Every February, organizations across the country dedicate the month to celebrating the history and accomplishments of Black Americans. As we look ahead to Black History Month in February 2023, we continue to commemorate year-round the Black Americans who have fought repression from America’s earliest days. Celebrating the 2023 theme of “Black Resistance,” we are proud to represent speakers that continue to fight repression, tackle systemic racism, and push for racial equity and justice.
National Book Award-winning historian and New York Times-bestselling author of How to Be an Antiracist
- Guides institutions who want more than just band-aid programs, but actual antiracist action that builds an antiracist America
- Provides tools to expose racist ideas and become antiracist
Pulitzer Prize winner and author of the critically acclaimed bestsellers The Warmth of Other Suns and Caste
- Addresses the persistence of racial injustice as a national challenge and what history can teach us as we work to resolve it
- Explores the pillars that underlie caste systems and explains how America can move beyond the artificial and destructive separations of human divisions and toward hope in our common humanity
#1 New York Times-bestselling author of Between the World and Me and The Water Dancer
Youngest of the Little Rock Nine, civil rights advocate, National Women’s Hall of Fame inductee
- Shares her experience as one of the Little Rock Nine who challenged racial segregation in the public schools of Little Rock, Arkansas
- Reflects on the history and current state of civil rights, race, and diversity and inspires hope for the future
Former U.S. attorney general and esteemed civil rights leader
- Provides insightful analysis of our present tide of voter suppression, and a powerful and hopeful plan for the future of our most urgent political struggle
- Delves into America’s complicated path to the vote, especially for Black Americans, underscoring the historically difficult and often violent struggle
Expert on African-American history and author of Black Quotidian and Half American
- Speaks to the country’s moment of reckoning with protests against police violence and demonstrations in support of the Black Lives Matter movement
- Explains why Black history should be studied and celebrated not only in February but all year round
Author of the National Book Award longlisted Lifting as We Climb
- Explores the systemic barriers that have prevented Black women from fully participating in America’s democracy
- Highlights how Black women have persevered to become a cornerstone of the Democratic Party
