Cornel WestPhilosopher, author, civil rights activist, and professor at the Union Theological Seminary
Alice Walker
Pulitzer Prize winning author, poet, and civil rights activist
Angela DavisProfessor, scholar, author, and political activist
Rubin "Hurricane" CarterFormer middleweight boxer and former Executive Director of the “Association in Defense of the Wrongly Convicted”Ruby DeeActress, poet, journalist, and activist
Giancarlo EspositoActor and director
Peter Coyote
Actor, author, director, and screenwriter
Dick Gregory
Author, comedian, and social activist
Amy Goodman
Author, journalist, investigative reporter, and host of Democracy Now!
Tariq Ali
Novelist, journalist, filmmaker, and historian
M-1 aka Mutulu Olugbala
Rapper (Dead Prez), author, and activist
Aya De Leon
Professor, writer, poet, and spoken word artist
Michael Parenti
Author and historian
Ramona Africa
Minister of Communication, MOVE
Dave Zirin
Author and sports journalist
Johanna Fernandez
Author and professor at Baruch College, City University of New York
Ramsey Clark
Former US Attorney General and activist
Michelle Alexander
Author and professor of law at Ohio State University; Author of "The New Jim Crow"
Juan GonzalezColumnist for the New York Daily News, journalist, investigative reporter, and co-host of Democracy Now!
Jerry Quickley
Journalist and performance poet
Emory Douglas
Artist and former member of The Black Panther Party
And many others.