Black Excellence: Shane McCrae
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane_McCrae
Shane McCrae (born September 22, 1975, Portland, Oregon)[1] is an American poet, and is currently Poetry Editor of Image.[2]
Black Excellence: Stephen Wiltshire
https://www.stephenwiltshire.co.uk/biography
Stephen Wiltshire MBE, Hon.FSAI, Hon.FSSAA is an artist who draws and paints detailed cityscapes. He has a particular talent for drawing lifelike, accurate representations of cities, sometimes after having only observed them briefly. He was awarded an MBE for services to the art world in 2006. He studied Fine Art at City & Guilds Art College. His drawings are popular all over the world, and are held in a number of museums and important private and public collections.
Black Excellence: Da’Vine Joy Randolph
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Da%27Vine_Joy_Randolph
Da’Vine Joy Randolph (born May 21, 1986)[1] is an American actress and singer. She first gained recognition as Oda Mae Brown in the Broadway production of Ghost: The Musical (2012) for which she received a Tony Award nomination for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical.
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