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 #blackmastodon

@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 #blackmastodon

@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 #blackmastodon

@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 they see me.

I often wonder what they see because I’ve been told I am extremely intimidating in person…not to children lol.

Me:

Children are able to see things that adults later lost the ability to see...

#blackwomen #92percent #blackmastodon

@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 Jim Crow. I don’t have anything to back up that outside of family oral history. You’re not going to be able to find every account of slavery documented by a scholar or academic.  Yes, have discernment.

#blackwomen #92percent #blackhistory #whitehistory #blackmastodon

***TRIGGER WARNING***

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

Surviving Sex Trafficking released in 2021

Only 1% of trafficking victims manage to escape or be rescued.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11691034

One latina shares that she was pressured into giving full service and every man felt like she was being raped.

#movie #blackwomen #92percent #whitewomen #southasianwomen #hispanicwomen #latinwomen #latina #indian #movie #asianwomen

@themoderndayqueen, a Black Queen, wrote:

I’ll say this… confidence starts at home.
But for a lot of us as Black girls, so does survival.

My mom taught me how to be strong.
Like… handle anything, figure it out, keep going no matter what.

(1/5)

#blackwomen #92percent #blackmastodon

@holistichealingwithkendra, Black Royalty, wrote:

The beauty industry is so blatantly anti-Black that they are using Bethany Frankel to promote products for skin over 50 when #NiaLong, #ReginaHall, #SanaaLathan, and many other

(1/6)

#blackwomen #92percent #blackskincare #blackmastodon

@magicandmasochism, Black Royalty, wrote:

The thing most people don’t understand is many people don’t end up unhoused BECAUSE of drugs; many end up using drugs

(1/3)

[I include #homeless for the searches of some, though I prefer the term #unhoused ]

#blackwomen #92percent #blackmastodon

@lynn_sgnl, Black Royalty, shared the text and video below.

⚡️SIGNAL: [white] people who are moving into South Central Los Angeles have been getting filmed by locals due them having a hard time believing that the one of the most urban parts of America is now being gentrified.

#blackwomen #92percent #gentrfication #blackmastodon