Black Excellence: Hilery Gobert, John Coleman, Chris Muse
https://www.muse3farm.com/about
These small Black-owned farms are growing crops with the climate in mind
Black Excellence: Frankie Beverly
https://www.npr.org/2024/09/11/g-s1-22132/frankie-beverly-maze-obituary
Frankie Beverly, R&B and funk legend, dies at 77
Frankie Beverly, a funk and R&B innovator, singer, songwriter, producer and founder of the band Maze, died Tuesday. He was 77.
Black Excellence: Juliana Pache and Black Crossword
Juliana Pache is the creator of Black Crossword and Pache Studio.
https://www.blackcrossword.com
Black Crossword is a free daily mini crossword puzzle that places emphasis on terms and clues from across the Black diaspora.
If you know, you know.
Black Excellence: Tasha Cobbs Leonard
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasha_Cobbs_Leonard
Natasha Tameika Cobbs Leonard (born July 7, 1981) is an American gospel musician and songwriter. She released the extended play Grace in 2013 with the hit lead single “Break Every Chain“. The EP reached No. 61 on the Billboard charts.
Black Excellence: Edwidge Danticat
https://edwidgedanticat.com/about
Edwidge Danticat is the author of several books, including Breath, Eyes, Memory, an Oprah Book Club selection, Krik? Krak!, a National Book Award finalist, The Farming of Bones, The Dew Breaker, Brother, I’m Dying, Create Dangerously, Claire of the Sea Light, The Art of Death, Everything Inside, a Reese’s Book Club selection and National Book Critics Circle Awards winner.
Black Excellence: James Earl Jones
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Earl_Jones
James Earl Jones (January 17, 1931 – September 9, 2024) was an American actor known for his film roles and for his work in theater. Jones has been described as “one of America’s most distinguished and versatile” actors for his performances on stage and screen.[1] He has also been called “one of the greatest actors in American history”.[2] He was one of the few performers to achieve the EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony).[3][4][5][6] Jones was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1985, and honored with the National Medal of Arts in 1992, the Kennedy Center Honor in 2002, the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2009, and the Academy Honorary Award in 2011.[2][7]
Black Excellence: Louise Little
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_Little
Louise Helen Norton Little (née Langdon; 1894 or 1897 – December 18, 1989)[1] was a Grenadian-born American activist. She was the mother of Malcolm X.
Black Excellence: Binyavanga Wainaina
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binyavanga_Wainaina
Kenneth Binyavanga Wainaina (18 January 1971 – 21 May 2019) was a Kenyan author, journalist and 2002 winner of the Caine Prize for African Writing. In 2003, he was the founding editor of Kwani? literary magazine. In April 2014, Time magazine included Wainaina in its annual Time 100 as one of the “Most Influential People in the World”.[2]
Black Excellence: Njideka Akunyili Crosby
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Njideka_Akunyili_Crosby
Njideka Akunyili Crosby // ⓘ (born 1983) is a Nigerian-born visual artist working in Los Angeles, California.[1] Through her art, Akunyili Crosby “negotiates the cultural terrain between her adopted home in America and her native Nigeria, creating collage and photo transfer-based paintings that expose the challenges of occupying these two worlds”.[2] In 2017, Akunyili Crosby was awarded the prestigious Genius Grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.[3]