Black Excellence: Wes Moore
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wes_Moore
Westley Watende Omari Moore (born October 15, 1978) is an American politician, businessman, author, and veteran, serving as the 63rd governor of Maryland since 2023.
Black Excellence: Melba Pattillo Beals
https://www.npr.org/2024/04/02/1242106502/beyonce-beatles-blackbird-little-rock-nine
Beyoncé’s recent cover of The Beatles classic “Blackbird” was especially profound to listeners who know that the song pays homage to the Little Rock Nine — a group of Black students who were at the center of the fight to desegregate public schools in the United States.
Her version, which is featured on her new album Cowboy Carter, was even more meaningful to one member of the Little Rock Nine, Melba Pattillo Beals.
Black Excellence: Thandiswa Mazwai
https://www.npr.org/2024/04/01/1241589647/thandiswa-mazwai-tiny-desk-meets-globalfest-2024
Thandiswa Mazwai is one of post-apartheid South Africa’s most influential musicians. For nearly 30 years, she has championed a kind of dance music called Kwaito. The South African genre mixes a variety of rhythms and influences, including hip-hop, reggae, jazz and house music.
Black Excellence: Vaughan Gething
https://www.npr.org/2024/03/21/1239835813/wales-first-black-leader-uk-europe-vaughan-gething
A Zambian-born lawyer has become the first Black head of government in Wales, in the United Kingdom — and in all of Europe.
Black Excellence: Janel Diaz
https://www.npr.org/2024/03/31/1241386011/florida-trans-rights-activist-book-ban-rupaul
A Florida activist creates safe spaces as laws and rhetoric turn against trans rights.
Janel Diaz founded Capital Tea after she struggled during her own transition to find transgender support organizations in Florida’s capital city.
Black Excellence: Cubicle Comedians Nicole Daniels, DeAndre Brown and Lisa Beasley
They lampoon American corporate culture — and the internet is here for it
Black Excellence: Corey Jones
(Plano, Texas, January 20, 2024) PrismWork, a leadership and workplace transformation consultancy, announced today that co-founder Corey Jones will transition from the position of Chief Innovation Officer to Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately.
Black Excellence: Sethembile Mzesane
https://www.sethembile-msezane.com/about
Sethembile Msezane was born in 1991 in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. She lives and works in Cape Town, South Africa. She was awarded a Masters in Fine Arts in 2017 from the Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town, where she also completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2012.
Black Excellence: Charmaine Nelson
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charmaine_Nelson
Charmaine Andrea Nelson (born 1971) is a Canadian art historian, educator, author, and independent curator.