Below is a list of the Keynote Speakers of past years:

1999
Ms. Alma Wheeler-Smith - Michigan State Senator

2000
Mr. Ray Johnson - Principal, Paul Robeson Academy

2001
Ms. Sonia Sanchez - Activist and Educator

2002
Mr. Reggie Gibson - Poet and Educator

2003
Mr. Trevor Coleman - Chief Speechwriter to Governor Granholm

2004
Judge Damon J. Keith - United States Court of Appeals Judge

2005
Dr. Kenya F. Ayers - Educator, Psychologist, Author

2006
Mr. Aaron Dworkin - Founder and President, Sphinx Organization

2007
Ms. Juanita Moore - President & CEO, Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History

2008
Judge Greg Mathis - Retired Judge 36th District Court of the State of Michigan

2009
Dr. Gail Parker - Psychologist

2010
Mr. Hansen Clarke -Michigan State Senator

2011
Dr. Ronald Lewis - Educator, City College of New York

2012
Mr. Boyd White - Attorney, Oakland County

2013
Mike Muse - Co-founder, Muse Recordings

2014
Evette Hollins - Detroit Regional Chamber's Manager of Urban Initiatives