We Remember: Investigator Wayne David Metropolitan Police Department, District of Columbia End of Watch Wednesday, August 28, 2024 #officerdown #LODD

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: NAACP Image Award-nominated actor Chris Tucker turns 53 years old today. Photo by © 2018 George Pimentel/WireImage #ChrisTucker

Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary

Sunday Morning Worship at the Greater | 09.01.24 Lead Pastor Rodney L. Carter Jr Greater Mt Calvary Holy Church #BeGreater #ShiftingIntoGreater youtube.com/GMCHC

Wake and funeral services for Investigator Wayne Ellis David, Metropolitan Police Department, District of Columbia, announced. #officerdown #LODD Final Arrangements Entrusted to Pope Funeral Home, 5538 Marlboro Pike, Forestville, MD 20747 popefh.com/obituaries/Way…

Today, we remember Grammy-winning songwriter-keyboardist Billy Preston, on what would have been his 78th birthday. Preston's inspiration was his mother, for whom he wrote the song that became his best-known composition, "You Are So Beautiful". 📷 by RB/Redferns #BillyPreston

Today, we remember Richard Wright, who rose to literary prominence with major works, including Native Son and Black Boy, chronicling the Black experience in America, on his 116th birthday. Photo credit © Beinecke Library/Yale University Library #RichardWright #author #novelist

Respectfully, Speaker Mike Johnson we demand #MoreThanThoughtsAndPrayers from Congress. We insist that you #HonorWithAction and #BanAssaultWeaponsNow to prevent senseless tragedies like this. #EnoughIsEnough #EndGunViolenceNOW

Before Rosa Parks, there was a courageous 15-year-old girl named Claudette Colvin. Please join me in wishing this civil rights pioneer a very happy 85th birthday today! Photo credit © New York Public Radio #ClaudetteColvin #MontgomeryBusBoycott

Today, we remember disco trailblazer Sylvester James Jr. on his 77th birthday. Photography by Phil Bray/Fantasy Records #Sylvester #SylvesterJames

UPDATE: “expect delays” in both directions is putting it mildly. It should read “expect major delays”. Also, better communication would have helped to fuel heated tensions between riders and L’Enfant Station managers. Do better. #wmata #yourmetro #transit #dmv

FAREWELL: Emmy-Grammy-Oscar-Tony winner James Earl Jones died at his home in Pawling, New York on September 9, at the age of 93. Photo credit: © SAG-AFTRA #JamesEarlJones

REST IN PEACE: Frankie Beverly, legendary R&B artist, songwriter and producer, has died at the age of 77. Photo by © Paras Griffin via Getty Images #FrankieBeverly #MazeFeaturingFrankieBeverly

Viewing and funeral service for Investigator Wayne Ellis David, Metropolitan Police Department, will be held today at 11 am at the EbenezerAME. Final arrangements entrusted to PopeFuneralHomes. #officerdown #LODD

Today, we remember Broadway singer-actress Nell Carter on what would have been her 76th birthday. Carter achieved her most lasting fame as the star of the NBC sitcom GIMME A BREAK! Photo ©NBC/Courtesy: Everett Collection #NellCarter

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Associate Supreme Court Ketanji Brown Jackson turns 54 years old today. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) #KetanjiBrownJackson