Black Excellence: Corinne Bailey Rae and Theaster Gates
How Corinne Bailey Rae and Theaster Gates are preserving Black culture
Black Excellence: Jason Fuller
https://wtop.com/author/jason-fuller/
Jason Fuller is a multifaceted storyteller from Detroit. He obtained his B.A. in communications and double majored in Africana Studies at the University of New Mexico. After graduation, Jason had a one-year fellowship experience rooted primarily in radio journalism and caught the journo bug!
Black Excellence: Dr. Zita Magloire
Can family doctors deliver rural America from its maternal health crisis?
Black Excellence: Roseline Chukwu Chiuwa, Africana Bowl/Africana Villa in Springfield, MA
A culinary haven that embraces the soulful essence of Africa.
312 Locust Street, Springfield, MA 01108
413-707-0607
Black Excellence: Madam C.J. Walker
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madam_C._J._Walker
Madam C. J. Walker (born Sarah Breedlove; December 23, 1867 – May 25, 1919) was an African American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and political and social activist. She is recorded as the first female self-made millionaire in America in the Guinness Book of World Records.[1] Multiple sources mention that although other women (like Mary Ellen Pleasant) might have been the first, their wealth is not as well-documented.[1][2][3]
Black Excellence: Cord Jefferson
https://www.npr.org/2023/12/12/1218726903/american-fiction-cord-jefferson?ft=nprml&f=1002
What does it mean to be Black enough? Cord Jefferson explores this ‘American Fiction’
Black Excellence: Dorothy Jean Tillman
Chicago girl Dorothy Jean Tillman earns PhD at just 17 years old, runs her own STEAM program
Black Excellence: Robert Glasper
https://www.npr.org/2023/12/12/1218263135/the-genre-busting-world-of-keyboardist-robert-glasper
The genre-busting world of keyboardist Robert Glasper
Black Excellence: Althea Brown
About
My husband and I grew up in Guyana (it is on the northern tip of South America) eating traditional Guyanese dishes, made at home by our moms, aunts and grandmothers.
Black Excellence: Ashley Pointer
https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2023/12/01/tiny-desk-spotify-wrapped-ashley-pointer
Ashley Pointer is an assistant producer of National Public Radio’s Tiny Desk, who also runs NPR Music’s social.