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Aaron Bryant<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Curator of Photography and Visual Culture, Smithsonian\u2019s National Museum of African American History and Culture<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Ahmad Greene-Hayes<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Associate Professor of African American Religious Studies, Harvard Divinity School<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Alex Fialho<\/a><\/strong><\/span>PhD, History of Art and Black Studies, Yale University<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Alex Jones<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Curatorial Assistant, Getty Research Institute<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Alexandra Gessesse<\/a><\/strong><\/span>PhD Candidate, UC Berkeley<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Alison Rose Jefferson, MHC, PhD<\/strong><\/a><\/span>Historian and More, Los Angeles<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Amy M. Mooney<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Professor of Art History and Visual Culture, Columbia College Chicago<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Ana Paula Vitorio da Costa<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Postdoctorate, Professor of Communication, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Ariana Faye Allensworth<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Artist and Cultural Worker<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Asha Salim<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Writer and Scholar<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Dr. Ashley C. Adams<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Educator, Historian, and Community-Rooted Practitioner<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Brandi T. Summers<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Associate Professor, African American and African Diaspora Studies, Columbia University<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Brandy Pettijohn, PhD<\/strong><\/a><\/span>Curator of Exhibitions, Spelman College Museum of Fine Art<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Carm Regan Almonor, PhD, JD<\/strong><\/a><\/span>Assistant Professor of Political Science, Seton Hall University<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Carolina Cerqueira Corr\u00eaa<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Professor, Artist, and Researcher<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Cathy Thomas<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Assistant Professor of English, UC Santa Barbara<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Chelsea A. Flowers<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Artist and Assistant Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Dr. Charles Moore<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Curator and Art Critic<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Cherod Booker Johnson<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Center for Environmental Humanities, Brown University<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Christina Knight<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Assistant Professor of Art History, Rutgers University<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Cori Tucker-Price<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Assistant Professor of Religion, UC Santa Barbara<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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dr. crystal am nelson<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Scholar, Curator, and Artist<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Danielle Jackson<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Critic and Researcher<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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David L. Jones<\/a><\/strong><\/span>PhD Candidate, Northwestern University<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Delphine Sims<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Assistant Curator, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Dionne C. Walker<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Writer, Photographer and Urban Artist<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Eliza Jane Franklin<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Self-proclaimed SouthernBelle Radical and Researcher<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Elizabeth P\u00e9rez<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Associate Professor, UC Santa Barbara<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Elleza Kelley<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Assistant Professor, Yale University<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Eyakem Gulilat<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Photographer, Artist and Cultural Practitioner<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Gary Riichir\u014d Fox, PhD<\/strong><\/a><\/span>Assistant Curator of Architecture and Design, Getty Research Institute<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Hannah Somers<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Artist and Curator<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Henry Washington Jr.<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Assistant Professor of African American Studies, UC Berkeley<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Isabel Strauss<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Assistant Professor of Architecture, Smith College<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Jacquelyn Ogorchukwu Iyamah<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Spatial Theorist, Writer and Designer<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Jessica Larson<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Historian<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Johanna Obenda<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Curatorial Specialist, Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Joshua Massey<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Doctoral Candidate, Bard Graduate Center<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Justin Randolph Thompson<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Artist, Cultural Facilitator and Educator<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Kevin Bernard Moultrie Daye<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/span>Assistant Professor, California State Polytechnic University<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Ladi’Sasha Jones<\/a><\/strong><\/span>PhD Candidate, Writer, Designer and Curator<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Letticia Cosbert Miller<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Writer and Curator<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Lewis Watts<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Professor Emeritus University of California Santa Cruz<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Lillian O’Brien Davis<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/span>Associate Curator at the MacKenzie Art Gallery<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Malandro Vermelho<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Master in Arts, Culture and Languages<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Maria Luiza de Barros Rodrigues<\/a><\/strong><\/span>PhD, Architect, Researcher, Curator and Music selector<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Aliyah Hasinah<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Filmmaker, Curator, Writer and Founder of Black Curatorial<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Melanie Masterton<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/span>2025 ACLS Fellow and Lecturer, California Institute of Technology<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Mia Curran<\/a><\/strong><\/span>PhD candidate, CUNY Graduate Center<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Michael Ralph<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Chair & Cameron Schrier Professor, Afro-American Studies, Howard University<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Mich\u00e8le Pearson Clarke<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Assistant Professor, School of Image Arts, Toronto Metropolitan University<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Michelle Joan Wilkinson<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/span>Supervisory Museum Curator, Architecture and Design, Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Najha Zigbi-Johnson<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Cultural Organizer and Writer<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Nikki A. Greene<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Associate Professor of Art History, Wellesley College<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Dr. Noel S. Anderson<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Writer and Clinical Professor, NYU\u2019s Steinhardt<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Paula Allen<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/span>Curator of Art, Amistad Research Center<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Ra\u00e9l Jero Salley<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Curator, Producer, Visual Artist and Faculty, Maryland Institute College of Art<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Dr. Rashayla Marie Brown (RMB)<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Artist-Scholar<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Rebecca Hankins<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Professor, Global Languages and Cultures, Texas A&M University<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Rikki Byrd, PhD<\/strong><\/a><\/span>Assistant Professor of Visual Culture Studies, University of Texas<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Dr. Ronah Harris<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Artist and Design Professor<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Shabez Jamal<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/span>Harnish Visiting Assistant Professor<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Souleo<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Creative, Curator and Writer<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Terrence Phearse<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/span>Chief of Staff, Studio Museum in Harlem, PhD Candidate<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Thembeka Heidi Sincuba<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Producer, Researcher and Educator<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Tracee Worley<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/span>Creative Director<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Yasmine Espert<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Editor and Assistant Professor, York University<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Yelaine Rodriguez<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/span>Artist-Scholar<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Dr. Anya Wallace<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Artist, Curator and Independent Scholar<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Angel Bat Dawid<\/strong><\/a><\/span>Artist and Composer<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Anna Maria Horsford<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Actress<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Beau McCall<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/span>Artist<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Bridget R. Cooks<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Scholar and Curator<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Bryan Lee Jr.<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Architect and Justice Advocate<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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C. Rose Smith<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Visual Artist<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Cauleen Smith<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/span>Artist<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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CCH Pounder<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Actress<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Deborah Willis<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Photographer and Historian<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Dr. Courtney R. Baker<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Associate Professor<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Dr. Gaila Sims<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/span>Assistant Curator of History at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Dr. Kellie Jones<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Professor, Columbia University<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Dr. LeRonn P. Brooks<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Art Historian and Curator, Getty Research Institute<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Dr. Rosie Lee Hooks<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Administrator, Curator, Photographer, and Other Talents<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Dr. Tiffany E. Barber<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/span>Scholar, Curator, and Critic<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Germane Barnes<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Founder, Studio Barnes; Associate Professor and Director of The Community Housing & Identity Lab (CHIL), University of Miami School of Architecture<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Hallie Ringle<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Daniel and Brett Sundheim Chief Curator<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Harmonia Rosales<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Artist and Author<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Hernease Davis<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/span>Artist and Curator<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Igor Sim\u00f5es<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Curator and Adjunct Professor, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Ishion Hutchinson<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Author and W.E.B. Du Bois Professor, Cornell University<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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J. Yolande Daniels<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Associate Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Jackie Wang<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/span>Poet, Scholar, Multimedia Artist, and Assistant Professor, Brown University<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Jacqueline Stewart<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Professor, University of Chicago<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Janet Dees<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Assistant Director, Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Janna Ireland<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Artist and Assistant Professor, Occidental College<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Jason King<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/span>Dean, USC Thornton School of Music<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Joy Simmons<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Art Collector and Philanthropist<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Justen LeRoy<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Artist and Curator<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Kalia Brooks<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Program Officer, The Hearthland Foundation<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Kara Keeling<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/span>Professor of Cinema and Media Studies, University of Southern California<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Kenturah Davis<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Artist<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Kevin Jerome Everson<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Artist<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Kiki Teshome<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Curatorial Assistant<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Kristina Kay Robinson<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/span>New Orleans Editor-at-Large, Burnaway Magazine<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Leigh Raiford<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Professor of African American and African Diaspora Studies, UC Berkeley<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Liz Andrews<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Artist and Curator<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\"Luis<\/div>
Luis Rinc\u00f3n Alba<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Artist and Scholar<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Luis Vasquez La Roche<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/span>Artist and Educator<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Maaza Mengiste<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Writer, Professor of English at Wesleyan University<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Mabel O. Wilson<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Rupp Professor of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation, and Chair of African American and African Diaspora Studies, Columbia University<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Mara Brock Akil<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/span>Writer, Producer, Director, and Showrunner<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Melissa J. Nelson<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/span>Archivist, Memory Worker, Educator, and Community Connector<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Mercy Romero<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Associate Professor<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Milton S. F. Curry<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Professor of Architecture and Publisher<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Myrtis Bedolla<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/span>Curator<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\"Nohora<\/div>
Nohora Arrieta Fern\u00e1ndez<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/span>Writer, Researcher, and Scholar<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\"Paul<\/div>
Paul Ninson<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Founder and Executive Director, Dikan Center<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\"Philana<\/div>
Philana Payton<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Scholar and Assistant Professor, UC Irvine<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Rachel Delerme<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/span>PhD candidate, University of Southern California<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\"Rianna<\/div>
Rianna Jade Parker<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/span>Critic, Curator and Researcher<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\"Robin<\/div>
Robin Coste Lewis<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Poet<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\"Rogelio<\/div>
Rogelio Acevedo<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Artist and Director of the Charles Mingus Youth Arts Center<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\"Sandra<\/div>
Sandra Jackson-Dumont<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/span>Curator, Author, and Educator<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\"Sara<\/div>
Sara Zewde<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/span>Artist and Founding Principal of Studio Zewde<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\"Shelleen<\/div>
Shelleen Greene<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Associate Professor, UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\"Sophia<\/div>
Sophia Nahli Allison<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Filmmaker and Artist<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\"Stanley<\/div>
Stanley Andrisse, MBA, PhD<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/span>Executive Director, From Prison Cells to PhD, and Assistant Professor, Howard University College of Medicine<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\"Tayari<\/div>
Tayari Jones<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/span>Author<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\"Teira<\/div>
Teira Lockhart Church<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Artist and Theorist<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\"Theaster<\/div>
Theaster Gates<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Artist<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\"Walter<\/div>
Walter Hood<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/span>Architect and Justice Advocate<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\"Warren<\/div>
Warren Crichlow<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/span>Associate Professor (Emeritus), York University Toronto<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Zeinabu irene Davis<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/span>Filmmaker and Professor of Communication, UC San Diego<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Cheryl Finley<\/strong><\/a><\/span>Author and Director, Atlanta University Center Collective for the Study of Art History and Curatorial Studies<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\"Darnell<\/div>
Darnell L. Moore<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\"Favicon<\/div>
Dr. Joan Morgan<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\"Janine<\/div>
Janine Sherman Barrois<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\"Favicon<\/div>
Lyndon Barrois Jr.<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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