| EEric AvilaSelf - Professor of History, UCLA | Self - Professor of History, UCLA |
| TTamara BanksSelf - Journalist | Self - Journalist |
| HHerb BoydSelf - “Black Detroit” Author | Self - “Black Detroit” Author |
| LLeah ChaseSelf - Owner, Dooky Chase Restaurant | Self - Owner, Dooky Chase Restaurant |
| SSpencer CrewSelf - Smithsonian Interim Director | Self - Smithsonian Interim Director |
| WWalter EdwardsSelf - Chairman, Harlem Business Alliance | Self - Chairman, Harlem Business Alliance |
| LLolis Eric ElieSelf - Writer | Self - Writer |
| CCarolyn FinneySelf - Author | Self - Author |
| KKathleen FranzSelf - Author | Self - Author |
| AAllyson HobbsSelf - Professor of History, Stanford University | Self - Professor of History, Stanford University |
| KKenneth JacksonSelf - Professor of History and Social Sciences, Columbia University | Self - Professor of History and Social Sciences, Columbia University |
| JJennifer ReutSelf - Architectural Historian | Self - Architectural Historian |
| FFath RuffinsSelf - Smithsonian Curator | Self - Smithsonian Curator |
| TThomas J. SugrueSelf - Professor of History, NYU | Self - Professor of History, NYU |
| CCandacy TaylorSelf - Author | Self - Author |
| CChristopher WestSelf - Professor of History, Pasadena City College | Self - Professor of History, Pasadena City College |
| CCraig Steven WilderProfessor of History, MIT | Professor of History, MIT |