Category: Black Excellence

https://www.peterbrathwaitebaritone.com/about

His pioneering Rediscovering Black Portraiture series, made during the Covid-19 pandemic, reimagines historical depictions of Black subjects with the help of domestic material culture. Pieces from this project were exhibited by King’s College London/Wellcome Trust in Autumn 2021. His book on the series with be published by Getty in Spring 2023. Further details about Peter’s series can be found in Rediscovering Black Portraiture.

https://www.npr.org/2023/06/05/1180128842/reuben-wilson-b-3-hammond-organ-soul-jazz-obituary?ft=nprml&f=1002

Few are the folks who could cast a literal shadow over the iconic Hammond B-3 organ, nicknamed “the Beast” by many of the jazz musicians who have helmed the hefty 425 lb. instrument. But Reuben Wilson — who died on May 26 at the age of 88 — was one such organist.

https://www.greengardenbakery.org/

https://www.npr.org/2023/06/02/1179460206/first-national-spelling-bee-winner-black-girl

When she won the first national spelling bee, Marie C. Bolden dealt a blow to racism

https://www.newhavenindependent.org/article/lost_tribe_at_best_video

Lost Tribe Tells Musicians’ Stories

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

Jasmine Felicia Crockett (born March 29, 1981) is an American attorney and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Texas’s 30th congressional district since 2023.

https://www.lawrencebrownlee.com/

Lawrence Brownlee is a leading figure in opera, both as a singer on the world’s top stages, and as a voice for activism and diversity in the industry. Captivating audiences and critics around the globe, he has been hailed as “an international star in the bel canto operatic repertory” (The New York Times), “one of the world’s leading bel canto stars” (The Guardian), and “one of the most in-demand opera singers in the world today” (NPR).

https://www.carlaspearls.com/about

Carla Harris is a renowned international public speaker and is also a Senior Client Advisor at Morgan Stanley.