Black Excellence: Marie C. Bolden
https://www.npr.org/2023/06/02/1179460206/first-national-spelling-bee-winner-black-girl
When she won the first national spelling bee, Marie C. Bolden dealt a blow to racism
Black Excellence: Jocelyn Pleasant and The Lost Tribe
https://www.newhavenindependent.org/article/lost_tribe_at_best_video
Lost Tribe Tells Musicians’ Stories
Black Excellence: Jasmine Crockett
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasmine_Crockett
Jasmine Felicia Crockett (born March 29, 1981) is an American attorney and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Texas’s 30th congressional district since 2023.
Black Excellence: Lawrence Brownlee
https://www.lawrencebrownlee.com/
Lawrence Brownlee is a leading figure in opera, both as a singer on the world’s top stages, and as a voice for activism and diversity in the industry. Captivating audiences and critics around the globe, he has been hailed as “an international star in the bel canto operatic repertory” (The New York Times), “one of the world’s leading bel canto stars” (The Guardian), and “one of the most in-demand opera singers in the world today” (NPR).
Black Excellence: Carla Harris
https://www.carlaspearls.com/about
Carla Harris is a renowned international public speaker and is also a Senior Client Advisor at Morgan Stanley.
Black Excellence: Cameron Fields
https://www.npr.org/2023/05/23/1177762081/teacher-teaching-journalism-school-cleveland
He was a journalist covering education. What he saw made him switch professions
Black Excellence: Meredith Clark
https://www.npr.org/2023/05/26/1178262041/archiving-black-twitter-elon-musk-meredith-clark
She’s trying to archive Black Twitter. It’s a delicate and imperfect task
Black Excellence: Jordan Berg Powers
https://urj.org/author/jordan-berg-powers
Jordan Berg Powers (he/him) is a consultant out of Worcester Massachusetts. He was recently the former Executive Director of Mass Alliance where he was for 13 years.