is founder and president of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition and a leader of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. The recipient of over forty honorary doctorate degrees, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, in 2000. A renowned orator and international peacemaker, Rev. Jackson is also the author or co-author of the books Keep Hope Alive, Straight From the Heart, Legal Lynching: Racism, Injustice, and the Death Penalty, and It’s About The Money.

is a United States Congressman representing Georgia’s Fifth District and a leader of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. He was a keynote speaker at the historic March on Washington in 1963 and co-led the 1965 voting rights march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. Lewis is co-author of the National Book Award-winning graphic novel and memoir trilogy MARCH and Across That Bridge: Life Lessons and a Vision for Change, written with Brenda Jones.

is senior counsel at Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer, and Feld, LLC, and a leader of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. Mr. Jordan’s prior positions include president and chief executive officer of the National Urban League, Inc.; executive director of the United Negro College Fund, Inc.; field director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; and many other posts. He holds honorary degrees from more than 70 colleges and universities, and is the author of Vernon Can Read! A Memoir and Make it Plain: Standing Up and Speaking Out.

is a New York Times best-selling author, teacher, and Episcopal priest. Her first memoir, Leaving Church, won an Author of the Year award from the Georgia Writers Association. Her 2014 book Learning to Walk in the Dark was featured on the cover of TIME magazine, which included her on its annual list of 100 Most Influential People the same year. Her fourteenth book, Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith of Others, will be released by HarperOne in 2019.

is president and professor of religion and culture at Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary. A scholar, author, consultant and speaker on the subject of African American and U.S. religion and culture, Pollard was previously dean of the School of Divinity and professor of Religion and Culture at Howard University in Washington, D.C. Pollard is the author of Mysticism and Social Change: The Social Witness of Howard Thurman and co-editor of The Papers of Howard Washington Thurman Volumes I and II.

is the Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor of Ethical Leadership at the Boston University School of Theology and editor of the Howard Thurman Papers Project. His Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) “Ethical Leadership: Character, Civility and Community” has engaged over 12,000 participants from around the globe. His publications include the multi-volume The Papers of Howard Washington Thurman and The Ground Has Shifted: The Future of the Black Church in Post-Racial America.

is pastor emeritus of Olivet Institutional Baptist Church in Cleveland, Ohio and a leader of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. He was a board member and regional director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) under the presidency of Martin Luther King, Jr., and a national board member and trustee of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change.

is senior pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, IL and a leader for social justice and equality in the Black Theology tradition. In 2014, he presented the Lyman Beecher lectures at Yale University, which became the foundation for his most recent book, Blue Note Preaching in a Post-Soul World: Finding Hope in an Age of Despair. Moss was named one of the inaugural “Root 100,” a list recognizing emerging and established African-American leaders.