Tag: Black Excellence

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madam_C._J._Walker

Madam C. J. Walker (born Sarah Breedlove; December 23, 1867 – May 25, 1919) was an African American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and political and social activist. She is recorded as the first female self-made millionaire in America in the Guinness Book of World Records.^[1] Multiple sources mention that although other women (like Mary Ellen Pleasant) might have been the first, their wealth is not as well-documented.^[1][2][3]

https://www.npr.org/2023/12/12/1218726903/american-fiction-cord-jefferson?ft=nprml&f=1002

What does it mean to be Black enough? Cord Jefferson explores this ‘American Fiction’

https://abc7chicago.com/dorothy-jean-tillman-teen-gets-phd-arizona-state-university-jeanius-steam-institute/14141606/

Chicago girl Dorothy Jean Tillman earns PhD at just 17 years old, runs her own STEAM program

https://www.npr.org/2023/12/12/1218263135/the-genre-busting-world-of-keyboardist-robert-glasper

The genre-busting world of keyboardist Robert Glasper

About

My husband and I grew up in Guyana (it is on the northern tip of South America) eating traditional Guyanese dishes, made at home by our moms, aunts and grandmothers.

https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2023/12/01/tiny-desk-spotify-wrapped-ashley-pointer

Ashley Pointer is an assistant producer of National Public Radio’s Tiny Desk, who also runs NPR Music’s social.

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

Sean Lee Bowie, best known by the recording alias Yves Tumor, is an American musician and producer of experimental music, born in Miami, Florida and currently based in Turin, Italy.^[5][6]

https://www.christianmcbride.com/bio

Raised in Philadelphia, a city steeped in soul, Christian McBride moved to New York in 1989 to pursue classical studies at the Juilliard School.

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

Benjamin Obadiah Iqbal Zephaniah (15 April 1958 – 7 December 2023) was a British writer, dub poet and actor. He was included in The Times list of Britain’s top 50 post-war writers in 2008.

https://www.mayoclinic.org/biographies/okoroha-kelechi-r-m-d/bio-20509737

Kelechi R. Okoroha, M.D., is a fellowship‐trained orthopedic surgeon specializing in Hip Arthroscopy and sports medicine. His clinical focus includes:

• Hip Arthroscopy
• Femoroacetabular impingement (FAI)
• Hip Labral repair
• Shoulder Instability
• Shoulder Labral repair
• Cartilage & meniscus restoration surgery
• ACL reconstruction surgery
• shoulder replacement surgery
• Management of injuries in the non‐elite and elite athlete.
• Pain management following surgery and ways to reduce opioids postoperatively.