Category: Black Excellence

https://www.npr.org/2023/01/25/1150611048/oliver-james-learning-to-read-tiktok

A TikTok star who was functionally illiterate finds a community on BookTok

https://jonathanharrisart.bigcartel.com/biography

Jonathan Harris (b. 1988) is a visual artist who was born and raised in the city of Detroit. After attending the Detroit School for the Fine and Performing Arts, he attended Henry Ford Community College and Oakland University, where he majored in Graphic Design and minored in Studio Art. Oil paints, acrylics and charcoal are his media of choice. He has become known for and perfected an oil enamel technique resulting in graphic, high contrast portraits without the use of a brush.

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Working between photography, self-portraiture and performance, the work of Franco-Cameroonian photographer Samuel Fosso occupies a central position in the international contemporary art world.

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

Shevrin D. Jones (born October 12, 1983) is an American politician from the state of Florida. He was elected to the Florida State Senate in 2020 to represent the 35th District. He previously was a Democratic member of the Florida House of Representatives, representing the 101st District, which included southeastern Broward County since 2012.

Jones is the first gay person and first LGBT Black person elected to the Florida Legislature. Term-limited from his position, he ran for the Florida Senate in a crowded primary for District 35 facing no Republican opposition in the general election.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algenon_L._Marbley

Algenon L. Marbley^] is the Chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.

https://www.dianasolomonglover.com/biography

Diana Solomon-Glover’s artistic talents, showcased on the operatic stage, in concert, oratorio, recital, musical theater, cabaret, and on radio and television across the United States, Canada, Europe, the Caribbean and Central America, have long served humanitarian and social efforts.

https://www.npr.org/2023/01/12/1148089864/roberta-flack-the-green-piano-tonya-bolden-hayden-goodman

Roberta Flack’s first piano came from a junkyard – five Grammys would follow

https://www.holycross.edu/academics/programs/sociology-and-anthropology/faculty/tsitsi_b_masvawure

Professor of Practice in Health Studies and Health Studies Program Advisor and Coordinator, Center for Interdisciplinary Studies

https://www.npr.org/2022/01/19/1074083938/lusia-harris-womens-basketball-nba-draft

Remembering legend Lusia Harris, the only woman to be officially drafted by the NBA