Category / Black Excellence
Brooklyn Illustrator Honors Dr. King’s Legacy With ‘Future-Focused’ Google Doodle
On Monday, Google unveiled its latest Doodle commissioned to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day. This year, the company tapped Brooklyn illustrator Olivia Fields, who rendered what she calls a “future-focused” image, inspired by Dr. King’s words. Police Sergeant Grabs Junior Officer by the Throat After She Pulls […]
Jessica Moss Connects Artists and Community in North Carolina with Artist Residency, The Roll Up CLT
My first memory of time spent at The Roll Up CLT shakes out to become clearer like a polaroid capture. Through the haze of late summer on southern porches, I recall a curated kinship, community, and a shared love of Black art in close space. […]
Denzel Talks Looking Beyond Race in New Macbeth Adaptation
On January 14, 2021, Joel Coen’s new film, “The Tragedy of Macbeth, was released on Apple TV+ after being screened in selected theaters since December 25, 2021. Although there have been many adaptations of the Shakespearean play, Coen’s film stars actor Denzel Washington as Macbeth. […]
Afro Puffs — Activate! Three-Year-Old’s Birthday Photos As Spider-Girl Goes Viral
With great power, comes a great pair of afro puffs for one special little three-year-old girl who got to show off her Black girl magic in a photoshoot as Spider Girl. Based in Mobile, Alabama, Rae’s Bleu Rose Photography threw social media in a frenzy when she […]
‘Never Imagined’: Jersey City Firefighter Promoted to Battalion Chief 60 Years After His Grandfather Became City’s First Black Firefighter
The legacy of New Jersey’s first African-American firefighter, Thomas Gerald Taylor, has grown richer as his grandson celebrates his own career milestone as a firefighter. Dwayne Taylor, whose father was also a firefighter, was among six minority firefighters — four Hispanic and two African-American— who […]