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Adam Mansbach |
Adam Mansbach's most recent book, Go the Fuck to Sleep, is a #1 New York Times bestseller, and one of the most talked-about books of the decade.
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Dr. Cornel West |
Dr. Cornel West has been described as one of America’s most vital and eloquent intellectuals. A noted philosopher, he has taken his struggle for racial equity to the national spotlight, providing a gifted and stimulating voice to the ongoing debate.
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Tavis Smiley |
The first American ever to simultaneously host signature talk shows on both public television and public radio, Smiley also offers political commentary twice weekly on the Tom Joyner Morning Show. He also created the Tavis Smiley Foundation, whose mission is to enlighten, encourage and empower black youth...
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Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. |
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and the Director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research at Harvard University. Acclaimed as an eloquent commentator and formidable intellectual force on multicultural and African American issues...
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Walter Mosley |
WALTER MOSLEY is the author of twenty-three critically acclaimed books and his work has been translated into twenty-one languages. His popular mysteries featuring Easy Rawlins began with Devil in a Blue Dress in 1990...
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Bobby Seale |
Bobby Seale, in effect, has become one of the last surviving architects of one of the most important social change movements in American and African American history...
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Staceyann Chin |
Staceyann Chin is a fulltime artist. A resident of New York City and a Jamaican National, she has been an "out poet and political activist" since 1998. From the rousing cheers of the Nuyorican Poets' Cafe to one-woman shows Off- Broadway to poetry workshops in Denmark and London to co-writer and performer in the Tony nominated, Russell Simmons Def Poetry Jam on Broadway, Chin credits the long list of "things she has done" to her grandmother's hard-working history and the pain of her mother's absence...
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Lupe Fiasco |
Raised in Chicago, Fiasco developed an interest in hip-hop after initially disliking the genre for its use of vulgarity. He adopted the name Lupe Fiasco and began recording songs in his father's basement, and joined a group called Da Pak. The group disbanded shortly after its inception, and Fiasco soon met rapper Jay-Z who helped him sign a record deal with Atlantic Records. In 2006, Fiasco released his debut album Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor on the label, to commercial and critical acclaim.
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Lee Mun Wah |
For the past twenty years, StirFry Seminars has revolutionized the field of diversity through its internationally acclaimed films and
seminars. Over 30 million viewers worldwide have seen The Color of Fear, as well as many of the other groundbreaking films produced and directed by Lee Mun Wah, StirFry's founder, CEO and Master Trainer.
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Wes Jackson - Hip Hop History |
Brooklyn Bodega (producers of the annual Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival) aims to highlight Hip-Hop’s legacy as an agent of artistic progression, community building and social change. This presentation is a multimedia, content driven, 1.5 hour educational overview by Wes Jackson, Executive Director of The Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival and President of Brooklyn Bodega, that explores the evolution of Hip-Hop music and culture.
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Bakari Kitwana |
Bakari Kitwana is a journalist, activist and political analyst whose commentary on politics and youth culture have been seen on the CNN, FOX News (the O'Reilly Factor), C-Span, PBS (The Tavis Smiley Show) and heard on NPR. He's currently Senior Media Fellow at the Harvard Law based think tank, The Jamestown Project, and the CEO of Rap Sessions: Community Dialogues on Hip-Hop, which conducts townhall meetings around the country on difficult dialogues facing the hip-hop generation.
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Touré |
Touré is a veteran TV and print journalist. He is a correspondent for Access Hollywood. He was the host of BET’s The Black Carpet and the host of Treasure HD’s I’ll Try Anything Once, an action-adventure reality show where he dove into wild challenges like demolition derbying, sumo wrestling, skydiving, and playing semi-pro football with women.
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Talib Kweli |
An emcee "with a social conscience, a liquid flow, and an unending gift of wordplay," Kweli was "one of the most astute and prominent voices in the hip-hop underground," remarked Ken Capobianco in the Boston Globe. After releasing Mos Def and Talib Kweli Are Black Star with successful emcee Mos Def in 1998 and Reflection Eternal with deejay Hi-Tek in 2000, however, Kweli was ready to break out of the underground.
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Calvin Mackie |
Speaker, Author, Professor and Inventor Calvin Mackie is a former associate professor of mechanical engineering at Tulane University in New Orleans.
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Daymond John |
A young entrepreneur, an industry pioneer, a highly regarded marketing expert, and a man who has surpassed new heights of commercial and financial success are just a few ways people have described Daymond John. Over the last 20 years, Daymond has evolved from one of the most successful fashion icons of his generation to one of the most sought after branding experts, business, and motivational speakers in the country.
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Bryonn Bain |
Bryonn Bain is Brooklyn's own prison activist, hip hop artist, spoken word poet, author, actor and educator. Described by Cornel West as an artist who "…speaks his truth with a power we desperately need to hear," Bain hosts BET-J's award-winning talk show My Two Cents...
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Dr. Julia Hare |
Dr. Julia Hare is the queen of Dr. Nathan Hare, a pioneer of black studies. The Black Think Tank has turned our talented cofounder, Dr. Julia Hare, loose on the lecture circuit in all her elocutionary preakness...
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