sandra Uwiringiyimana

Author & Human Rights Activist

ROSE ROCK

Rose Rock, mother to 10 children, including comedian Chris Rock, and 17 foster children, is a real-life supermom. She is an educator specializing in pre-school and special...

Rose Rock

Supermom and Advocate for Youth & Families

LAURENCE LEAMER

Laurence Leamer is a celebrated historian, journalist, and bestselling author of more than a dozen books. Leamer has worked in places including the What Cheer, Iowa Patriot-Chronicle,...

Laurence Leamer

New York Times Bestselling Author

ELIJAH WALD

musician, author of Dylan Goes Electric! (Dey Street Books), and historian who has published on a broad range of music and related cultural subjects. He started playing...

Elijah Wald

Musician, Writer, Author of Dylan Goes Electric!

PAMELA NEWKIRK

Pamela Newkirk is an award-winning journalist and a professor of journalism at New York University. She is the author of Spectacle: The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga...

Pamela Newkirk

Award-Winning Journalist and Professor of Journalism at New York University

KRISTEN GREEN

Kristen Green has worked for two decades as a journalist at newspapers including The San Diego Union-Tribune and the Boston Globe. In 2012, she was recognized by Media...

Kristen Green

Journalist and Author of Something Must Be Done About Prince Edward County: A Family, A Town, A Civil Rights Battle

ANDREA DAVIS PINKNEY

Andrea Davis Pinkney is the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of more than thirty books for children and adults. Named one of the “25 Most Influential...

Andrea Davis Pinkney

New York Times Bestselling and Award-Winning Author

ATTICA LOCKE

Attica Locke is a nationally bestselling and award-winning author and screenwriter, with her focus on issues of race, Hollywood, politics, and motherhood. Locke’s first...

Attica Locke

Nationally Bestselling and Award-Winning Author and Screenwriter on Race, Hollywood, Politics, and Motherhood

KIMBERLY SEALS-ALLERS

Kimberly Seals Allers is an award-winning business journalist, former writer at Fortune magazine and author of The Mocha Manual to Turning Your Passion into Profit (Amistad/HarperCollins),...

Kimberly Seals-Allers

Working Mother Family Expert

MOLLY MELCHING

Molly Melching has lived and worked in Senegal, West Africa since 1974 and has dedicated her life to the empowerment of communities at the grassroots level. Highly regarded...

Molly Melching

Human Rights Advocate, Non formal Education Specialist, and Expert on Ending Harmful Traditional Practices

ROBERT HIRST

Robert H. Hirst, Ph.D. is the General Editor and Official Curator of the Mark Twain Project and Papers, housed at the University of California, Berkeley. He is also the...

Robert Hirst

World Renowned Expert on Mark Twain

MARVELYN S. BROWN

Marvelyn Brown, a 26-year-old native Tennessean, learned she was HIV-positive at age 19. Since then, she has moved both live and television audiences across the United...

Marvelyn S. Brown

HIV Consultant and Youth Spokesperson

MATT BIRKBECK

Matt Birkbeck is an award winning investigative journalist who has written for the New York Times, Reader’s Digest, People, Boston Magazine, and the Philadelphia Inquirer....

Matt Birkbeck

Author and Award-Winning Investigative Journalist

LOIS LEVEEN

Award-winning author Lois Leveen dwells in the spaces where literature and history meet. Her stunning debut novel, The Secrets of Mary Bowser (William Morrow), is based...

Lois Leveen

Historian, Education Expert, and Author of The Secrets of Mary Bowser

RACHEL VASSEL

Rachel Vassel is the author of the award-winning book Daughters of Men (Amistad) a moving collection of beautiful photographs and inspirational essays about the role...

Rachel Vassel

Fatherhood Expert and Award-Winning Author

DOLEN PERKINS-VALDEZ

Dolen Perkins-Valdez is the author of the New York Times best-seller Wench (Amistad), a startling piece of original fiction that tells the story of four enslaved black...

Dolen Perkins-Valdez

New York Times Best-selling Author of Wench

LOIS J. GASTON, PHD

Lois J. Gaston, PhD is a veteran community college educator and administrator, and the grandniece of acclaimed author Zora Neale Hurston. From 1992 to 2006, she served...

Lois J. Gaston, PhD

Community College Administration Expert, Grandniece of Zora Neale Hurston

DARRYL STRAWBERRY

Darryl Strawberry is described as a legend by many who have been dazzled by the dynamics of his game, the power he possessed at the plate and the story of redemption...

Darryl Strawberry

Baseball Legend, Two-Time Cancer Survivor, Autism Spokesperson, Community Outreach Advocate, and New York Times Best-Selling Author

KHALIAH ALI

Khaliah Ali's talent as a passionate communicator is limitless. An in-demand speaker on weight-related issues, Khaliah is committed to helping young women everywhere...

Khaliah Ali

Weight Loss Authority and TV Personality

BOB BRIER

Dr. Bob Brier has worked in Egypt for more than 30 years and is one of the world's foremost authorities on mummies. He is Senior Research Fellow at the C.W. Post Campus...

Bob Brier

World Famous Egyptologist

RACHEL L. SWARNS

Rachel L. Swarns presents a fascinating and intriguing look at America's First Family in her new book American Tapestry: The Story of the Black, White, and Multiracial...

Rachel L. Swarns

Author of American Tapestry: The Story of the Black, White, and Multiracial Ancestors of Michelle Obama

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