2024 - Dr. Kari A. Cunningham '10
2023 - Autumn Rose Williams
2022 - Bree Newsome
2021 - Melissa Harris-Perry
2020 - Virtual - no Keynote speaker
2019 - Jose Antonio Vargas
2018 - Franchesca Ramsey
2017 - Consuelo Kickbusch
2016 - Alicia Garza
2015 - Jeff Johnson
2014 - Holly Robinson Peete
2013 - Wes Moore
2012 - Terrence Howard
2011 - Hill Harper
2010 - Cristina Perez
2009 - Kirk Franklin
2008 - Spike Lee
2007 - Angela Davis
2006 - Nikki Giovanni