Author Francis Ray

#Relaxing or #listening to a #fiction NYT & USA Today author's book. AFTER THE DAWN by .@Francis_Ray #FridayFeeling

Airline attendants, postal workers & many transit workers have federal protections that provide clear consequences for #assault. Nurses — the ppl keeping patients alive — do not. Please stand w/ #nurses & demand real protection for our #healthcare workers. change.org/p/protect-our-…

@lady_valor_07 All 20. Done.

6 for me!!….I feel confident nobody Has all 20!! How many for you?

mid-1900s. msn.com/en-us/lifestyl…

Unboxed: Magician Nicole Cardoza gives 'Black Girl Magic' a new meaning. Contrary to popular belief, Blk ppl have been practicing magic for centuries. One of Cardoza’s favorite historical inspirations is Ellen E. Armstrong, the first Blk woman to tour her own magic show in the

Barber-Scotia College, “the first historically black female institution of higher education established after the American Civil War,” is in serious financial duress. gofundme.com/f/join-144000-…

Barber-Scotia College, a historic women's institution in Concord, North Carolina, has launched an innovative grassroots fundraising campaign asking 144,000 women to donate $1.44 each to support the institution's efforts to remain operational. #HBCU hbcuconnect.com/content/406713…

Squaddies: Happy International Women’s Day! ❤️

Victor Glover Will Become First Black Astronaut To Fly To The Moon blackenterprise.com/victor-glover-…

space for their Black clients, away from white people’s prying eyes.

According to Tiffany Gill, author of "Beauty Shop Politics: African American Women's Activism in the Beauty Industry,”  Robinson created a secret space to prepare women secretly for voter registration literacy tests. Since Blk women owned their salons, they could create a safe

The Hairdresser Who Secretly Used Her Beauty Salon For Black Political Good. Bernice Robinson, closed her shop for the night, she rarely left and went straight home. Her salon became an underground school. The lesson plan? Voter education. pushblack.us/news/hairdress…

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This is the team of senior residents (and one critical care fellow) staffing the Halsted Trauma and Acute Care Surgery team with me this week at @HopkinsMedicine. What a perfect photo for #BlackHistoryMonth w/ portrait of Vivien Thomas.

A day late but let's face it-- everyday is Women Physicians Day in @HopkinsKids ACCM! ☺️ Truly inspired each day by the FIFTY NINE (!) women physicians who are exceptional clinicians, researchers, educators and leaders in #PedsAnes, #PedsICU, #PedsCICU & #PedsPain. #WomenWhoLead #NWPD #IAmBlackwell

#Canada new $20 coin celebrates Ghana’s Akan people in honor of #BlackHistoryMonth. Reverse of the 99.99 per cent pure silver collector coin was designed by Canadian artist Kwame Delfish. Obverse side ft King Charles III by Canadian artist Steven Rosati. dailyhive.com/canada/canada-…

The legacy of Black Americans in cowboy culture Patricia Kelly, founder of Ebony Horsewomen, Inc., educates people about the history of Black equestrians while mentoring new generations about building life skills by learning about horses. abcnews.com/video/12999521…

The #archeologist who's come to authenticate cave drawings found on Duncan McBride's property is the kind of trouble he'd sworn to avoid and wasn't expecting. Raven La Blanc's ticket to the tenured position is her only focus, not this mutual attraction. #book #ebook #BookClub

Widow Traci Evans happily sits in on meetings with the lovely ladies of the Invincible Sisterhood solely because they reached out to her first. A loner, Traci feels for the first time she belongs, even though there are still major differences. #SpunkyOldBroadsDay

transitional residency, workforce development, job placement, and more. linktr.ee/RREPS.net rreps.net

Kerwin Pittman is the first formerly incarcerated person in U.S. history to purchase a decommissioned prison, which he is transforming into the Recidivism Reduction Campus. The campus will serve individuals transitioning home from jail & prison by providing trauma-informed care,