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Angela Y. Davis

Feminist and Writer

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Eddie S. Glaude, Jr.

James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor, Princeton University

Chair, Department of African American Studies, Princeton University

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Ijeoma Oluo

Writer, Speaker, 'Internet Yeller'

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Kevin Richardson

Exonerated member of the Central Park Five

Criminal Justice reform advocate

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Rahsaan Hall

Director, Racial Justice Program, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Massachusetts

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Wade Alan Davis II

Educator and Athlete