Keith O. Boykin

A graduate of Dartmouth College and Harvard Law School, Keith served in the White House as a special assistant to President Clinton and later taught political science at American University in Washington.

Boykin was a star on the 2004 Showtime television series American Candidate and has appeared on VH1, BET, LOGO, CNN, Fox News, NPR and American Urban Radio Network. He has appeared on numerous television and radio programs, including Anderson Cooper 360, The Tom Joyner Morning Show, Tony Brown's Journal, The Bev Smith Show and The Dennis Miller Show. He is also a guest host of the "Michelangelo Signorile Show" on Sirius Satellite Radio.

Boykin has been featured in VIBE magazine and on the cover of several publications including A&U, Out, and The Advocate. In 2005, he was selected as one of Instinct Magazine's “25 Leading Men of The Year" and in 2004 he was selected as one of Out Magazine's 100 most intriguing people of the year. He has also been featured or quoted in articles in The New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today and JET magazine.

In 1997, President Clinton appointed Boykin to the US presidential trade delegation to Zimbabwe, along with Rev. Jesse Jackson, Coretta Scott King and Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater. He now serves as president of the board of the National Black Justice Coalition.

Currently a syndicated columnist, Boykin writes daily commentary on his site, keithboykin.com, and he serves as president of the board of the National Black Justice Coalition. A popular lecturer, Keith has traveled to 16 countries and 48 of the 50 United States. He lives in New York City.