Category: Black Excellence

https://www.masslive.com/news/2012/10/sexual_minority_archives_uncov.html

A century before same-sex marriage, the Gay Pride March and RuPaul’s Drag Race reality TV show, Marion Turner walked the streets of Northampton—dressed as a woman.

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

Morgan Bullock is an American Irish dancer, known for her Irish dance remix of rapper Megan Thee Stallion‘s song “Savage“, which went viral on TikTok and Instagram in May 2020.^[1]

Holyoke Community College hosts diverse events for Black History Month

HOLYOKE, Mass. (WWLP) – Holyoke Community College (HCC) is embracing the theme of “African Americans and the Arts” for Black History Month, with a lineup of events throughout February.

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

Gladys Alberta Bentley (August 12, 1907 – January 18, 1960)^[1] was an American blues singer, pianist, and entertainer during the Harlem Renaissance.

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

Belinda Magnus OBE DL (born 23 October 1953), better known as Pauline Black (Listen^ⓘ), is an English singer, actress and author.

In a music career spanning over 40 years, Black came to prominence in the late 1970s as the lead singer of the 2 Tone ska revival band the Selecter, which released four singles that entered the Top 40 charts in the United Kingdom during the 1970s and the 1980s, including “On My Radio“, “Three Minute Hero“, “Missing Words” and “The Whisper”.

https://www.broadwaydancecenter.com/faculty/ebony-williams

Boradway Dance Center Teacher Bio

Ebony Williams comes from Boston, Massachusetts, where she trained with the Boston Ballet from age eight through high school. She also attended the Roxbury Center for the Performing Arts. She is a May 2005 graduate of the Boston Conservatory with a Bachelor of Fine Arts.

https://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/dallas-fort-worth/news/2023/04/18/four-time-all-american-chae-campbell-reflects-on-her-journey-to-become-a-bruin

Chae Campbell is a four-time All-American gymnast for the UCLA Bruins She is a Carrollton, Texas, native and grew up watching the 2010 UCLA national championship team, which inspired her to compete for the Bruins herself
Campbell was a main contributor to UCLA’s success this season, reaching the national stage at Dickie’s Arena in Fort Worth

Aaron L Williams is a film producer/director/writer, software architect, and musician native to Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

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

Frantz Casseus (14 December 1915 – 3 June 1993)^[1] was a Haitian-American guitarist and composer.

Born and raised in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, he spent most of his adult life in the United States where he immigrated in 1946 hoping to meet pianist Fats Waller.^[2]