Amandla Stenberg
Amandla Stenberg is best known for his work in The Hate U Give, Everything, Everything, The Hunger Games and The Darkest Minds. She has been honored with awards from the Hollywood Film Awards and BET Awards for Breakthrough Actress (The Hate U Give) and YoungStars Award respectively.
Regina Hall
Regina Hall is known for Girls Trip, Scary Movie, The Best Man Holiday, Think Like a Man and The Hate U Give. She also appeared on Ally McBeal. In 2018 she was the first black woman to win the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress, for her performance in Support the Girls, which was also nominated for an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Actress as well.
Russell Hornsby
Russell Hornsby is best known for his role as Hank Griffin in the long-running NBC series Grimm. He has amassed credits including The Affair, Seven Seconds, Fences, After the Sunset, LUV and Get Rich or Die Tryin'.
Anthony Mackie
Anthony Mackie is best known as Sam Wilson/Falcon in the Captain America and Avengers film series. He's also known for his roles in Detroit, The Hate U Give, The Night Before, Shelter, Gangster Squad, Man on a Ledge, Real Steel, We are Marshall and the upcoming Netflix series Altered Carbon. He has also had an extensive stage career, appearing in A Soldier's Play, Talk, and Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. He has been nominated for an Independent Spirit Award several times, as well as multiple NAACP Image Awards.
Issa Rae
Issa Rae is known for the HBO series Insecure which she created and stars in. She's also appeared in such work as The Hate U Give and BoJack Horseman. She has twice been nominated for a Golden Globe award.
Common
Common is a rapper, actor, poet and film producer. He has appeared in such films as Smokin' Aces, Selma, Suicide Squad, Wanted, John Wick: Chapter 2, LUV and The Hate You Give. He has won an Academy Award for Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song for Selma and was nominated for another Oscar in the same category for Marshall. He has also amassed an astounding 19 Grammy Awards nominations, of which he won 3.
