Category: Black Excellence

https://oricejenkins.com/

Orice Jenkins is a recording artist, performer, educator, and genealogy researcher from Hartford, Connecticut. His music has been featured in JazzTimes magazine and charted at #11 on the iTunes Jazz chart. Jenkins has performed extensively across all genres, including Hip-Hop, R&B, Jazz, Gospel, and Classical music. He serves as the Executive Director of Música Franklin, an afterschool music program for youth in Franklin County, Massachusetts.

https://www.weku.org/kentucky-arts-culture/2023-06-14/kentuckys-13-year-old-yodeling-cowgirl-gains-national-attention

Kentucky’s 13-year-old yodeling cowgirl gains national attention

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

Mary Edmonia Lewis, also known as “Wildfire” (c. July 4, 1844 – September 17, 1907), was an American sculptor.

https://www.npr.org/2023/06/14/1182155304/fort-polk-renamed-william-henry-johnson-black-wwi-hero

The U.S. Army renames a base in honor of Sgt. William Henry Johnson, a Black WWI hero

https://ciscoswank.bandcamp.com/

Cisco Swank is a multi-instrumentalist, producer, and vocalist from Brooklyn, NY

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/26/harvard-law-school-rehan-staton-graduates

Former Maryland trash hauler graduates from Harvard Law School

https://www.npr.org/2023/06/05/1179416602/charlie-wilson-tiny-desk-concert

NPR Music is celebrating Black Music Month with an array of brand new Tiny Desk concerts. Together, these artists represent the past, present and future of Black music. This month of carefully curated shows is a celebration of Black artists expressing themselves in ways we’ve never seen before, and of the Tiny Desk’s unique way of showcasing that talent.

https://www.smokeyjohns.com/our-story/our-team/brent-reaves/

Brent is the president of Smokey John’s, Inc. and is heavily involved in the restaurant’s daily business operations. Brent has been a part of the food service industry for over 20 years. From bussing tables to running large catering operations, Brent has done it all.

https://www.jubileejustice.org/

Our Vision

We envision an America where the institutional injustices concerning Land, Race and Money, that are rooted in a history of extraction and exploitation, both spiritually and materially transform toward justice, equity and repair. It will require the redistribution of resources, the equal sharing of knowledge and information, cross-racial and personal healing based on a worldview of interdependence and the active acknowledgement of the Earth and soil upon which all life depends as sacred.