Category: Black Excellence

https://www.derrickadams.com/

Derrick Adams (b. 1970, Baltimore, MD) is a multidisciplinary artist living and working in Brooklyn, New York.

https://marcussamuelsson.com/

Marcus Samuelsson is the renowned chef behind many restaurants worldwide including Red Rooster Harlem and Red Rooster Overtown (Miami), MARCUS Montreal, Marcus B&P in Newark,  Streetbird at Yankee Stadium, Marcus at Baha Mar Fish + Chop House in the Bahamas, Hav & Mar in Chelsea (NYC), and the recently opened Marcus Bar & Grille in Atlanta.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Jones_(Tennessee_politician)

Justin Shea Bautista-Jones (born August 25, 1995) is an American activist and politician from the state of Tennessee.^[1

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_J._Pearson

Justin Jamal Pearson (born January 7, 1995; PEER-sən)^[1] is an American activist and politician.^[2]

Florence Beatrice (Smith) Price became the first black female composer to have a symphony performed by a major American orchestra.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Joseph_(rebel)

John Joseph was an American gold miner and a leader of the 1854 Eureka Rebellion at Ballarat, Australia during the Victorian gold rush.

More: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/05/world/australia/john-joseph-eureka-stockade.html?referringSource=articleShare

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandon_Johnson_(politician)

Brandon Johnson is an American educator and politician who is the mayor-elect of Chicago, having won the 2023 election.^[2][3][4]

https://www.npr.org/2023/04/04/1167908950/kwame-brathwaite-obituary-black-is-beautiful

Photographer Kwame Brathwaite, who helped popularize the “Black is Beautiful” movement of the 1960s, has died. From Nelson Mandela to Muhammad Ali and the so-called Grandassa Models, Brathwaite’s work embraced Black power and beauty. He chronicled events such as The Motown Revue at the Apollo in 1963, The Jackson 5’s first trip to Africa in 1974, and the legendary Foreman-Ali fight, The Rumble in the Jungle.

https://kwamebrathwaite.com/

https://www.mamadi.co/contact

Mamadi Doumbouya is a New York City based photographer specializing in portraiture, lifestyle, storytelling.

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

Fredericka Carolyn “Fredi” Washington (December 23, 1903 – June 28, 1994) was an American stage and film actress, civil rights activist, performer, and writer.