Black Excellence: Dr. Zita Magloire
Can family doctors deliver rural America from its maternal health crisis?
Black Excellence: Roseline Chukwu Chiuwa, Africana Bowl/Africana Villa in Springfield, MA
A culinary haven that embraces the soulful essence of Africa.
312 Locust Street, Springfield, MA 01108
413-707-0607
Black Excellence: Madam C.J. Walker
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]
Black Excellence: Cord Jefferson
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’
Black Excellence: Dorothy Jean Tillman
Chicago girl Dorothy Jean Tillman earns PhD at just 17 years old, runs her own STEAM program
Black Excellence: Robert Glasper
https://www.npr.org/2023/12/12/1218263135/the-genre-busting-world-of-keyboardist-robert-glasper
The genre-busting world of keyboardist Robert Glasper
Black Excellence: Althea Brown
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.
Black Excellence: Ashley Pointer
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.
Black Excellence: Yves Tumor
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]
Black Excellence: Christian McBride
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.