Black Excellence: Springfield’s Inner-City Youth Scuba Diving Team
Learning to swim will end with trip to Bahamas for these Springfield youths
Black Excellence: The BRAND Label
https://www.thebrand-label.com/pages/about-us
The BRAND Label is a fashion line created for women in search of who they are today and who they are destined to become through their unique sense of style and creativity.
Black Excellence: May Edward Chinn
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Edward_Chinn
May Edward Chinn (April 15, 1896 – December 1, 1980) was an African-American woman physician. She was the first African-American woman to graduate from Bellevue Hospital Medical College, now NYU School of Medicine, and the first African-American woman to intern at Harlem Hospital. In her private practice, she provided care for black patients who would not otherwise receive treatment in white facilities. She was also a strong advocate of early cancer screening.[1]
Black Excellence: Afro-descendant women in Mexico
Women of the Sea: Afro-descendants honor their heritage in Mexico
Black Excellence: Michael Harriot
Michael Harriot’s ‘Black AF History’ could hardly come at a better time
Black Excellence: Purlie Victorious
https://www.npr.org/2023/09/27/1202025046/purlie-victorious-leslie-odom-jr-broadway
The first revival of Ossie Davis’ satire on the Jim Crow south, Purlie Victorious: A Romp Through the Non-Confederate Cotton Patch, is opening on Broadway after a 62-year absence.
Black Excellence: Jericho Brown
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jericho_Brown
Jericho Brown (born April 14, 1976) is an American poet and writer. Born and raised in Shreveport, Louisiana, Brown has worked as an educator at institutions such as University of Houston, University of San Diego, and Emory University.
Black Excellence: Laphonza Butler
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laphonza_Butler
Laphonza Romanique Butler (born 1978/1979)[2] is an American politician who currently is a United States senator-designate. She has served as president of EMILY’s List since 2021. On October 1, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced that he had chosen Butler to fill the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by the death of Dianne Feinstein.[3]
Black Excellence: Howard P. Drew
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Drew
Howard Porter Drew (June 28, 1890 – February 19, 1957) was an American track and field athlete who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.[1]