As you plan for Black History Month 2021, take a look at our great selection of speakers that each provide a unique way to honor this important month. Our speakers will educate, inspire, and ignite important conversations about the past, present, and future of race.
History, Activism, and Social Justice
Our speakers examine crucial moments in our national history that continue to shape the country today, inspire social change, and champion systemic reform.
Isabel Wilkerson
Pulitzer Prize winner and author of the critically acclaimed bestsellers The Warmth of Other Suns and Caste
Evette Dionne
Author of the National Book Award longlisted title: Lifting as We Climb
Dr. Matthew Delmont
Expert on African-American history and author of Black Quotidian and Half American
Private: Latasha Morrison
Founder of Be the Bridge and certified trainer in cultural intelligence and unconscious bias
Company Reads
For this Black History Month, consider a speaker who can address values that matter to your organization firsthand, from leadership to diversity and inclusion.
Dr. Jennifer L. Eberhardt
Award-winning social psychologist and one of the world’s leading experts on unconscious bias
Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
National Book Award-winning historian and New York Times-bestselling author of How to Be an Antiracist
Dr. Michele Harper
Emergency room physician and author of the New York Times-bestselling The Beauty in Breaking
Criminal Justice Reform
These speakers seek to transform the criminal justice system. Their talks reveal pathways to change and compelling visions for the future.
Brittany K. Barnett
Award-winning attorney, entrepreneur, and author of A Knock at Midnight
Shaka Senghor
Author of Letters to the Sons of Society and Writing My Wrongs and leading voice on criminal justice reform
Audiences Young and Old
These speakers bring the same enthusiasm, humor, and sense of wonder found in their books to the stage, inspiring audiences of all ages.
Jacqueline Woodson
National Book Award and four-time Newbery Honor Winner, MacArthur Fellow, and bestselling author of Red at the Bone
Private: Nic Stone
New York Times-bestselling author of Dear Martin and Odd One Out
Exploring Truth Through Literature
Honor this Black History Month with some of our critically acclaimed speakers whose fiction and poetry are grounded in historical truth, personal experience, and the testimony of others.
Brit Bennett
Novelist of National Book Award nominated, New York Times-bestselling The Vanishing Half, and National Book Foundation 2016 5 Under 35 Honoree
Edwidge Danticat
MacArthur Fellow and critically acclaimed Haitian-American writer
Robin Coste Lewis
National Book Award-winning poet, author of Voyage of the Sable Venus
Yaa Gyasi
Author of Homegoing and Transcendent Kingdom, and recipient of the National Book Foundation's 'Under 35' award
Colson Whitehead
Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning author of The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys
Danielle Evans
Recipient of the National Book Foundation's 'Under 35' award and author of Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self and The Office of Historical Corrections
Personal Narratives
Our best-selling speakers offer deeply personal narratives in relating to the Black American experience, including identity, and inequality.
Brit Bennett
Novelist of National Book Award nominated, New York Times-bestselling The Vanishing Half, and National Book Foundation 2016 5 Under 35 Honoree
Carlotta Walls LaNier
Youngest of the Little Rock Nine, civil rights advocate, National Women's Hall of Fame inductee
Kwame Onwuachi
James Beard award-winning chef, Top Chef contestant and judge, and author of Notes from a Young Black Chef
Please contact us about booking any of these featured speakers to come to one of your future events.
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