Black Excellence: Kwasi Boyd-Bouldin
https://www.nonstndrd.com/about-nonstndrd/
Kwasi Boyd-Bouldin is a photographer, artist, and designer based in Los Angeles, California.
Black Excellence: Isaretta Lee Riley
https://medicine.duke.edu/profile/isaretta-lee-riley
Dr. Isaretta Lee Riley, Duke University School of Medicine, is a pulmonologist committed to eliminating disparities in health outcomes and quality of life of adults living with asthma.
Black Excellence: Gale Livingstone
Woman leaves her white-collar job to become first-generation farmer
Black Excellence: Teyonah Parris
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teyonah_Parris
Teyonah Parris (/tiˈɒnə/tee-ON-ə;[1] born September 22, 1987)[2] is an American actress. A graduate of Juilliard School, she began acting in 2010. Her first prominent role was playing secretary Dawn Chambers in the AMC drama series Mad Men (2012–2015) and starring in the 2014 independent film Dear White People.
Black Excellence: Zandashé Brown
https://www.zandashe.com/about
Zandashé Brown is a New Orleans based writer/director born-and-bred in and inspired by southern Louisiana. Her work raises a Black femme lens to the tradition of Southern Gothic Horror by exploring the axis of self-excavation, spirituality, and lived experience in the American South.
Black Excellence: Taraja Ramsess
Taraja Ramsess, a stunt performer and set dresser with credits including Fast & Furious, Avengers and Black Panther movies, died on Halloween in a car crash in Atlanta that also claimed the lives of three of his children. He was 41.
Black Excellence: Bill Withers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Withers
William Harrison Withers Jr. (July 4, 1938 – March 30, 2020) was an American singer and songwriter. He had several hits over a career spanning 18 years, including “Ain’t No Sunshine” (1971), “Grandma’s Hands” (1971), “Use Me” (1972), “Lean on Me” (1972), “Lovely Day” (1977) and “Just the Two of Us” (1980). Withers won three Grammy Awards and was nominated for six more.
Black Excellence: Black History Saturdays
https://www.npr.org/2023/11/22/1210081145/oklahoma-race–school-black-teachers
Oklahoma restricted how race can be taught. So these Black teachers stepped up
Black Excellence: Art X
Africa’s flourishing art scene is a smash hit at Art X