Black Excellence: Martin Luther King is not your mascot
https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2024/01/14/1224059925/martin-luther-king-day-legacy
For decades, everyone and their mother has tried to get a piece of that sweet, sweet MLK Pie, from car companies to banks to pop stars to politicians (no matter their actual politics).
Black Excellence: Marla Gibbs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marla_Gibbs#Biography
Marla Gibbs (born Margaret Bradley; June 14, 1931)[1] is an American actress, singer, comedian, writer and television producer whose career spans seven decades.
Black Excellence: Holly Edgell
https://www.kcur.org/people/holly-edgell
Holly Edgell is the managing editor of the Midwest Newsroom, a public radio collaboration among NPR member stations in Missouri, Kansas, Iowa and Nebraska.
Black Excellence: Tawanda Suessbrich-Joaquim
https://www.tawandamusic.com/bio
Jazz is one form of music that transcends most other genres and has done so throughout the ages. Its complexity, off beat rhythms, sophistication and constant desire to improvise and evolve itself courses through its precious origins. Those traditions run deep within the soul of award-winning vocalist Tawanda Suessbrich-Joaquim and there is no greater gift than seeing her sing her story in full flight.
Black Excellence: Emmaretta Marks
https://playbill.com/article/emmaretta-marks-original-broadway-cast-member-of-hair-dies-at-76
Emmaretta Marks, was one of the inaugural members of Hair‘s Broadway tribe.
Black Excellence: Eric Deggans
https://www.npr.org/people/243254424/eric-deggans
Eric Deggans is NPR’s first full-time TV critic, also serving as media analyst and guest host for the network.
Black Excellence: Jonathan and Jarrett Logan, Castle Black Construction
https://memphismagazine.com/business/jonathan-jarrett-logan-castle-black-construction/
The Logan brothers spun their passion for architecture and design into a successful building career.
Black Excellence: Dr. Frank Robinson
This is the novel path Frank Robinson took to nurturing healthier WMass communities