African-American Interest

Ms. Pat hasn’t lived the life of your typical comedian. Born to a single mother of five, living on welfare in a tough West end neighborhood of Atlanta during the height...

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...

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...

Born in Portland, Maine, Victoria Rowell was raised in foster care for the first 18 years of her life. The love, guidance, and support of her foster families instilled...

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),...

Max L. Siegel is the CEO of The 909 Group LLC, a sports, entertainment, and lifestyle marketing firm, leads Baker & Daniels' sports and entertainment industry team,...

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...

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...

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...

Walter Thompson-Hernández is a Los Angeles-bred multimedia reporter who travels the world asking what it means to belong. He began his career with the New York Times...

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...

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...