Keith Boykin is a CNBC contributor, MSNBC commentator, BET columnist, and New York Times best-selling author. Educated at Dartmouth and Harvard Law School, Keith attended law school with President Barack Obama and served in the White House as a special assistant to President Bill Clinton.Keith was an associate producer of the 2007 feature film Dirty Laundry and has taped a television appearance for a 2014 BET drama series. After he starred on the 2004 Showtime television series American Candidate, Keith later appeared on numerous national media programs, including Anderson Cooper 360, The O'Reilly Factor, The Tyra Banks Show, The Montel Williams Show, Judge Hatchett and The Tom Joyner Morning Show.Keith is the author of four books. His latest work, For Colored Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Still Not Enough, won the American Library Association Stonewall Award for Nonfiction in 2013. His previous book, Beyond the Down Low: Sex, Lies and Denial in Black America, spent four weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. Keith won the Lambda Literary Award for his second book, Respecting The Soul, and his first book, One More River to Cross, is taught in colleges and universities throughout the country. He is also the former editor of the online news site, The Daily Voice. Show less «