Essential The Big Thread of Black Excellence

[DaRealness]

This dude is nice. I thought the first few drawing were actual photographs.

From Beyonce to Mother Teresa: Kelvin Okafor's incredible drawings look just like digital photos | Mail Online

 

[Dark Knyght]

From Beyonce to Mother Teresa: Kelvin Okafor's incredible drawings look just like digital photos | Mail Online

What get me are the eyes and the hair. Also, the level of detail on the skin. This dude pencil game is ridiculous.

 

[mrjoncampbell]

What get me are the eyes and the hair. Also, the level of detail on the skin. This dude pencil game is ridiculous.

And he's selling his work for between £5-15 thousand a piece. Greatness.

 

[Chief]

Sibusiso Vilane - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

First black person on top of Mt Everest

 

[Danie84]

Nicolás Rolando Gabaldón (1st documented Black surfer)

 

[Marciano]

Grace Amey-Obeng

BBC News - The Ghanaian woman who made millions fighting skin-bleaching

"Mrs Amey-Obeng explained that, once her clinic was running, she realised that the imported products they were recommending often proved too expensive for their clients.
FC Beauty College students Since its opening, the FC Beauty College has trained more than 5,000 young people

This was often a result of currency exchange rate fluctuations.

"It was a challenge. They would come back with worse conditions, and so we said: 'OK, why don't we start our own line that we can sell to our people?'".

Black is Beautiful

 

[Thebadguy]

Captain Calvin Flanigan
Retiring Delta pilot never missed a day in 45 years - Dallas News | myFOXdfw.com
Calvin “Cal” Flanigan Delta: Black Pilot Retires After 45 Years | Breaking News for Black America

 

[Captain Crunch]

:wow2:

 

[Marciano]

R. Donahue Peebles is a hustler, I gotta cop the books he's written

A Landmark Deal for Black-Owned Real Estate Firm, The Peebles Corp

The transaction, according to CEO R. Donahue Peebles, marks the first time an African American owned company has acquired a major commercial property south of Harlem. “This is a barrier breaker in that regard,” he says.

Peebles Corp. is set to acquire the building for $160 million and subsequently convert the 418,991 gross square foot structure into a mixed-use property featuring a boutique hotel with 170 rooms and luxury residential condominiums. “I was committed to doing business in New York and building a business here in New York. I was attracted to the location because it’s Tribeca, which still has a lot of the original character of Tribeca,” says Peebles. “And it’s a significant building that’s iconic. It fits a lot of our company’s areas of expertise. It’s a good fit for us.”

 

[DreadHead P]

Captain Calvin Flanigan
Retiring Delta pilot never missed a day in 45 years - Dallas News | myFOXdfw.com
Calvin “Cal” Flanigan Delta: Black Pilot Retires After 45 Years | Breaking News for Black America

thats dedication

 

[Danie84]

Wilson Kipsang and Caroline Rotich (both Kenyans) winners of yesterday NYC Half Marathon

 

[semtex]

Neil DeGrasse Tyson

 

[semtex]

 

[yo moms]

Don't forget the og Jack Johnson. He's a pioneer of the make em mad group.

the OG

 

[Danie84]

James Stewart, Jr.(1st successful Black motorcrosser in any major motorsports association