Black Excellence
Black Excellence
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People are Actually Hating on LeBron James' I Promise School Because … You Know Why
I imagine that there is an undiscovered ancient text penned by one of the lesser-known apostles that recounts the life of Yeshua from a unique perspective. And, according to the Gospel of Antwan, when the disciples passed out plates of whiting and hush puppies to the multitude that showed up at Jesusâ open-invitation fish fry,…
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Things Black People Say When You Might Be About to Catch Those Hands But You're Not Quite Sure
If the âAiight. Betâ is accompanied by a lack of eye contact and a slight head nodâand not a shy lack of eye contact but eyes that are clearly focused on something elseârun. Donât ask questions. Donât wait for clarification. Just run. Same. Same, again. Thus ends the famed and dreaded âAiight Foursome.â The irony…
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Black Student Wins Harvard Debate Tournament After Atlanta Students Dominate CompetitionÂ
Because most people are unaware of the long history of debate in the black community, when Harvard brought 400 high schoolers to the university to compete in its prestigious debate competition, the group of black teens from Atlanta was probably considered a long shot. After all, most of the Atlanta students were inexperienced debaters. This…
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What It Looks Like When the Whole Team's Winning
A few years back, one of my best friends had the opportunity to go back to his home church in D.C. and give a speech during a service. As a son of the church, he was speaking on his journey from his beginnings in southeast Washington, D.C., to, at that point in time, receiving his…
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Mareena Robinson Snowden Is The 1st Black Woman to Earn a Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering From MIT
Mareena Robinson Snowden became the first black woman to earn a Ph.D. in nuclear engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology when she crossed the stage at her graduation on June 8. Provocatively, a career in STEM wasnât always something Snowden was interested in. âEngineering definitely was not something I had a passion for at…
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#PermitPatty Reported a 13-Year-Old Selling Hot Dogs. Instead of Shutting Him Down, the City Helped Him Get His Permit
Not today, Satan. Or in this case, not today #PermitPatty. An old sourpuss who was trying to kill a Minneapolisâ teen entrepreneurial spirit did not prosper after the city rallied together to get him the proper permit to continue is business. Jaequan Faulkner had been cooking hot dogs outside his home, selling them to raise…
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Determined College Student Walked 20 Miles to New Job, So His Boss Gave Him a CarÂ
There are people (slowly raises hand) who gripe about having to get up before the sun is up to jumpstart their workday. Then there are people like Walter Carr, who start walking at midnight in order to arrive at their job â located 20 miles away â on time. I kid you not. Walter Carr…
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Meet the Youngest Black Woman to Own a McDonald's FranchiseÂ
Jade Colin, 28, is McDonaldâs youngest black franchise owner in the country. Colin, a New Orleanâs native, was introduced to the McDonaldâs franchise at an early age and not just by being a regular customer. Her parents purchased their first restaurant in 2010 and they now own six. After graduating in 2012 from the University…