Sheryll Cashin (left) is a Georgetown Law professor and author of “Place Not Race.” Paul Butler (right), also a Georgetown Law professor, is author of “Let’s Get Free: A Hip-Hop Theory of Justice.”

Kambale Musavuli (left), who is a native of the Democratic Reublic of Congo, is a human rights advocate. His friend Ishmael Beah (right) is a Sierra Leonean human rights activist and author of “A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier.”

Robert Montgomery (left) is chief of the division of transplantation and a professor of surgery at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. Denyce Graves (right), his wife, is an award-winning mezzo-soprano opera singer who debuted at the Metropolitan Opera in 1995.

Lanita Jacobs (left) is author of “From the Kitchen to the Parlor: Language and Becoming in African American Women’s Hair Care” and teaches courses in anthropology and American studies and ethnicity at the University of Southern California. Her friend Patricia Wilson (right) is a television producer and four-time Daytime Emmy nominee.

Owen Smith (left) is a comedian, actor and writer known for his work on the television shows “Whitney” and “Everybody Hates Chris.” His friend Neal Brennan (right) is a director, writer, comedian and co-creator of “Chappelle’s Show,” a sketch-comedy show that starred Dave Chappelle.

John Boyd Jr. (left) is a businessman, civil rights activist and founder of the Black Farmers Association. His father, John Boyd Sr. (right), is a third-generation farmer in southern Virginia and has been farming for 52 years.

David Betancourt (left), of Puerto Rican and African American descent, is an editor and contributing writer on comic book culture at The Washington Post. Matt López (right), who is the nephew of Betancourt’s fiancee, was born in the Dominican Republic and is a junior at Bell Multicultural High School in the District of Columbia.

Deborah Posey (left) is a nurse from Philadelphia, Miss., who served on the Philadelphia Coalition, a multiracial group formed to honor the victims of the civil rights-era murders there. She had members of the Klu Klux Klan in her family and has been interviewed by Jerry Mitchell (right), an investigative reporter for the Clarion-Ledger in Jackson, Miss., and a MacArthur Fellow whose work helped to put four Klan members behind bars.

Ayia Evans (left) is a 14-year-old freshman at Benjamin Banneker Academic High School in the District of Columbia. Her older sister Ayana Evans (right) is a 24-year-old Howard University student.

Norman Towns (left) is an actor and stand-up comedian working in Los Angeles. His friend Tehran von Ghasri (right), who is of African American and Iranian American heritage, studied law and is a stand-up comedian who performs twice a week at the Laugh Factory in Hollywood.

James McCall (left), who goes by the stage name Nocando, is founder and chief executive of Hellfyre Club Records, an independent rap label based in Los Angeles. Michael Eagle (right), who performs under the stage name Open Mike Eagle, is an alternative hip-hop artist on McCall’s label.

Byron De La Beckwith Jr.’s father assassinated civil rights leader Medgar Evers in Jackson, Miss. He is writing a book about his life in the Ku Klux Klan. Erik Hearon (right), an accountant and retired major general who served in the Air Force, is co-writing Beckwith’s book.

Nathan Brandli (left) is a University of Maryland senior majoring in African American studies and is Lowell Ensel’s resident assistant. Lowell Ensel (right) is a sophomore majoring in government and film studies at U-Md.

Darryl Love (left) is a sports and entertainment blogger. His friend Chuck Walton (right) is the founder of Elite Insiders, a sports and entertainment Web site based in Los Angeles.

Dineytra Lee (left), who works with youth in Los Angeles, dances with Culture Shock, a hip-hop dance company. Jeffrey Calimbas (right) is a Filipino American from Chicago who lives in Los Angeles and also dances with Culture Shock.

Rodney Hopson (left) is a professor of education policy at George Mason University and a sociolinguist. His friend Gabriel Benn (right), whose stage name is Asheru, is a Peabody Award-winning hip-hop artist, educator and youth activist based in Washington.

Donté Stallworth (left) played for 10 years in the NFL as a wide receiver, retiring in 2012 and starting a second career as a journalist; he is a national security fellow with the Huffington Post. Leigh Bodden (right) was an NFL cornerback for eight seasons, retiring in 2011. He owns two Washington-area franchises of the fitness company Retro Fitness.