Black Excellence: Ashley Pointer
https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2023/12/01/tiny-desk-spotify-wrapped-ashley-pointer
Ashley Pointer is an assistant producer of National Public Radio’s Tiny Desk, who also runs NPR Music’s social.
Black Excellence: Yves Tumor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yves_Tumor
Sean Lee Bowie, best known by the recording alias Yves Tumor, is an American musician and producer of experimental music, born in Miami, Florida and currently based in Turin, Italy.[5][6]
Black Excellence: Christian McBride
https://www.christianmcbride.com/bio
Raised in Philadelphia, a city steeped in soul, Christian McBride moved to New York in 1989 to pursue classical studies at the Juilliard School.
Black Excellence: Benjamin Zephaniah
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Zephaniah
Benjamin Obadiah Iqbal Zephaniah (15 April 1958 – 7 December 2023) was a British writer, dub poet and actor. He was included in The Times list of Britain’s top 50 post-war writers in 2008.
Black Excellence: Dr. Kelechi R. Okoroha
https://www.mayoclinic.org/biographies/okoroha-kelechi-r-m-d/bio-20509737
Kelechi R. Okoroha, M.D., is a fellowship‐trained orthopedic surgeon specializing in Hip Arthroscopy and sports medicine. His clinical focus includes:
- Hip Arthroscopy
- Femoroacetabular impingement (FAI)
- Hip Labral repair
- Shoulder Instability
- Shoulder Labral repair
- Cartilage & meniscus restoration surgery
- ACL reconstruction surgery
- shoulder replacement surgery
- Management of injuries in the non‐elite and elite athlete.
- Pain management following surgery and ways to reduce opioids postoperatively.
Black Excellence: David Walker
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Walker_(abolitionist)
David Walker (September 28, 1796 – August 6, 1830)[a] was an American abolitionist, writer, and anti-slavery activist.
Black Excellence: Aja Monet
https://www.npr.org/2023/12/01/1215359803/aja-monet-tiny-desk-concert?ft=nprml&f=1039
Djembe. Drums. Piano and bass. A sweeping groove beckoned, welcoming us into the world of surrealist blues poet, Aja Monet. Transformed into a lush garden, the Tiny Desk blooms with the stanzas, sounds and legacy of jazz poetry.
Black Excellence: Sean Mason
https://www.npr.org/2022/09/22/1124299403/youngbloods-pianist-sean-mason?ft=nprml&f=347174538
For pianist Sean Mason, it’s about the melody and the dance
Black Excellence: Michal Worke
Worke is a Tel Aviv based artist who moved at age three from Ethiopia to Israel (via Sudan) as part of “Operation Moses”, a covert evacuation of Ethiopian Jews to Israel in the 1980s. This experience has profoundly shaped her studio practice.