Black Excellence: DJ Casper
DJ Casper, creator of the iconic and ubiquitous ‘Cha Cha Slide,’ has died at 58
Black Excellence: Auzerais Bellamy
https://www.foodboro.com/blog/meet-a-maker-auzerais-bellamy-blondery
Auzerais Bellamy was a pastry chef for Michelin-starred restaurants before starting her blondie business, Blondery. Read on for her story!
Black Excellence: Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honor%C3%A9e_Fanonne_Jeffers
Honorée Fanonne Jeffers (born 1967) is an American poet and novelist, and a professor of English at the University of Oklahoma.
Black Excellence: Clarence Avant
https://www.npr.org/2023/08/14/1193720263/clarence-avant?ft=nprml&f=1002
Clarence Avant, a major power broker in music, sports and politics, has died at 92
Black Excellence: 40+ Double Dutch Club
https://www.40plusdoubledutchclub.org/copy-of-about
We are a group of women over the age of 40 who get together to take a break from “adulting” by jumping
Double Dutch, hula hooping, playing hopscotch
and Chinese rope!
Black Excellence: Mark Kenoly
KENOLY MUSIC is a Music School, Recording Studio and Music Label in the San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose Bay Area.
Black Excellence: Rukaya Mumuni and Prossy Muyingo
What does it take to be a heroine of health? Education, dedication … a stealth plan
Black Excellence: Eric B. & Rakim
https://www.npr.org/2023/08/04/1191539348/eric-b-rakim-change-the-flow-of-rap-with-paid-in-full
Eric B. & Rakim change the flow of rap with ‘Paid in Full’
Black Excellence: Kiana Fitzgerald
https://www.kianafitz.com/p/about.html
Kiana Fitzgerald likes to do a lot of things, but most of her time is spent with music. She specializes in analyzing the art form as a journalist, podcaster, and on-air commentator. Additionally, she’s a cultural critic and a champion of Black culture. She moonlights as a personal essayist and DJ.
Black Excellence: Tanya S. Chutkan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanya_S._Chutkan
Tanya Sue Chutkan (born July 5, 1962) is a Jamaican-born American lawyer and jurist serving as a United States district judge for the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.