Black Excellence: Andrea Motley Crabtree
https://www.army.mil/article/263473/armys_first_female_deep_sea_diver_reflects_on_career
Army’s first female deep-sea diver reflects on career
Black Excellence: Protectors of sacred forests and lagoons in West Africa
Meet the people safeguarding the sacred forests and lagoons of West Africa
Black Excellence: Nyokabi Kariuki
Nyokabi Kariũki 🔊 (she/her) is a Kenyan composer, sound artist and performer.
Black Excellence: Maria Thompson Corley
About
Maria Thompson Corley was born in Jamaica and raised in Canada. She has appeared as a solo or collaborative pianist on radio, television, and/or concert stages in North and Central America, the Caribbean, Bermuda and Europe, performing with artists like Metropolitan Opera soprano Priscilla Baskerville, Juno Award-winning clarinetist James Campbell, Grammy-winning clarinetist Doris Hall-Gulati, Grammy-nominated baritone Randall Scarlata, renowned countertenor Darryl Taylor, and members of the New York Philharmonic and Philadelphia Orchestras.
Black Excellence: Jacqueline Hairston
https://www.adsmm.org/index.php/payton-archive/adsmm-living-legends/68-jacqueline-hairston
Jacqueline Hairston is an Oakland/San Francisco-based ASCAP composer/arranger and vocal coach.
Black History 365: Hakeem Jeffries
https://www.npr.org/2023/01/27/1151537063/hakeem-jeffries-democrats-house-debt-ceiling
Hakeem Jeffries says Democrats won’t pay a ‘ransom note’ to GOP over debt ceiling