Maurice J. Hobson, Eddie R. Cole, Jim C. Harper II, and Derrick P. Alridge

Maurice J. Hobson is associate professor of Africana studies and historian at Georgia State University.
Eddie R. Cole is professor of education and history at UCLA and fellow at the Harvard Radcliffe Institute.
Jim C. Harper II is associate dean of the School of Graduate Studies and professor of history at North Carolina Central University.
Derrick P. Alridge is professor of education at the University of Virginia.