The 2024 Black Authors Festival

Influencer Award

Emmy Award-Winning TV Host, Journalist & Bestselling Author

The 2024 Black Authors Festival

Author of the Year Award

Award-Winning Chef, Restaurateur, Author

The 2024 Black Authors Festival

Kacy Duke Age Defying Award

Named America’s Best Interior Designer

by Time Magazine and CNN

The 2024 Black Authors Festival

Cultural Icon Award

President at Uncle Ralph Music and Film/

Video Music Box and Hip-Hop Pioneer

The 2024 Black Authors Festival's

Civil Rights and Humanitarian Award

Associate Professor in the Department of Africana Studies and History at Stony Brook University

The 2024 Black Authors Festival

Dr. Patricia A. Turner Jalimuso Award

Professor of History in the Department of Social

and Cultural Analysis at New York University

The 2024 Black Authors Festival's People's Champion Award
Writer, Attorney, Entrepreneur, Civic Leader and Ordained Minister

The 2024 Black Authors Festival's

Woman King Award

President at New York Theological Seminary