Mari Copeny was just eight years old when she saw the impacts of Flint’s water crisis on her community, so she rallied a visit from President Obama.

Dr. Cornel West is an American philosopher, intellectual, author, professor, and activist who is widely credited with elevating conversations on race into the public discourse.

Bayard Rustin was an American civil rights leader, gay rights activist, and humanitarian who helped organize the 1961 Freedom Rides, the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and more.