Ralph Waldo Ellison (March 1, 1913 – April 16, 1994) was an American writer, literary critic, and scholar best known for his novel Invisible Man, which won the National Book Award in 1953. Martin Fitzgerald Lawrence (born April 16, 1965) is an #blackwomen #blackhistory #blacksky #addtoblacksky

Growing list of those born or died on April 16 in any year Alek Wek (born 16 April 1977) is a South Sudanese–[british] model and designer who began her fashion career at the age of 18 in 1995. She has been hailed for her influence on the #blackwomen #blackhistory #blacksky #addtoblacksky

Bessie Smith (April 15, 1892 – September 26, 1937) was an African-American blues singer widely renowned during the Jazz Age. #blackwomen #blackhistory #blacksky #addtoblacksky

Growing list of those born or died on April 15 in any year Asa Philip Randolph (April 15, 1889 – May 16, 1979) was an American labor unionist and civil rights activist. In 1925, he organized and led the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, the #blackwomen #blackhistory #blacksky #addtoblacksky

I have AuDHD I responded to family and I was confused by their non verbal cues. I silently considered various ways of responding in the Now and for the first time thought of the simplest response: I pointed with my right forefinger to my head and (1/3) #neurodivergent #adhd

Latent racism ‘Lost in Translation’ www.michigandaily.com/arts/lost-tr... #movie #japan

Project Hail Mary released in 2026 Amusing beautiful film with perhaps the simplest answer to a question The leading woman Sandra Hüller starred in the phenomenal French movie Anatomy of a Fall 2023 www.imdb.com/title/tt1700... and the German The Zone of Interest 2023 1/3 #movie

Simone Lucie Ernestine Marie Bertrand de Beauvoir (9 January 1908 – 14 April 1986) was a French existentialist philosopher, writer, social theorist, and feminist activist.

Ready or Not 2: Here I Come released in 2026 Buffy's back - as a gaunt psychopath :) www.imdb.com/title/tt3397... #movie #horror

Growing list of those born or died on April 14 in any year Andrea Monica Martin (April 14, 1972 – September 27, 2021) was an American R&B songwriter and singer. She died in a hospital in New York City at age 49. #blackwomen #92percent #blackhistory #blacksky #addtoblacksky

Wild Brazil released in 2014 More animals live here than on any other nation on earth. The Pantanal has more predators than any other place on the planet. (1/3) #tv #animals #tuftedcapuchins #giantotters #caiman #tapir #anteaters #coati #southernlapwings #AnacondaSnake

Ready or Not released in 2019 best divorce ever :) www.imdb.com/title/tt7798... #movie #greathorror

Via ITK SH Capri absolutely owned the stage! #blackwomen #blacksky #addtoblacksky

Albert Leornes Greene (born April 13, 1946), known professionally as Al Green, is an American singer, songwriter, pastor and record producer. He is best known for recording a series of soul hit singles in the early 1970s, including his #blackwomen #blackhistory #blacksky #addtoblacksky

Growing list of those born or died on April 13 in any year Robert Peapo "Peabo" Bryson (born April 13, 1951) is an American singer and songwriter. He is known for singing soul ballads (often as a duet with female singers) including the hit single #blackwomen #blackhistory #blacksky #addtoblacksky

Penguins: Spy in the Huddle released in 2013 Humboldt Penguins easily out maneuver/manoeuvre predator sea lions slow on land to get to their nesting grounds in the Atacama desert in Chile - the world's driest desert, 1mm of precipitation annually, (1/2) #tv #animals .

I'm 58. I had to learn to chew smaller mouthfuls of food to stop me from occasionally choking and being unable to breath temporarily unaware in my panic that I still have nostrils :) I had to give up Body Pump bc at this age I sprain my back so easily from fast movements. 1/7

Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is an American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer. He started his career with trumpeter Donald Byrd's group. Hancock soon joined the Miles Davis Quintet Freda Josephine Baker (née McDonald; #blackwomen #blackhistory #blacksky #addtoblacksky

Growing list of those born or died on April 12 in any year Joseph Louis Barrow (May 13, 1914 – April 12, 1981) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1934 to 1951. Nicknamed "the Brown Bomber" Kenneth Chamberlain Sr. was [executed] #blackwomen #blackhistory #blacksky #addtoblacksky

The therapist commended me for working really hard at the sessions. I work hard at everything I do by now at 58. A couple of years ago a cousin said a couple of things. I follow keto avoiding all fruits and vegetables; so I don't react to others; so instead I meditated (1/5)

Cortical Labs Plugs Human Brain Cells Into an [AI] robohorizon.com/en-us/magazi...

Boston Blue S0E14 "A good apology: I'm sorry and then say what you did wrong." #tv #blackactors

Growing list of those born or died on April 11 in any year Viola Fauver Liuzzo (née Gregg; April 11, 1925 – March 25, 1965) was [a white] American civil rights activist. In March 1965 she drove from her home in Detroit, Michigan to Alabama to #blackwomen #blackhistory #blacksky #addtoblacksky

Kamaal Ibn John Fareed (born Jonathan William Davis; April 10, 1970), better known by his stage name Q-Tip, is an American rapper and record producer. Nicknamed the Abstract, he is noted for his innovative jazz-influenced style of hip hop #blackwomen #blackhistory #blacksky #addtoblacksky

Growing list of those born or died on April 10 in any year Neville O'Riley Livingston OM OJ (10 April 1947 – 2 March 2021), known professionally as Bunny Wailer, was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and percussionist. He was an original member of #blackwomen #blackhistory #blacksky #addtoblacksky

Jimpa released in 2025 set in Australia/Netherlands compersion The feeling of joy associated with seeing a loved one love another; contrasted with jealousy. www.imdb.com/title/tt2374... #movie #lgbtqmovie #greatmovie #blackactors #JeanJanssens #RomanaVrede #singing

I live in the Now according to Eckhart Tolle so I had no expectations of change before beginning the therapy. I was just open to the experience. I have AuDHD so I can't collate all the changes from the therapy in my mind in a single moment; but this is what (1/2) #abusesurvivor

Beyond the Brush released in 2025 omits non white people's ancient and historical contribution to art so I rated it 1 #tv

Today was my last therapy session with Safeline. In six months I can request a further 12 sessions if I think I need them. There is a support line to which I can reach out up to twice a week. Those (wo)manning the line might not be professionally trained therapists. (1/4)

@hannah_loves_birth, Black Royalty, wrote: Today, as a PhD student, I listened to a professor speak about addressing antiracism in nursing education. At the end of their presentation, (1/4) #blackwomen #92percent #blackphd #blackeducated #blackacademics #blackpedagogy #blacksky #addtoblacksky

***TRIGGER WARNING*** One of my childhood friends had a post about Elvis on their page. I sourced an interview with John Lennon stating that Elvis had culturally appropriated Black Music: bsky.app/profile/audu... They unfriended me. (1/6) #abusesurvivor #neurodivergent

@melissia_buckhalter, Black Royalty, wrote: Be careful out there when traveling through the airport. I’m at LAX and a nice enough airport worker asked me to complete a survey. Sure, why not. I took the tablet and answered all the (1/4) #blackwomen #92percent #iceagent #blacksky #addtoblacksky

@s0larrai, Black Royalty, wrote: I love children, I always have deep down but I am very stone faced, like maleficent. They often randomly approach me in public & babies always stare at me, follow me with their eyes or start giggling when (1/2) #blackwomen #92percent #blacksky #addtoblacksky

@boomblitz96, Black Royalty, wrote: I have slave stories that are passed down through my family that talks about the torture Our family members went through specifically at the end of slavery and really throughout (1/2) #blackwomen #92percent #blackhistory #whitehistory #blacksky #addtoblacksky

Growing list of those born or died on April 9 in any year Paul Leroy Robeson (April 9, 1898 – January 23, 1976) was an American bass-baritone concert artist, actor, professional football player, and activist who became famous both for his #blackwomen #blackhistory #blacksky #addtoblacksky

***TRIGGER WARNING*** . . . . . . . . . . . Fargo released in 1996 The token person of color - a Chinese man - is shown as stereotypically weak when none of my Chinese friends would take any sh*t so I rated it at 1 I understand that many (1/2) #movie #asian

History's Greatest Warriors S01E02 released in 2026 The first series at least only celebrates light skinned warriors. This episode continue to reinforce the false narrative that the vikings were white when they were actually multiracial so I rated it at 1 on IMDb. Source: #tv

The Bride! released in 2026 What the pigs will do to a white woman... Imagine what they will do to a Black Woman... We don't have to imagine: bsky.app/profile/audu... www.imdb.com/title/tt3085... #movie #privilege

Growing list of those born or died on April 8 in any year Marian Anderson (February 27, 1897 – April 8, 1993) was an American contralto. She performed a wide range of music, from opera to spirituals. Anderson performed with renowned orchestras in #blackwomen #blackhistory #blacksky #addtoblacksky

How China can survive without the Strait of Hormuz ...China boasts an electric vehicle fleet about as large as the rest of the world’s combined, vast and growing oil stockpiles, diversified supplies of oil, and gas and an electricity grid that is (1/2) #iran

Twin nieces were born today :) Mom and her daughters are all well :)

Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan; Apr 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959) was an American jazz and swing music singer. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and music partner, Lester Young, Holiday made significant contributions to jazz music and pop singing. #blackwomen #blackhistory #blacksky #addtoblacksky

Growing list of those born or died on April 7 in any year The Gap Band was an American R&B and funk band that rose to fame during the 1970s and 1980s. The band consisted of three brothers: Charlie, Ronnie, and Robert Wilson, along with other #blackwomen #blackhistory #blacksky #addtoblacksky

Trafficked released in 207 set in Naija et al The average age of entry into sex trade is 14 years old. www.imdb.com/title/tt1720... #blackactors #movie #blackwomen #blacksky #addtoblacksky

Kisses released in 2008 set in Dublin, Ireland features from Shelter from the Storm by Bob Dylan: "When [Blackness] was a virtue..." when Blackness has and always will be a virtue so I guess Dylan used to be a racist and I rated this 1 for quoting such a lyric. #movie

Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back released in 2019 Black and gay, he decided to always be honest about who he was though that attracted both anti-black racism and homophobia www.imdb.com/title/tt1004... #movie #blackmovie #greatmovie #tapdance #authenticity #gregoryhines #blacksky #addtoblacksky

***TRIGGER WARNING*** . . . . . . . . . . . Titicut Follies released in 1967 [I was raped at the age of 11 by white men.] starts with interviewing a young white man who abused a 11 year old child Difficult to watch. www.imdb.com/title/tt0062... #movie #abusesurvivor #mentalhealth

Prosecuting Evil released in 2018 War can make murderers of otherwise decent people www.imdb.com/title/tt7616... #movie #jewish

I'm not a Muslim. Islam was predicted to become the world's largest religion by 2135. Now it's by 2070. The west's war with Iran and Iran's response will increase respect for Islam accelerating its growth Most converts to Islam are Black; but (1/2)

Yesterday I avoided Threads in favor of practicing a sequence of yoga asanas on my (purple) yoga mat. :)