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Black History 365: William B. Tillman aka William Tilghman
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! The violent, heroic actions of an illiterate black sailor threatened with enslavement enthralled newspaper and magazine readers during the tense early phase of the American Civil War. Born free in Milford, Delaware—a state that permitted slavery but had…
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Black History 365: Joy Oladokun
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! With a guitar in hand, baseball cap over her eyes, and hooded sweatshirt loose, a woman sings with all of the poetry, pain, passion, and power her soul can muster. She is a new…
Black History 365: Katherine Dunham
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! Katherine Mary Dunham (June 22, 1909 – May 21, 2006)[1] was an American dancer, choreographer, creator of the Dunham Technique, author, educator, anthropologist, and social activist. Dunham had one of the most successful dance…
Black History 365: Louis Alexander Southworth
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! Louis (Lewis) “Lou” Alexander Southworth was born July 4, 1830, in Tennessee. His father’s name was Hunter, but since he was born into slavery his surname was that of his master, James Southworth. …
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Black History 365: Roscoe Conkling Giles
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! Roscoe Conkling Giles (1890–1970) was an American medical doctor and surgeon. He was the first African American to earn a degree from Cornell University Medical College.[1] Giles worked as a surgeon at Provident Hospital…
Black History 365: Maria Davis-Pierre and Autism in Black
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! Maria Davis-Pierre is the Founder and CEO of Autism in Black Inc. This organization aims to bring awareness to Autism and reduce the stigma associated with the diagnosis in the Black community. As a…
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Black History 365: Gary Bartz
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! From bebop to hip-hop: Gary Bartz’s sax sound shapes many eras June 23, 20222:58 PM ET Sarah Geledi From WBGO and Jazz At Lincoln Center 55-Minute Listen Gary Bartz Jonathan Chimene/WBGO For more than…
Black History 365: Louise Jenkins Meriwether
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! Louise Jenkins Meriwether, a novelist, essayist, journalist and social activist, was the only daughter of Marion Lloyd Jenkins and his wife, Julia. Meriwether was born May 8, 1923 in Haverstraw, New York to parents…
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Black History 365: Allyson Felix
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! Allyson Felix launches a child care initiative for athlete moms Allyson Felix is the most decorated U.S. track and field athlete in history. She has 11 Olympic medals, more than Carl Lewis (and Jamaica’s…
Black History 365: Dua Saleh
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! Check out more from Out Loud, our queer music column, here. Before becoming a musician, Dua Saleh was more likely to be known for their activist work (protesting against the school-to-prison pipeline) or their…
Black History 365: Andrea Dalzell
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! New Mobility Person of the Year: Andrea Dalzell January 4, 2021 Teal Sherer At 6:45 p.m., on a warm spring evening, Andrea Dalzell pushes into the Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, New York City.…
Black History 365: Capturing the beauty of Black masculinity rooted in the love for our families
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! June 18, 20226:47 AM ET Hamza Abdul-Mumit The joy Hamza Abdul-Mumit In memory of & tribute to my father, Sayyid Abdul-Mumit There was no callout for Black fathers to bring their children to the…
Black History 365: Boston takes rare step of apologizing for its role in slavery and its lasting harm
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! June 17, 20228:02 PM ET Tovia Smith Twitter Facebook BOSTON — Boston has just become the first major city to offer a formal apology for its role in trans-Atlantic slavery. Coming nearly four centuries…
Black History 365: Songs to Believe in: A Juneteenth Playlist
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! June 16, 20225:10 AM ET Heard on Morning Edition https://www.npr.org/sections/pictureshow/2022/06/16/1105224652/songs-to-believe-in-a-juneteenth-playlist Lara Downes This Juneteenth, I’m finding it hard to celebrate. It’s hard to reflect on freedom in this deafening swell of discord, this crescendo…
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Black History 365: Michael Regan
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! Michael S. Regan was sworn in as the 16th Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency on March 11, 2021, becoming the first Black man and second person of color to lead the…
Black History 365: Akau Jambo
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! So a South Sudanese comic put on a comedy fest in a land of ‘suffering.’ How’d it go? Akau Jambo can find humor anywhere. In a joke about getting picked up by the police…
Black History 365: Evelyn Pacheco
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! Nevada’s First Black Female Plumber Wants More Women in the Trades Last year, Evelyn Pacheco founded the Nevada Women in Trades, a nonprofit dedicated to help women pass exams required to enroll in apprenticeship…
Black History 365: Sarah J. Smith Tompkins Garnet
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! Sarah Smith Tompkins Garnet was the first African American female principal in the New York public schools. The eldest of eleven children, she was born Minsarah Smith in Brooklyn in 1831. Her parents, Sylvanus…
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Black History 365: Marcus Flowers
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! ROME, Ga. — The request for a campaign contribution came in an email. Or was it a text? Gerald Luongo gets so many he can’t remember. Luongo does recall that he was eager to…
Black History 365: Claude McKay
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! Festus Claudius “Claude” McKay OJ (September 15, 1890[1] – May 22, 1948) was a Jamaican-American writer and poet. He was a central figure in the Harlem Renaissance. Born in Jamaica, McKay first traveled to…
Black History 365: Chirlane McCray
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! As First Lady of New York City, Chirlane McCray has redefined the role of First Lady, managing a robust portfolio to advance an ambitious agenda in support of all New Yorkers. Nationally recognized as…
Black History 365: Juana Summers
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! NPR names Juana Summers co-host of ‘All Things Considered’ NPR has named its veteran reporter Juana Summers as the newest host for its flagship afternoon news program All Things Considered. Summers is now a…
Black History 365: Justine Lindsay
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! Justine Lindsay is the first openly trans cheerleader in the NFL The NFL season doesn’t start until September, but Justine Lindsay is making history in the off-season as the league’s first openly transgender cheerleader.…
Black History 365: Beverly “Guitar” Watkins
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! Better late than never: the story of Beverly “Guitar” Watkins By Polly Glass ( Classic Rock ) published July 08, 2020 Beverly “Guitar” Watkins didn’t record her first album until she was 60, but…
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Black History 365: James Van Der Zee
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! James Van Der Zee (1886-1983) was born in Lenox, Massachusetts and demonstrated an early gift for music, initially aspiring to a career as a professional violinist. His other interest was photography. At the age…
Black History 365: Dr. Marion Antoinette Richards Myles
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! Dr. Marion Antoinette Richards Myles, a scientist with expertise in plant physiology, including the effects of drugs and hormones on plant growth, played a significant role in integrating higher education in the American south. In 1965, she became the first…
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Black History 365: Dorothy B. Porter
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! Dewey Decimal Decolonizer In 1932, Dorothy Porter earned an M.S. in library science from Columbia University and became their library school’s first black graduate. However, she may be best known as the librarian who…
Black History 365: Willard Johnson Sr.
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! Willard Johnson, bacteriologist, science educator, and business proprietor, was born in Leavenworth Kansas, the third of the eleven children of Joseph Johnson and Hattie McClanahan. Taught by his high school’s founder, Blanche Kelso Bruce,…
Black History 365: Ulric Cross
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! Philip Louis Ulric Cross DSO DFC (1 May 1917 – 4 October 2013) was a Trinidadian jurist, diplomat and Royal Air Force (RAF) Navigator, recognised as possibly the most decorated West Indian of World…
Black History 365: Betty Thompson
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! “We Are Needed”: A Counselor At Mississippi’s Only Abortion Clinic Shares Her Story In the mid-1990s, Miss Betty Thompson retired from her job in state government, and started a second career working at the…
Black History 365: Lisa Cook
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! Senate approves Lisa Cook as first Black woman on Federal Reserve board of governors WASHINGTON — The Senate confirmed economist Lisa Cook on Tuesday to serve on the Federal Reserve’s board of governors, making…
Black History 365: Elton Fax
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! Elton Clay Fax, a prolific African-American cartoonist, author, and illustrator, was born on October 9, 1909, in Baltimore, Maryland. His parents were Mark Oakland Fax, a clerk, and Willie Estelle Fax, a seamstress. Elton’s…
Black History 365: Nellie Morrow Parker
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! Nellie Morrow Parker (1902-1998) was the first African American public school teacher in Hackensack, Bergen County. As a young woman, Nellie taught fifth and sixth grade in the Hackensack public schools. The initial circumstances…
Black History 365: Black Sands Entertainment
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! Black Sands Entertainment Founder, Manuel Godoy, Crafts an Immersive Comic Book Universe That Stands Out among the Rest Countless storytelling mediums have evolved over the years, but none have ever come as far as…
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Black History 365: Jessie Montgomery
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! Can classical music really be inclusive? Composer Jessie Montgomery thinks so Jessie Montgomery is having a moment. Several moments at once, actually. In the past several years, the 40-year-old composer and violinist has rapidly…
Black History 365: Many know how George Floyd died. A new biography reveals how he lived
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! Two years after his murder, most people still only know George Floyd for the way he died: Under the knee of a police officer in Minneapolis, Minn. Many don’t know how he lived –…
Black History 365: James Madison Bell
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! James Madison Bell, poet, orator and activist was born in Gallipolis, Ohio on April 3, 1826. Bell lived in Ohio most of his life although he briefly resided in Canada and California before eventually…
Black History 365: Ava Speese Day
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! Born in 1912, Ava Speese (Day) traveled with her family in 1915 to homestead in Cherry County, Nebraska. Taking advantage of the Kincaid Homestead Act of 1904, the Speese family, Charles and Rosetta Meehan…
Black History 365: James “KG” Kagambi
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! Meet the cool 62-year-old Kenyan on first all-Black team to summit Everest When James “KG” Kagambi was 23, he climbed Mount Kenya in his homeland, the second tallest peak in Africa — and swore…
Black History 365: Ncuti Gatwa
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! ‘Sex Education’ actor Ncuti Gatwa will be the first Black lead in ‘Doctor Who’ May 8, 20222:30 PM ET Actor Ncuti Gatwa will play the role of The Doctor in the show Doctor Who,…
Black History 365: Richard Robert Wright Sr.
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! Richard Robert Wright Sr. (May 16, 1855 – July 2, 1947) was an American military officer, educator and college president, politician, civil rights advocate and banking entrepreneur. Among his many accomplishments, he founded a…
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Black History 365: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (born Ellen Eugenia Johnson, 29 October 1938) is a Liberian politician who served as the 24th President of Liberia from 2006 to 2018. Sirleaf was the first elected female head of…
Black History 365: Jillian Hanesworth
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! The residents of Buffalo are experiencing immense pain and grief, following the mass shooting at a supermarket in a historically Black neighborhood. Jillian Hanesworth’s advice to her community is to lean in to that…
Black History 365: Vanessa James
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! Vanessa James (born 27 September 1987) is a Canadian competitive pair skater. With her former skating partner, Morgan Ciprès, she is the 2019 European Champion, the 2018 World bronze medallist, the 2017 European bronze…
Black History 365: Makiyah Hicks and Jonetta Harrison
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! These Students Grew Up Around Gun Violence. They Decided It Was Time To Talk About It. When Makiyah Hicks was young, her uncle, Jamal Hazel, was killed in her District Heights neighborhood in southwest…
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Black History 365: Wendell Oliver Pruitt
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! St. Louis, Missouri native Wendell Oliver Pruitt, a pioneering pilot of the 15th Air Force, was born to Elijah and Melanie Pruitt on June 20, 1920. Pruitt graduated from Sumner High School, briefly attended…
Black History 365: Gabourey Sidibe
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! Gabourey Sidibe (/ˈɡæbəˌreɪ ˈsɪdɪˌbeɪ/ GAB-ə-ray SID-i-bay; born May 6, 1983)[1] is an American actress. She made her acting debut in the 2009 film Precious, a role that earned her the Independent Spirit Award for…
Black History 365: Vashti Harrison
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! Part author – Illustrator – filmmaker Vashti Harrison is an artist originally from Onley, Virginia. She has a background in cinematography and screenwriting and a love for storytelling. She earned her BA from the…
Black History 365: Dread Scott
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! Biography Dread Scott is a visual artist whose works is exhibited across the US and internationally. In 1989, his art became the center of national controversy over its transgressive use of the American flag,…
Black History 365: Elliot C. van Zandt
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! Elliot C. van Zandt had a major impact on the development of Italian sports from 1947 to 1959. Born in Arkansas in 1915, van Zandt lost his father at a very early age. Census…
Black History 365: Quinta Brunson
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! ‘Abbott Elementary’ creator and star Quinta Brunson on the teacher advice she still follows Quinta Brunson knows all too well that success doesn’t happen overnight. The Abbott Elementary creator is celebrating after having a…
Black History 365: Tiffany Joseph
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! Tiffany Joseph is a multi talented and multifaceted holistic health, wellness, and movement coach. She is a certified Yoga and Zumba instructor, teaching dance throughout Western Massachusetts. She teaches a combination of Hatha, Restorative, and Yin Yoga…
Black History 365: Frankie Light
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! He Made Yiddish Go Viral Frankie Light is one of the new breed of “YouTube polyglots.” He taught himself Mandarin, but can he earn a living making small talk with strangers? By Saki KnafoApril…
Black History 365: Dr. Sherry Blake
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! Dr. Sherry Blake, is one of the most highly sought-after media experts in the area of mental health in the country. Most known as the therapist for WeTv’s longest standing African American family reality…
Black History 365: Ron Carter
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! Ron Carter is one of the most prolific and influential bassists in jazz history. During his six-decade career, he has recorded more than 2,000 records, and he has no plan on slowing down. “Age…
Black History 365: Karine Jean-Pierre
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! Karine Jean-Pierre will become the 1st Black White House press secretary President Biden has named Karine Jean-Pierre as his second White House press secretary, replacing Jen Psaki later this month. Jean-Pierre, who has been…
Black History 365: Mary Seacole
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! Mary Jane Seacole (born Grant;[2][3][4] 23 November 1805 – 14 May 1881)[5] was a British-Jamaican nurse and businesswoman who set up the “British Hotel” behind the lines during the Crimean War.[6] She described the hotel…
Black History 365: John Holyfield
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! Art That Celebrates the Beauty of the African-American Spirit A native of Clarksburg, West Virginia, John Holyfield was orphaned and reared by his grandmothers. With an interest in art through grade school, Holyfield was…
Black History 365: Leroy Cummins
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! At 5 a.m. each day, 70 year-old Leroy Cummins can be found running the streets of Brooklyn. He has been an avid runner since the late ’60s and runs close to 50 miles a…
Black History 365: Adzigbli “Nana” Ama Comfort
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! Meet the Black Woman Entrepreneur Whose Dad Trained Her to Be a Carpenter Adzigbli “Nana” Ama Comfort, a furniture architect and designer from Ghana, has become famous for her skills and creativity in the…
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Black History 365: Yusef Komunyakaa
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! Yusef Komunyakaa was born in Bogalusa, Louisiana. The son of a carpenter, Komunyakaa has said that he was first alerted to the power of language through his grandparents, who were church people: “the sound…
Black History 365: Naia Kete
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! One original song every week Published: 2/21/2020 8:42:11 AM Modified: 2/21/2020 8:41:59 AM Many of us make New Year’s resolutions, but we’ve usually given up on them by the time Groundhog Day arrives. That’s…
Black History 365: Jimmie Allen
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! This is part a series of features from All Things Considered on first-time Grammy nominees, ahead of the April 3 awards. You can read and listen to profiles on Saweetie, Arooj Aftab and Barlow…
Black History 365: Charleese Williams
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! Georgia State Neuroscience Undergrad Recognized as Rising Black Scientist by Horace Holloman III Neuroscience student Charleese Williams remembers the anxiety she felt last summer as she prepared to present research at a conference. Standing…
Black History 365: Roger Arliner Young
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! Roger Arliner Young (1899 – November 9, 1964) was an American scientist of zoology, biology, and marine biology. She was the first African American woman to receive a doctorate degree in zoology.[1] [2] Early…
Black History 365: Ira Wallace
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! Ira Wallace ambles around the butcher block countertop in the kitchen she shares with a community of farmers in central Virginia. She has separated a single leaf from the large baskets of unusual, parti-colored…
Black History 365: Black Male Teachers in Early Childhood Classrooms
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! The Journey of Black Male Teachers in Early Childhood Classrooms by Dr. Robert Simmons I am from a place where being home before the streetlights came on meant just that. I am from a…
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Black History 365: Mari (Mars) Champagne
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! Mari is a Western Mass based artist, activist and empowered embodied awareness coach. Being a queer BIPOC as well as having privilege from their up bringing, Mari recognizes having access to healing, allies, and…
Black History 365: Rav Tiferet Berenbaum
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! Rav Tiferet Berenbaum is a busy woman these days, but she will absolutely and happily find time to slot you in for a phone call while she runs out to get coffee for herself…
Black History 365: Edson Hilaire
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! Black Electrician Opens Shop In Waltham, Hopes To Set Example WALTHAM, MA July 9, 2021— Edson Hilaire didn’t always know he would own his own electrical company, but he got the spark back about…
Black History 365: Chester Higgins
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! Chester Higgins’ camera brings a 360 degree view to Black life Not long after I arrived at his Brooklyn brownstone, Chester Higgins started telling me about “The Spirit.” He was nine years old when…
Black History 365: Adrienne Bennett
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! First Black Female Master Plumber in the U.S. Shares Her Journey August 23, 2018 At the age of 30, Adrienne Bennett became the first black female master plumber in the U.S. Now, 30 years…
Black History 365: Camp Atwater
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! The American summer camp wasn’t originally intended for Black children. But in the center of Massachusetts, on the shore of Lake Lashaway, there have been generations of Black kids frolicking in the bliss of…
Black History 365: Alvin Carter
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! How a school bus driver in Illinois has brought joy to his community for decades When 5-year-old twins Fionnuala and Ceilidh Climer get on the bus to school each day, they are greeted by…
Black History 365: Katharine Morris
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! Katharine Morris is using her environmental activism to raise awareness about public health and the local ecosystem in her neighborhood Article by In The Know, Video produced by Alex Hughes, Jordan Walker, Alexandra Katsoulis…
Black History 365: Thomas Mayfield
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! After a Texas teacher saw his students struggling with math, he turned to rap music Thomas Mayfield had a major problem to solve in his fifth-grade classroom. “I’m not good at adding. I don’t…
Black History 365: The Sphinx Organization
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BihIu-72ndw The Sphinx Organization is a social justice organization dedicated to transforming lives through the power of diversity in the arts. Focused on increasing representation of Black and Latinx artists in classical music and…
Black History 365: Adrienne Jones
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! Adrienne A. Jones (born November 20, 1954) is the Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates, the first African-American and first woman to serve in that position in Maryland.[1] Initially appointed by Governor Parris…
Black History 365: Hound Dog Taylor
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwVMsAxsQzQ Life and career Taylor was born in Natchez, Mississippi, in 1915, though some sources say 1917. He first played the piano and began playing the guitar when he was 20. He moved to…
Black History 365: John Sella Martin
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! John Sella Martin, who eventually became an influential minister, was born enslaved in Charlotte, North Carolina on September 27, 1832, to Winnifred, a mulatto, and the nephew of her owner. At the age of…
Black History 365: Zora Neale Hurston
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! “I have the nerve to walk my own way, however hard, in my search for reality, rather than climb upon the rattling wagon of wishful illusions.” – Letter from Zora Neale Hurston to Countee…
Black History 365: Colin Kaepernick
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! When Colin Kaepernick was five years old, his kindergarten teacher gave his class an assignment: Draw a picture of your family. Kaepernick colored his entire family yellow. When he got to himself, he used…
Black History 365: Vanessa Nakate
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! Uganda’s Vanessa Nakate says COP26 sidelines nations most affected by climate change As young climate activists descended on Glasgow for the COP26 UN climate summit, Vanessa Nakate was faced with a familiar yet sad…
Black History 365: Anna Murray Douglass
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! “The story of Frederick Douglass’ hopes and aspirations and longing desire for freedom has been told—you all know it. It was a story made possible by the unswerving loyalty of Anna Murray.” So began…
Black History 365: Ifeanyi Nsofor
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! Ifeanyi Nsofor is a public health physician from Nigeria. Dr. Nsofor is Director of Policy and Advocacy at Nigeria Health Watch and leads the organisations’ advocacy interventions. He is a leading advocate for universal…
Black History 365: Alexis Nicole Nelson
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! The recipe for a wildly successful TikTok account — at least, for Alexis Nikole Nelson — is to post entirely about foraging. Known on social media as “Black Forager”, Nelson has drawn in more…
Black History 365: Derrick Young Jr.
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! Derrick Young Jr. is a champion for social justice and equity. He is the Co-founder and Executive Director of Leadership Brainery, a non-profit organization addressing unequal access to advanced education and workforce leadership opportunities…
Black History 365: Parker McMullen Bushman
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! Meet Parker McMullen Bushman, Chief Operating Officer and Co-founder of Inclusive Journeys, and founder of Ecoinclusive Strategies. Parker is a dynamic speaker and facilitator that engages organizations in new thinking around what it means…
Black History 365: Chris Smalls
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! He was fired by Amazon 2 years ago. Now he’s the force behind the company’s 1st union “He’s not smart, or articulate.” Those were the words used by a top Amazon lawyer to describe…
Black History 365: Betty Reid Soskin
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! The oldest park ranger, who told the stories of Black women in WWII, retires at 100 There’s no better way to learn history than from the people who lived it. And for years, Betty…
Black History 365: Keke Palmer
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! Lauren Keyana “Keke” Palmer (born August 26, 1993) is an American actress, singer, and television personality. Known for playing leading and character roles in comedy-drama productions, she has received a Primetime Emmy Award, five…
Black History 365: Damola Ayegbayo
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! Lagos, South west, Nigeria Damola Ayegbayo is an Experienced Visual Artist with a demonstrated history of working in the arts and crafts industry. Skilled in Paintings and Drawings. He aims to communicate the power…
Black History 365: Valerie Thomas
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! Valerie L. Thomas (born February 8, 1943) is an American scientist and inventor. She invented the illusion transmitter, for which she received a patent in 1980.[2] She was responsible for developing the digital media…
Black History 365: Hassan and Fousseyni Drame
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! Sunday, March 27 PHILADELPHIA — The original Cinderella run began with a transatlantic flight and discomfort. Two lanky teens crammed into compact airplane seats and, as their high school classmates prepared to graduate, they…
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Black History 365: Black Violin
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! Black Violin is an American hip hop duo from Fort Lauderdale, Florida comprising two classically trained string instrumentalists, Kevin Sylvester and Wilner Baptiste, who go by the stage names Kev Marcus and Wil B.…
Black History 365: Sarahbeth Maney
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! Sarahbeth Maney also known as SB, is a 2021-22 New York Times photography fellow covering politics in Washington D.C. Originally from the California Bay Area, her personal work focuses on education, disability, and issues that disproportionately impact Black and…
Black History 365: Ketanji Brown Jackson
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! Even before taking office, President Joe Biden pledged to reshape the federal judiciary. In a December 2020 letter, during his presidential transition, he asked Democratic senators to recommend public defenders and civil rights lawyers,…
Black History 365: Dorothy Lavinia Brown
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! Dr. Dorothy Lavinia Brown was a medical pioneer, educator, and community leader. In 1948-1949 Brown became the first African American female appointed to a general surgery residency in the de jure racially segregated South. …
Black History 365: Sterling “Trapking” Davis
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! Atlantans is a first-person account of the familiar strangers who make the city tick. This month’s is Sterling Davis, the founder of TrapKing Humane Cat Solutions, as told to Heather Buckner. Nine or 10…
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Black History 365: Michael Twitty
We are highlighting examples of Black excellence throughout the year! Feel free to send us suggestions! Michael W. Twitty (born 1977) is an African-American Jewish writer, culinary historian,[1] and educator. He is the author of The Cooking Gene, published by HarperCollins/Amistad, which won the 2018 James Beard Foundation Book Award…