Author | Lightnews

TonJe’ @cbmermaid79.bsky.social · Mar 6

I still can’t believe that she’s gone….her music has been apart of the soundtrack of my life since I was in my 20’s!! Gone much too soon! Thankful for all the music you left us! Rest easy with the creator!!

🎶❤️‍🩹🎶❤️‍🩹🎶

#RIPAngieStone

1

TonJe’ @cbmermaid79.bsky.social · Feb 21

Escaping slaves used to throw balls of fried cornmeal out to distract the hounds from tracking them. The hounds would stop barking and tracking thanks to the cornmeal which later adopted the name “hush puppies”. ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿

#BlackHistory #HushPuppies #BlackHistoryMonth

3

TonJe’ @cbmermaid79.bsky.social · Feb 16

Thomas L. Jennings made history in 1821 as the first Black person to receive a U.S. patent for his novel dry-cleaning method. A successful businessman, he used his wealth to free enslaved family members and fund abolitionist efforts, leaving a lasting legacy. #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistory ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿

2

TonJe’ @cbmermaid79.bsky.social · Feb 11

Donnie Cochran 🛫
Navy naval aviator and was the first Black American aviator to be selected to the Flight Demonstration Squadron Blue Angels in 1986. Cochran later assumed command of the Blue Angels in 1994. He is a 2022 inductee to the Georgia Aviation Hall of Fame. ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿

#BlackHistoryMonth

3

TonJe’ @cbmermaid79.bsky.social · Feb 10

Celebrating Sarah Boone (1832-1904)
Sarah Boone, born into slavery in 1832, invented an improved ironing board, streamlining the ironing process for women's clothing.
Her patented design, awarded in 1892, made her one of the first African American women to receive a patent.

#BlackHistoryMonth✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿

1

TonJe’ @cbmermaid79.bsky.social · Feb 8

Matthew Cherry, an African American inventor, patented a device that was called a velocipede. Cherry''s patent was a forerunner of what we know as the tricycle. #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistory #BlackHistory365 #BlackExcellence ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿

TonJe’ @cbmermaid79.bsky.social · Feb 7

Do you know Bessie Coleman? She was the first Black woman to earn a pilot’s license in 1921 when U.S. flight schools refused her entry. She learned to fly in France and became a famous stunt pilot! ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿🛬

#BlackHistoryMonth #KnowYourHistory #CelebrateExcellence

1 1 1

TonJe’ @cbmermaid79.bsky.social · Feb 3

In 1849, to escape 33 years of his life as a slave, Henry "Box" Brown shipped himself in a cargo box from Richmond, Virginia, to the abolitionist zone in Philadelphia.
Henry Brown completed the 350-mile journey, barely breathing through the air holes he pierced in his 60-centimeter-wide cargo box!

1

TonJe’ @cbmermaid79.bsky.social · Feb 3

👏🏽🫶🏽👏🏽🫶🏽👏🏽🫶🏽👏🏽

Chronic Illness Humor @chronicillness.bsky.social · Feb 2

Source: r.a.r.e.advoc8 on Insta
Disabilities and Invisible Disabilities Quote
#disability #disabled #chronicillness

Source: r.a.r.e.advoc8 on Insta
validity of my disabilities is not determined by what you see - it is determined by how I feel
The

1

TonJe’ @cbmermaid79.bsky.social · Feb 3

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

1

TonJe’ @cbmermaid79.bsky.social · Feb 3

Betty Boop Was Inspired By A Black Jazz Singer Named Esther Jones, Who Was Known As "Baby Esther":

Jones Performed Regularly At The Cotton Club In Harlem In The 1920s.
💙🎶

#BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistory #BettyBoop #EstherJonesBettyBoop

TonJe’ @cbmermaid79.bsky.social · Feb 1

Mary Wallace: First female bus driver for Chicago Transit Authority, 1974. She remained a bus driver for 33 years before retiring. ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿

#BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistory #MaryWallace #BlackFemaleBusDriver

3

TonJe’ @cbmermaid79.bsky.social · Jan 29

Truth!!!

#ChronicIllness #ChronicPainWarriors

Chronic Illness Humor @chronicillness.bsky.social · Jan 28

I can't think of a better Chronic Illness Meme that seriously discusses our struggles
Source: spoonfulsofkindness on Insta
#chronicillness #chronicallyill #autoimmune

Stay sick and you're not trying hard enough
make improvement, and you were faking it all along
share your reality and you're seeking attention
keep the struggle to yourself, and you aren't really sick

Source: spoonfulsofkindness on Insta

1

TonJe’ @cbmermaid79.bsky.social · Jan 27

Ferry rides are always good for the soul! 🫶🏽🧜🏾‍♀️🎶🐾⛴️

Reposted by TonJe’

Literary Pearls @literarypearls.bsky.social · Jan 24

“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”

James Baldwin

170 5.2K 24K

TonJe’ @cbmermaid79.bsky.social · Jan 24

👏🏽👏🏽💯👏🏽👏🏽

TonJe’ @cbmermaid79.bsky.social · Jan 24

❤️

TonJe’ @cbmermaid79.bsky.social · Jan 23

🫶🏽

1

TonJe’ @cbmermaid79.bsky.social · Jan 23

#LifeLoveAndTruths 🫶🏽🧜🏾‍♀️🫶🏽

1

TonJe’ @cbmermaid79.bsky.social · Jan 23

I’m so sorry!! Grief in of itself is already so complex let alone if you had a situation likes yours or a complex relationship with a parent. My dad passed in June 2023( my relationship with him was complex)…..in many ways still feels like only a couple months ago!😢😢Sending you gentle hugs!

1 1

TonJe’ @cbmermaid79.bsky.social · Jan 22

Love this!! Where did you find this mug? I’d love to get one as well. 🧜🏾‍♀️🫶🏽🪶

Reposted by TonJe’

🌊🏄BlueWaveSurfer🏄🌊 @bluewavesurfer.bsky.social · Jan 22

MAGA = NAZIS

48 440 860

TonJe’ @cbmermaid79.bsky.social · Jan 22

For reals 😔

3

TonJe’ @cbmermaid79.bsky.social · Jan 22

Precisely, if Jesus was walking the earth today you best believe He’d be flipping over some more tables right now! I’m so over Trump trying to attach himself in anyway shape or form to the likeness of Christs teachings!!

1

TonJe’ @cbmermaid79.bsky.social · Jan 22

So incredibly true!! I too am sorry we are in this club. I’m here if you need someone to
vent/ talk to. Feel free to message me. 🙏🏽