Nikole Hannah-Jones
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Creator of The 1619 Project | Executive Producer of The 1619 Project Hulu Docuseries | MacArthur Genius
There isn’t a beat you can cover in America—education, housing—where race is not a factor.
A speakers bureau that represents the best original thinkers,
writers, and doers for speaking engagements.
Our race keynote speakers are inciting real change: exposing the harmful policies and hidden biases that unfairly tip the playing field, and transforming them through art, photograph, film, writing, music, activism and more.
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Creator of The 1619 Project | Executive Producer of The 1619 Project Hulu Docuseries | MacArthur Genius
There isn’t a beat you can cover in America—education, housing—where race is not a factor.
Author of New York Times Bestseller The Sum of Us
Racism has a cost for everyone—but there are ways we can prosper together.
Award-Winning Black Transgender Activist | Author of The Risk It Takes to Bloom | Co-Founder of the Transgender Week of Visibility and Action
Outdated ideas of gender are holding us all back. When we abandon them and fight for Black transgender liberation, we all flourish.
New York Times Bestselling Author Of All Boys Aren’t Blue & We Are Not Broken | Emmy Nominee | LGBTQIA+ Activist
Stories of queer identity and Black joy have the power to educate us on diversity, inspire social justice activism, and build community.
#1 New York Times Bestselling Author of How the Word Is Passed and Above Ground | Atlantic Staff Writer
The legacy of slavery still shapes our cities, roads, and stories today. Understanding our history will help us make sense of our world—and fight for a better one.
Author of From the Hood to the Holler | Founder of Hood to the Holler | Kentucky State Director of Faith Based & Community Initiatives
Building coalitions starts with seeing the humanity in others. Our issues aren’t really partisan—we can lift our voices together.
Author of The 272: The Families who Were Enslaved and Sold to Build the American Catholic Church | Associate Professor at New York University | Former New York Times Johannesburg Bureau Chief
Slavery fueled the growth of our churches, schools, and institutions. We must face that history if we want to understand—and someday transcend—our racial divide.