Tag: Black Excellence

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

Grace Wales Bonner MBE is an English fashion designer.^[1] Her designs blend sportswear and tailoring.^[2] In 2014, she founded the London-based label Wales Bonner, originally specializing in menswear.^[1][3]

Since founding her eponymous brand, Wales Bonner awards include Emerging Menswear Designer at the British Fashion Awards (2015), the LVMH Young Designer Prize (2016), Winner of the British Fashion Council/ Vogue Designer Fashion Fund (2019) and CFDA International Men’s Designer of the Year (2021). In June 2022, she was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to fashion. Wales Bonner is the head of the department of Fashion Design at the University of Applied Arts, Vienna.^[1]

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

Adelaide Louise Hall (20 October 1901 – 7 November 1993) was an American-born UK-based jazz singer and entertainer. Her career spanned more than 70 years from 1921 until her death. Early in her career, she was a major figure in the Harlem Renaissance; she became based in the UK after 1938.^[1][2][3] Hall entered the Guinness Book of World Records in 2003 as the world’s most enduring recording artist, having released material over eight consecutive decades.^[4] She performed with major artists such as Art Tatum,^[5] Ethel Waters, Josephine Baker, Louis Armstrong, Lena Horne, Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, Cab Calloway, Fela Sowande,^[6] Rudy Vallee,^[7] and Jools Holland, and recorded as a jazz singer with Duke Ellington (with whom she made her most famous recording, “Creole Love Call” in 1927)^[8] and with Fats Waller.^{[9][10][11][12]}

https://www.npr.org/2025/02/09/g-s1-47457/sam-nujoma-namibia-first-president-dies

Sam Nujoma, Namibia’s fiery freedom fighter and first president, dies aged 95

WINDHOEK, Namibia — Sam Nujoma, the fiery freedom fighter who led Namibia to independence from apartheid South Africa in 1990 and served as its first president for 15 years, and was known as the father of the nation, has died. He was 95.

https://members.usagym.org/pages/athletes/women.html?id=277503

Frankie Price is an American gymnast:

How did you get involved in gymnastics: My parents were athletes. My dad was an all around athlete and even played for the KC Royals before he was killed tragically in a motorcycle accident in 2009. I was only 6 years old but have many fond memories of him. My mom was a cheerleader in college.

https://www.gym-style.com/frankieprice/about.htm

https://barnard.edu/profiles/monica-l-miller

Monica L. Miller, Professor of Africana Studies, joined the faculty of Barnard in 2001.

Professor Miller specializes in African-American and American literature and cultural studies. Her research interests include twentieth- and twenty-first-century African-American literature, film, and contemporary art; contemporary literature and cultural studies of the black diaspora; performance studies; and intersectional studies of race, gender, and sexuality. 

https://agln.aspeninstitute.org/profile/2301

Okello “Paul” Aliker is a general dentist and CEO of The Dental Studio in Kampala, Uganda. A second generation dentist, Paul practiced briefly in Illinois before pursuing his dream of returning to Africa and setting up a practice in his own country. The Dental Studio is acknowledged as a leading dental practice in eastern Africa and draws patients from throughout the region.

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

Alice Malsenior Tallulah-Kate Walker (born February 9, 1944)^[2] is an American novelist, short story writer, poet, and social activist. In 1982, she became the first African-American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, which she was awarded for her novel The Color Purple.^[3][4] Over the span of her career, Walker has published seventeen novels and short story collections, twelve non-fiction works, and collections of essays and poetry.

https://www.maryelizabethwilliams.com

Mary Elizabeth Williams is a native of Philadelphia. Her career has taken her all over the globe in a careening zig-zag pattern—and she is grateful for every moment. Not long after graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature from Luther College in Iowa, she began her first professional singing engagement with the national Broadway tour of SHOWBOAT, which toured 9 U.S. cities in 12 months. She began her operatic career after completing young artist contracts at both Seattle Opera and the Opéra National de Paris, quickly making a name for herself in spinto soprano repertoire like TOSCA, AIDA, and Leonora in IL TROVATORE.

https://events.ncchc.org/national-conference/speaker/1417735/kenya-key

Dr. Kenya Key is a licensed clinical psychologist with over 20 years of experience in the mental health field. Dr. Key has extensive experience in correctional mental health having worked in various roles and settings. She is currently the Deputy Director of Health Services for the Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services, the juvenile justice agency for the District of Columbia.

New Members Welcomed to NCCHC Board

NCCHC welcomes three new members to its multidisciplinary Board of Representatives.

Clinical psychologist Kenya Key, PsyD, CCHP-MH, joined the board as the American Psychological Association liaison. As deputy director of health services for the DC Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services, she oversees behavioral health and restorative justice programs. Previously, she served as chief psychologist for Cermak Health Services at Cook County Jail in Chicago. Dr. Key is the recipient of the 2023 NCCHC Edward A. Harrison Excellence in Correctional Health Care Leadership Award, presented each year to an outstanding leader who inspires others, leads by example, and is committed to quality improvement in correctional health care.