Sheree Renée Thomas, Samuel R. Delany, Henry Dumas, Nalo Hopkinson, Tananarive Due, Andrea Hairston, Nnedi Okorafor, Walter Mosley, David Findlay, Charles Johnson, Jewelle Gomez, Wanda Coleman, W.E.B. Du Bois, Douglas Kearney, Kalamu ya Salaam, Ibi Zoboi, Kiini Ibura Salaam, Carol Cooper, Jill Robinson, Tyehimba Jess, Ihsan Bracy, Cherene Sherrard-Johnson, Kevin Brockenbrough, Pam Noles