Black Excellence: Shakerra Monét
Shakerra Monét is a contemporary artist based out of Denver, but a St. Louis native. Completing her studies in fashion design and merchandise, Monét soon realized her true desire to create art in other mediums outside of design.
Black Excellence: Kristen Welker
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristen_Welker
Kristen Welker (born July 1, 1976[1]) is an American television journalist working for NBC News. She serves as a White House correspondent based in Washington, D.C.,[2] and served as co-anchor of Weekend Today, the Saturday edition of Today, alongside Peter Alexander from 2020 to 2023. She took over hosting duties for the longest-running program in television history, Meet the Press, on September 17, 2023.[3]
Black Excellence: Arturo Schomburg
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/arturo-schomburg-cookbook
The story that Arturo Schomburg would often tell went something like this: When he was a child in late 19th-century Puerto Rico, his 5th-grade teacher told him that Black people had no history, no heroes, and no great moments. The remark filled him with fury. He’d been born to a Black mother and German father. The incident kindled a lifelong quest to prove the instructor wrong.
Black Excellence: Alice Randall
https://www.alicerandall.com/about#bio
Alice Randall is a New York Times best-selling novelist, award-winning songwriter, educator, and food activist.
Black Excellence: My Black Country, the Songs of Alice Randall
Collaborative Album Celebrates the Black Female Experience in Country and Folk Music with Contributions from Rhiannon Giddens, Valerie June, Leyla McCalla, Allison Russell, Sunny War, Adia Victoria and More
Black Excellence: Marion Turner
https://www.masslive.com/news/2012/10/sexual_minority_archives_uncov.html
A century before same-sex marriage, the Gay Pride March and RuPaul’s Drag Race reality TV show, Marion Turner walked the streets of Northampton—dressed as a woman.