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Welcome to Black Excellence 365, where we celebrate all things Black culture and history every day of the year.  And where better to start exploring Black excellence in creativity than this month's theme,  History & Trailblazers 💯🔥.

This month we will highlight Black artists on the platform who use their talents to promote not just Black excellence, but the Black experience. We will also highlight history makers and trailblazers, whether those at the turn of the century like Duke Ellington and Billie Holiday, or those established at the legendary Black Arts Repertory Theater in Harlem, New York, and the creators the movement included: names such as Audre Lorde, Ntozake Shange, Thelonious Monk, James Baldwin, and Gil Scott-Heron. We will highlight icons from across disciplines, and explore the work of Prince, Aretha Franklin, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Toni Morrison, and Miles Davis. History takes us to the contemporary, and we will look at the Black artists today playing their part in the story of Black excellence and creativity with boldness and brilliance: including Kehinde Wiley, Bernardine Evaristo, and Kara Walker. This will go hand in hand with the history of Black creators in the arts, and trace the story of their work through some of these iconic names.

Most important of all: POST your art of a trailblazer, history-maker, or something inspired by your Black art influencers and heroes, and tag it with #blackexcellence365 for the chance to be featured. And join us for the story of the trailblazers and history-makers in the arts, and make sure you join in, follow, and share using the tags #BlackExcellence365. Welcome to February in #BlackExcellence365 ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽!

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