HAPPY BIRTHDAY to three-time Grammy-winning singer, songwriter, and record producer Gerald Maxwell Rivera (born May 23, 1973), who turns 51 today.

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#Maxwell #rnb #neosoul #progressivesoul

REMEMBERING Marvelous Marvin Hagler (May 23, 1954 – March 13, 2021), middleweight boxing great, today on what would have been his 70th birthday.

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#MarvelousMarvinHagler

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Dame Joan Henrietta Collins DBE (born May 23, 1933), who turns 91 today.

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#JoanCollins #AlexisColby #Dynasty

A coward is a person who lacks the courage to do or endure dangerous or unpleasant things.

The definition fits #NikkiHaley perfectly.
#NeverHaley #NeverTrump

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to R&B veteran Johnny Gill Jr. (born May 22, 1966) who turns 58 today.

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#JohnnyGill #NewEdition #LSG #DCNative #DMV

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to R&B/Gospel singer-songwriter Shirley Murdock (born May 22, 1957) who turns 67 today.

Image credit: © 1985 Elektra/Asylum Records
#ShirleyMurdock

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Academy Award-winning actress Da'Vine Joy Randolph (born May 21. 1986), who turns 38 today.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Ms. Rachelle Ferrell (born May 21, 1961), unquestionably one of the most dynamic talents in contemporary pop music, who turns 63 today.

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#RachelleFerrell

We remember and celebrate the life of American Muslim minister and human rights activist Malcolm X, el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz (born Malcolm Little, May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965), born 99 years ago today, in Omaha, Nebraska.

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Sending best wishes to Grace Beverly Jones OJ (born May 19, 1948) today on her 76th birthday.

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#GraceJones

We remember and celebrate the life of American playwright and activist Lorraine Vivian Hansberry (May 19, 1930 – January 12, 1965), who was born 94 years ago today, in Chicago, Illinois.

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#LorraineHansberry #ARaisinInTheSun

In honor of Armed Forces Day today, I extend my deepest condolences to the teammates, friends, and fellow Air Commandos of Senior Airman Roger N. Fortson. Thank you all for your service. 🇺🇸 #RogerFortson #Hurlburt #AirCommandos #Airmen #AFSOC

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WASHINGTON DC—May 18-19, Metro will close the Brookland-CUA Station 🔴, with no Red Line service at Fort Totten 🔴. Free shuttle service available during Metrorail operating hours.

Hours: Sat 7 a.m. - 1 a.m.
Sun 7 a.m. - Midnight
#YourMetro #WMATA

REMEMBERING Grammy-winning Gospel artist Bishop Walter L. Hawkins (May 18, 1949 – July 11, 2010) today, on what would have been his 75th birthday.

📷: #WalterHawkins Oakland Post Photograph collection, MS 169, African American Museum & Library at Oakland, Oakland Public Library

On May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka that segregation in public schools was inherently unequal.

📷: (l-r) George E.C. Hayes, Thurgood Marshall, and James Nabrit Jr argued the case.

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#BrownVBoard

In Loving Memory of ROGER N. FORTSON
April 15, 2001 - May 3, 2024

Friday, March 17, 2024, 11:00 A.M. ET

New Birth Missionary Baptist Church
6400 Woodrow Road
at Bishop Eddie L. Long Parkway
Stonecrest, GA 30038

Interment: Lincoln Cemetery, Atlanta, GA

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Ray Charles Leonard (born May 17, 1956), best known as Sugar Ray Leonard, who turns 68 today.

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#SugarRayLeonard

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Ms. Janet Damita Jo Jackson (born May 16, 1966), who turns 58 today.

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#JanetJackson #DamitaJo