With campus activities planning in full swing for next semester, we wanted to introduce you to our most in-demand campus speakers for Black History Month.  Each has made unique and notable advancements, from inspiring change in war-torn Sudan to breaking boundaries in American politics.  

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Against great odds, Mayor Cory Booker is spearheading a city wide transformation in Newark making measurable and even dramatic change.  At the podium, he inspires students to transform the world with their bare hands.

Cory Booker isn't one to give up, which is why you may have seen him on Conan O'Brien earlier last month defending his city after a month long feud that began with a Conan joke that went a bit too far.  His defense of Newark, ability to inspire people of all ages and the feud itself drew national attention and even Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stepped in to mediate.

Named by US News and World Report last month as one of America's 13 Best Leaders, Mayor Booker brings his passion for social change to campus, with stories informed by real life that inspire students to take responsibility and help America live up to its promise.

>VIDEO: Brick City, a documentary with Mayor Booker
>VIDEO: Booker's inspirational message to students
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Will students be able to find a job after college?  What does the healthcare debate mean to your campus?  With two ongoing wars, could the draft be reinstated? 
How will we be able to afford college in the future?

As prominent leaders representing both sides of the political spectrum, Democratic Leadership Council Chairman Harold Ford, Jr. and Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele engage students in the most hot-button issues on campuses nationwide.

Together they activate a passionate response from students, inspiring audiences to take action and get involved in the political process.

>VIDEO: Ford inspires students on campus
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CBS News and 60 Minutes Correspondent Byron Pitts was once an inner-city kid considered to be a recipe for failure.  Pitts struggled with a debilitating stutter and hid an embarrassing secret: he was functionally illiterate.  

Now a prominent national journalist, Pitts has earned eight Emmy Awards, a National Association of Black Journalists Award, and four Associated Press Awards.  Yet he was told he wasn't "college material" and should simply drop out of school. 

Drawing from his memoir Step Out On Nothing, Pitts inspires audiences to see obstacles as opportunities and to never give up - a welcome message for students of all walks of life.

>VIDEO: Byron speaks of his journey to success
>VIDEO: See Byron Reporting on 60 Minutes
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Gloria Reuben Danny Glover Nell Irvin Painter Emmanuel Jal
The star of the hit show Raising the Bar, many will remember Gloria as the health care provider Jeanie Boulet who battled HIV/AIDS on the hit NBC series ER. Gloria recently added “recording artist” to her list of accomplishments with the release
of her debut solo album, Just for You.
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Known for his work in Hollywood from Lethal Weapon to Dreamgirls, Glover regularly teams with long-time friend and actor Felix Justice in "An Evening with Langston and Martin,"
a powerful and moving program
of readings from the works of
Langston Hughes and Martin
Luther King, Jr.
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 One of the pre-eminent historians
in America, Painter is the Edwards Professor Emeritus of American History at Princeton University.
She is the author of six books, her most current of which is
Creating Black Americans,
the story of people of African descent in the United States.
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 Once a child soldier in war-torn Sudan, hip-hop artist Emmanuel Jal has been hailed as the "rising star of African hip hop." WARchild, his third album and international solo debut, has launched Jal into the spotlight and his first book, War Child: A Child Soldier's Story, was hailed as "Quietly stirring," by The New York Times. 
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