WRITERS, LITERARY ORGANIZATIONS, RESEARCH CENTERS

• African American Literature Book Club
• African-American Research Library and Cultural Center (Florida)
• African Voices Magazine
• Akanke Washington
• Amina Baraka
• Amiri Baraka (pictured far left; photo by Ruth Fremson for The New York Times, 2007)
• Andrea J. Ritchie
• Atria Books
• Bakari Kitwana
• Be a Father to Your Child: Real Talk from Black Men on Family, Love, and Fatherhood
• Black Classic Press
• Brooklyn Public Library (New York)
• Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College, CUNY (Brooklyn, NY)
• Cheo Tyehimba Taylor
• Deborah Howard
• Edwidge Danticat (pictured, far right; photo credit unknown)
• Ericka Blount
• jessica Care moore
• JLove Calderon
• Joshua M. Myers, PhD
• Keisha-Gaye Anderson
• Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai
• Kevin Powell
• Langston Hughes Community Library and Cultural Center (Queens, NY)
• Marcella Runell Hall, PhD
• Marc Lamont Hill, PhD
• Mo Beasley
• Nana Camille Yarbrough
• National Black Writers Conference at the Center for Black Literature
• Nkechi Taifa
• Nkiru Center for Education and Culture, Inc.
• PEN America
• PEN World Voices Festival
• Queens Public Library (New York)
• Random House
• Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture (Harlem, USA)
• Sonia Sanchez
• The Last Poets
• Toni Blackman
• Third World Press
• Tracie Morris (pictured, second from right)
• Troy Johnson of the African American Literature Book Club (AALBC)

PERFORMING ARTISTS (MCs, Actors, Musicians, Dancers, Choreographers)
Adesola Osakalumi (pictured, second from left)
Alex Bugnon (pictured, far right)
All Power to the People (A2P2)
Allan Harris
asha bandele
Blitz the Ambassador (aka Blitz Bazawule)
Camille A. Brown and Dancers
Chief Ayanda Ifadara Clarke
Chuck D.
Common
Craig Harris
Danny Glover
DJ Kuttin Kandi
DJ Lumumba aka Revolution
Doug E. Doug
Doug E. Fresh
Jahi of Public Enemy 2.0
Jill M. Vallery (pictured, far left)
Julius D. Bailey, PhD
KRS-ONE
Malik Youba
Maritri Garrett
Masauko Chipembere
Nubian Messengers
Rahzel, Godfather of Noyze
Randy Weston (RIP)
Rha Goddess
Ronald K. Brown / Evidence
Shel "Sonnyboy" Riser
Stephen Hill
Talib Kweli
Timothy D. Jones
Toni Blackman (pictured, second from right; photo credit unknown)
Tulani Kinard
UNIVERSES
Urban Bush Women
Will Downing
Yasiin Bey (formerly Mos Def)

THEATER + FILM + DOCUMENTARIES (Playwrights, Plays, Films, and Filmmakers)
Anita Womack
BaddDDD Sonia Sanchez
Black Spectrum Theatre
Byron Hurt (pictured, far left)
Film at Lincoln Center
Film Forum
Flea Theater
Freedom Riders
Hip Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes
ImageNation Cinema Foundation
Kamilah Forbes
Life Essentials with Ruby Dee
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise (pictured)
Moikgansti Kgama and Gregory Gates (ImageNation)
National Black Theatre (Harlem, USA)
New 42nd Street Theater
New York Theatre Workshop
Nsangou Njikam
Omar Akil Williams
Playwrights Horizons
Sabrina Schmidt Gordon
Shaun Neblett
Signature Theatre Company
Soul Food Junkies
Speaking in Tongues
Stacey Muhammad
Stanley Nelson of Firelight Media
Syncing Ink
Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities(pictured)
The Billie Holiday Theatre
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution (pictured)
The Public Theater
Wounded Knee

VISUAL ARTISTS, TEXTILE ARTISTS, and PHOTOGRAPHERS
Danny Simmons
Jennifer Cruté
Kelsey Kleiman
Otto Neals (pictured, far left)
Paul DEO
Saddi Khali (pictured, far right)
Solwazi Afi Olusola
The Christian Crochet Addict
Wilhemina O. Grant (artwork pictured)

EDUCATIONAL + CULTURAL ARTS ORGS, FESTIVALS, EXHIBITIONS, and VENUES
#HipHopEd (far right)
Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County
After Afropolitan (Exhibition, Conference, and Performance)
Arts Council of Wales (United Kingdom)
Akindele Productions
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
American Museum of Natural History
Apollo Theater
Asase Yaa Cultural Arts Foundation
Black Rock Coalition
BRIC Media
Bronx Museum of the Arts
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Brooklyn Arts Council
Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn Performing Arts Center
Brooklyn Public Library / BPL Presents
Caribbean Cultural Center/African Diaspora Institute
Carnegie Hall
ESSENCE Music Festival
Fort Greene Festival
Hip Hop Theater Festival
Ifetayo Cultural Arts Academy
International African Arts Festival (icon pictured, far left)
Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning
Jazz at Lincoln Center
Jazz Foundation of America
Jazz in the Valley Festival (pictured, middle)
Joe’s Pub at The Public Theater
Kumble Theater for the Performing Arts
Lincoln Center
Lincoln Center Theater
Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District (Newark, NJ)
Lincoln Park Music Festival (Newark, NJ)
MathTalk
MIDEM (France)
Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts (MoCADA)
MyClickUrban.com
National Black Arts Festival
New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC)
New York Folklore Society
Newark Museum
New-York Historical Society Museum and Library
Onipa Abusia, Inc.
Ossie Davis Endowment
PoetWarrior Productions, LLC
Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival
Restoration Arts / BedStuy Restoration Corporation
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Romare Bearden Foundation
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
The Field Museum
The Recording Academy (GRAMMYs®), NY Chapter
TRANSART & Cultural Services, Inc.
Tribeca Performing Arts Center
Walk Tall Girl Productions
Walker International Communications Group
Weeksville Heritage Center

MEDIA and MARKETING FRIENDS and PARTNERS
Akiba Solomon
BET Networks
BKReader.com
Black Rock Coalition
BRIC Media
Ceeon Quiett Smith, Ph.D.
Cheryl Duncan
Christopher D. Cathcart
Coalition to Preserve Reggae Music
Davey D.
EBONY magazine
ESSENCE magazine
Esther Armah (pictured, second from right)
Fatiyn Muhammad
Fox 5 New York
Imhotep Gary Byrd / Global Black Experience
Interactive One
JET Magazine
Julia D. Shaw
Justin Bryant
Karen Hunter
Kierna Mayo
L. Joy Williams
Lurie Daniel Favors
Marcia Pendelton of Walk Tall Girl Productions
Manhattan Neighborhood Network
Nayaba Arinde (pictured, far right)
New York Amsterdam News
News 12 Bronx
News 12 Brooklyn
Nicole Duncan Smith
Our Time Press
R.E.A.C.HipHop
Rev. Malika Lee Whitney
Rosa Clemente (pictured, second from left)
Shani Jamila
SiriusXM Urban View
Starrene Rhett Rocque
Terrie W. Williams (pictured, far left)
Thysha M. Shabazz of The Shabazz Team
WBAI Radio
WBLS Radio
WHUR Radio
WLIB Radio
WNBM Radio
WNYC Radio
WYKS Radio