Darlene Clark Hine was born in Morley, Missouri on February 7, 1947. She received a BA from Roosevelt University in 1968 and a MA and PhD from Kent State University in 1970 and 1975, respectively. She is considered a leading historian of the African American experience who helped found the field of black women's history. She has taught at South Carolina State College, Purdue University, and Michigan State University. She has written numerous books including Black Victory: The Rise and Fall of the White Primary in Texas; When the Truth Is Told: Black Women's Community and Culture in Indiana, 1875-1950; Black Women in White: Racial Conflict and Cooperation in the Nursing Profession,… 1890-1950; and Speak Truth to Power: The Black Professional Class in United States History.
Jane Landers is Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of History at Vanderbilt University.
Maria E. Diaz immigrated to the United States in 1994. She earned bachelor's degrees in fine arts and psychology and a master's degree in English. She is a certified Reiki master, Ayurveda nutrition counselor, Sivananda yoga teacher, songwriter, certified Doreen Virtue Angel Card Reader, and she is currently an apprentice in the Peruvian Shamanic Tradition in the community of Beacon, New York. Diaz works as a supervisor in a government agency in New York City.
Bernard Moitt is an assistant professor in the History Department at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia. Previously, he taught at the University of Toronto and at Utica College of Syracuse University. Educated in Antigua (where he was born) and in Canada and the United States, he has published numerous articles and book chapters on aspects of francophone African and Caribbean history, with particular emphasis on gender and slavery.