Category: Black Excellence

https://www.bfftherapy.com/morayaseegerdegeare

How we connect and disconnect from each other gives us deep pathways into understanding ourselves. I passionately work with those exploring and finding their voice and identity through unpacking the many complexities of who we are and how we move in the world. Finding joy in how we show up, interrupt capitalism, and internalize often false sense of self and values that we carry with us from systems that grew us but did not always sustain us. I have moved in the non-profit, environmental, tech-startup, and clinical spaces, and all have informed and supported my work with others to understand how we find softness and ease in some places and can desolve in others.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauren_Anderson_(dancer)

Lauren Anderson (born February 19, 1965) is an American ballet dancer and a former principal dancer with the Houston Ballet. In 1990, she was one of the first African-American ballerinas to become a principal for a major dance company, an important milestone in American ballet.^[1][2] She appeared in many ballets such as Don Quixote, Cleopatra, and The Nutcracker.^[3] She retired from the Houston Ballet in 2006 and retired from dance altogether in 2009.^[3] In 2016, Anderson had her pointe shoes from her final performance placed in the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.^[4]

https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/local-news/2024-09-12/local-teacher-viral-tiktok-building-dream-classroom

3rd grade teacher goes viral on TikTok for building her dream classroom

When third-grade teacher N’mmah Kanu entered her new classroom at Red Hill Elementary, her sole suitcase of generic school supplies wasn’t enough to decorate the space in a way that matched her personality and inspired students to learn.

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

Michaela Mabinty DePrince (born Mabinty Bangura; January 6, 1995 – September 10, 2024) was a Sierra Leonean–American ballet dancer who danced with the Boston Ballet, the Dutch National Ballet, and the Dance Theatre of Harlem.

https://www.npr.org/2024/09/12/nx-s1-5002077/small-black-owned-farms-climate-change-smart-agriculture

https://www.muse3farm.com/about

These small Black-owned farms are growing crops with the climate in mind

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.

https://www.julianapache.com

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.

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.

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.

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]