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Ava DuVernay
Ava DuVernay 000000035624500X Ava DuVernay is an award-winning writer, producer, and director in independent film. She founded DVA Media + Marketing and the African-American Film Festival Releasing M...
Natalie Baszile
Natalie Baszile NONE Natalie Baszile, author of Queen Sugar, is a scholar with an M.A. in Afro-American Studies from UCLA and a graduate of Warren Wilson College's MFA Program. Her work has won award...
Yusef Salaam
Yusef Salaam NONE Dr. Yusef Abdus Salaam, part of the Exonerated Five, was wrongly convicted in the Central Park jogger case at 15. After years in prison, his sentence was overturned in 2002. His sto...
Raymond Santana
Raymond Santana NONE Raymond Santana is an author, designer, and activist. He currently travels around the country telling his story of hope and overcoming obstacles as he continues to fight against...
W. J. Lofton
W. J. Lofton NONE W. J. Lofton, a Chicago-born poet and multimodal artist, is the author of A Garden for Black Boys Between the Stages of Soil and Stardust. His work explores the intersections of ra...