Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff works with police departments to help public safety be more equitable and less deadly.

Dr. Ibram X. Kendi writes about ending racism in all its forms.

UPS's Janet Stovall has developed a business approach that addresses corporate racism head-on -- and has created methods to help dismantle it.

Heather C. McGhee designs and promotes solutions to inequality in America, showing what individuals, governments and the private sector can do to help the country live up to its ideals.

Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor writes, teaches and engages questions on race and racism in the US.

Christian Picciolini is dedicated to helping others counter racism and extremism.

Mary Bassett is fighting what may be the greatest stumbling block to equitable health care in the US: institutional racism.

Sophie Williams is a leading anti-racism advocate, activist and author.

Jane Zelikova studies the impacts of climate change in natural and managed landscapes with a focus on engineered and natural carbon sequestration.

The work of artists Mathias Jud and Christoph Wachter questions the limits of our communication possibilities and, therefore, of our identity.

With a rich voice and an equally rich sense of history, Rhiannon Giddens animates American folk tradition with her electrifying song interpretations.

Ruby Sales has preached around the country on race, class, gender and reconciliation.

James A. White Sr. believes that every person and organization has incredible potential. He works to help them understand it — and communicate it to others.

LaToya Ruby Frazier focuses her camera lens on working class families, exploring themes of family, inequality, health care and environmental racism.

With scholarship and incisive commentary that exposes the marginalized narratives hidden within "mainstream" history, Brittney Cooper writes at the vanguard of cultural criticism.

For the last 30 years, Dexter Dias has fought for the right of the families of people of color who have been killed in state custody to know how and why their loved ones have died.

As a pioneer in critical race theory, Kimberlé Crenshaw helped open the discussion of the double bind faced by victims of simultaneous racial and gender prejudice.

Nyra Jordan is an impact investor and social justice activist dedicated to elevating the voices of community change-makers.

Nyra Jordan is an impact investor and social justice activist dedicated to elevating the voices of community change-makers.

Through her art and writing, Kim Katrin Milan advocates for queer, trans and feminist issues. Now she’s using her own love story to help bridge communities.

As a Pittsburgh youth besieged by racism in the crumbling remains of the steel economy, Bill Strickland should have been one of the Rust Belt's casualties. Instead, he discovered the potter's wheel, and the transforming power of fountains, irrepressible dreams, and the slide show.

Hasan Kwame Jeffries teaches, researches and writes about the African American experience from a historical perspective.

Rashad Robinson is President of Color Of Change, a leading racial justice organization with more than 1.4 million members.

Trish Millines Dziko is the cofounder, Executive Director, visionary and strategist behind the Technology Access Foundation (TAF) -- one of the leading education non-profits educating kids of color to their full potential.

Chetan Bhatt teaches and writes about the numerous dangers human rights face today from resurgent Far Right movements.

William A. "Sandy" Darity Jr. is the Samuel DuBois Cook Professor of Public Policy, African and African American Studies and Economics and the director of the Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity at Duke University.

Candis Smith is on a mission to eliminate outdated, inaccurate commonsense ideas about inequality.

By taking the phrase "Black Lives Matter" onto social media, Opal Tometi helped turn a hashtag into a networked movement.

Jerome Hunter empowers boys and young men with balanced confidence, healthy communication and strong community ties.

With beguiling feats of mind reading and suggestion, Derren Brown explores psychological manipulation and its implications for the human experience.