William December Williams Jr. (born April 6, 1937) is an American actor, novelist and painter. He has appeared in over 100 films and television roles over six decades. He is best known for portraying Lando Calrissian in the Star Wars franchise
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Growing list of those born or died on April 6 in any year
Lauren Ridloff (née Teruel; born April 6, 1978) is a deaf American actress known for her roles in the TV series The Walking Dead and the film Eternals.
Francis Johnson (June 16, 1792 –
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Surviving Sex Trafficking released in 2021
Only 1% of trafficking victims manage to escape
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McKinley Morganfield (April 4, 1913 – April 30, 1983), better known as Muddy Waters, was an American blues singer-songwriter and musician who was an important figure in the post-World War II blues scene, and is often cited as the
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Growing list of those born or died on April 4 in any year
Maya Angelou (born Marguerite Annie Johnson; April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014) was an American memoirist, essayist, poet, and civil rights activist.
Martin Luther King Jr.
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Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place released in 2011
He wrote One flew over the Cuckoo's Nest wherein he reinforces negative stereotypes of Black People which were omitted from the later film starring the racist Jack Nicholson.
So I rated it 1.
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Nas: Time Is Illmatic released in 2014
DR. WEST: Historically speaking, you gotta keep in mind the GI Bill was a bill in which persons had access to education, credit, they gained access to houses,
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Once we collect enough spoons, we've got a sick ass idea to create BIPOC centered zine focusing on trans and queer folks
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Growing list of those born or died on April 5 in any year
Randolph Evans (1961–1976) was a 15-year-old ninth-grade boy at Franklin K. Lane High School in Brooklyn. He was shot and [executed] by NYPD [pig] Robert Torsney on November 25, 1976.
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@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.
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@zayzaysmama23 wrote:
When taking a cultural humility training for my job, one thing stuck with me more than any other: Black [People] are disproportionately misdiagnosed with paranoia-related psychiatric conditions, a diagnosis that
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Edward Regan Murphy (born Apr 3, 1961) is a US comedian, actor, and singer. He had his breakthrough as a stand-up comic before gaining stardom for his film roles
Sarah Lois Vaughan (Mar 27, 1924 – Apr 3, 1990) was a US jazz singer and pianist
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Growing list of those born or died on April 3 in any year
Carter Godwin Woodson (December 19, 1875 – April 3, 1950) was an American historian, author, journalist, and the founder of the Association for the Study of African American Life and
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Rare photos of #MichaelJackson during his childhood. ♥️
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In a Supreme Court amicus brief filed in the Trump v. Barbara case, the Chinese American Legal Defense Alliance lays out the anti-Chinese and anti-Black legal theories of the 1880s that underpinned the case against birthright citizenship —
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Rodney Glen King (April 2, 1965 – June 17, 2012) was an African American victim of police brutality. On March 3, 1991, he was severely beaten by officers of the Los Angeles Police Department
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Growing list of those born or died on April 2 in any year
Renée Nicole Macklin Good, a 37-year-old American woman, was [executed] in Minneapolis, Minnesota, by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent Jonathan Ross, on
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Uudet diktaattorit released in 2017
details the evolution of modern graffiti in Helsinki (Finland) without any acknowledgement to its origins in the US which is cultural appropriation so I rated it 1
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Babies released in 2025 set in uk
The idea of vaginal seeding was explored in 2015 after Maria Gloria Dominguez-Bello discovered that birth by caesarean section significantly altered the newborn child's microbiome
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Marvin Pentz Gaye Jr. (April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984) was an American R&B and soul singer, songwriter, musician and record producer. Commonly referred to as the "Prince of Motown" and "Prince of Soul", he helped to shape the sound of Motown and
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Growing list of those born or died on April 1 in any year
Charles Richard Drew (June 3, 1904 – April 1, 1950) was an American surgeon and medical researcher. He researched in the field of blood transfusions, developing improved techniques for
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@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
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