Ava DuVernay

Boots Riley

Charles Burnett

Charles Lane

CH

Cheryl Boone Isaacs

Cheryl Dunye

Cynthia Erivo

Darnell Martin

Ava DuVernay

Boots Riley

Charles Burnett

Charles Lane

CH

Cheryl Boone Isaacs

Cheryl Dunye

Cynthia Erivo

Darnell Martin

Donald Bogle

Elvis Mitchell

Erika Alexander

Ernest R. Dickerson

Forest Whitaker

Gabrielle Union

Giancarlo Esposito

Gina Prince-Bythewood

IN

Ina Diance Archer

Issa Rae

Jacqueline Najuma Stewart

Jenny Lumet

Justin Simien

Kasi Lemmons

Kevin Willmott

Kim Taylor-Coleman

LaKeith Stanfield

Lena Waithe

Marci Rodgers

MA

Maya Cade

Melina Matsoukas

Omar Epps

Patrik-Ian Polk

RA

Racquel Gates

Reginald Hudlin

RO

Ron Magliozzi

Ryan Coogler

Stanley Nelson

Stephanie Allain

Steven Caple Jr.

W. Kamau Bell

William Greaves

Bert Williams

D.W. Griffith

Oscar Micheaux

Paul Robeson

Stepin Fetchit

Hattie McDaniel

Mo'Nique

Lena Horne

Jackie Robinson

Sidney Poitier

Martin Luther King Jr.

Harry Belafonte

Melvin Van Peebles

Walter Cronkite

Robert F. Kennedy

Jesse Jackson

Ruby Dee

Roger Ebert

Richard Pryor

Dave Chappelle

Eddie Murphy

Whoopi Goldberg

Alice Walker

Oprah Winfrey

Spike Lee

SI

Sister Souljah

John Singleton

Ice Cube

Denzel Washington

Albert Hughes

Allen Hughes

Julie Dash

Beyoncé

Angela Bassett

Halle Berry

Tyler Perry

Barack Obama

AP

April Reign

Barry Jenkins

Dee Rees

George Perry Floyd Jr.

Jordan Peele

Daniel Kaluuya

Chadwick Boseman

Viola Davis

Taraji P. Henson

Octavia Spencer

Cord Jefferson

Warren Beatty

Faye Dunaway

Kwame Ture