Faces of Black Excellence

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April 16, 2020 at 4:00 pm

Meet 92-year-old Christine King Farris, the only living sibling of MLK

Michael Eli Dokosi

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  I was cast as the slave girl in my school play – Youngest African-American law school graduate shares her story

  Emmanuel Kwarteng
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  Jamie Saleeby quit his lucrative job to make plantain chips

  Stephen Nartey
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  9-yr-old Danielle Boadu shares how she beat 450 others to win national math competition in UK

  Mildred Europa Taylor
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  At 15, Nehemiah Juniel becomes youngest graduate at Sam Houston State University in Texas

  Mildred Europa Taylor
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  Lt. Gen. Michael E. Langley set to be the first Black Marine 4-star general after 246 years

  Francis Akhalbey
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  All about Colombia’s Luis Gilberto Murillo set to make history as ambassador to U.S.

  Francis Akhalbey

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  Gregory Robinson, the son of tobacco sharecroppers who fixed NASA’s giant space telescope 

  Abu Mubarik
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  13-year-old becomes youngest Black person to gain admission into medical school in U.S.

  Francis Akhalbey
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  Father and son now first Black male owners of wig and extension line after acquiring business from Asian owners

  Abu Mubarik
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  Siblings become first Black owners of bed and breakfast in Gettysburg

  Abu Mubarik
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  Florida: Black student scores a perfect 1600 on SAT

  Mildred Europa Taylor
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  HBCU alum is first Black woman to earn PhD in biomedical engineering from Vanderbilt University

  Mildred Europa Taylor

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