Essential The Big Thread of Black Excellence

CrimsonTider

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Here are some of my favorite black inspirations

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Self-explanatory


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Dr. Ben Carson, black neurosurgeon

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First black billionaire, Bob Johnson

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Reginald Lewis, leveraged buyout specialist and the first black man to run a billion dollar company

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I dislike the man's politics, but his personal story is inspiring. I cried on Inauguration Day (no homo) because I realized that if America was willing to elect a black man to its highest office, I could do anything I set my mind to.
 
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