Category: Black Excellence

https://www.npr.org/2024/08/14/g-s1-17050/wally-amos-famous-amos-cookies-dead

Wally Amos, the entrepreneur behind the Famous Amos cookie enterprise, has died. He was 88 years old.

https://acdi.uct.ac.za/contacts/joyce-kimutai

Joyce Kimutai is a Research Associate in the Analysis and Interpretation of Climate Data for Extreme Weather. Joyce completed her PhD under AXA Research Chair Programme in African Climate Risk as part of a multi-disciplinary team from the University of Cape Town and University of Oxford, working on research spanning climate, hydrological, agricultural, ecological and economic and adaptation science.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Eubanks

Christopher Eubanks (/ˈjuːbæŋks/ EW-bangks; born May 5, 1996)^[1] is an American professional tennis player. He played college tennis for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Louis

Jeffrey Louis (born December 20, 1994),^[1][2] also known mononymously as Jeffro,^[2] is an American breakdancer. He has been breakdancing since the age of 12.^[1]

https://usawaterpolo.org/sports/mens-water-polo/roster/max-irving/424

He is back for his second Olympic Games in 2024…A three-time All-American, he played at UCLA where he helped lead the team to the 2017 NCAA Championship…Continued on to play professionally in Greece and Italy…Went from redshirt at UCLA to National Team in just three years.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyjah_Huston

Nyjah Imani Huston (born November 30, 1994) is an American professional skateboarder. With numerous sponsorships and competition prize winnings, Huston is one of the highest paid skateboarders in the world.^[4][5]

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2024/8/2/lauren-scruggs-gold-medal-team-usa-foil-fencing-olympics

In the end, Lauren S. Scruggs ‘25 was never leaving Paris without gold.

Scruggs propelled Team USA to victory in the 2024 Paris Olympics women’s team foil tournament on Thursday, holding off Italy’s three-time Olympian Arianna Errigo to give the United States its first-ever team gold medal in fencing.

https://www.npr.org/2024/08/03/g-s1-15238/julien-alfred-shacarri-st-lucia-paris-100m

Julien Alfred stuns Sha’Carri Richardson in 100m to win St. Lucia’s 1st Olympic gold