God repurposes bad decisions and squalid choices. To be saved by grace is to be saved by God, who placed a term limit on sin, and his son Jesus Christ, who danced a victory jig in the graveyard. https://t.co/FDPvIF178i
🌩️🌪️Monday- ❗️Rare Level 4 Risk for most of central NC (first since 2021 in NC!). Level 3 Risk for east NC and the foothills, Level 2 Risk for WNC. The primary threats- damaging wind gusts of 74 mph+ and tornadoes, some strong. Full forecast: https://t.co/0eFlw2t3Cw
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I’d like to begin by apologizing for the delayed post as we take a moment to honor the life and legacy of
2nd Lieutenant Emily Jazmin Tatum Perez
February 19, 1983 – September 12, 2006
Happy Heavenly Birthday 🤍
2nd Lt. Perez served as a Cadet Command Sergeant Major at the United States Military Academy at West Point before commissioning as a Medical Service Corps Officer in the United States Army.
She deployed to Iraq in December 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and was killed in action on September 12, 2006, when an improvised explosive device detonated near her Humvee during combat operations in Al Kifl, near Najaf.
At just 23 years old, she became:
• The first female graduate of West Point to die in the Iraq War
• The first graduate of the West Point “Class of 9/11” to die in combat
• The first Black female U.S. Army officer to die in combat
Her courage, leadership, and service continue to inspire.
We remember her.
We honor her.
We will never forget.
—How Sidney Poitier And Harry Belafonte Escaped The KKK To Help Save Freedom Summer—
In 1964, America was shaken by the discovery of the bodies of three civil rights workers who had disappeared weeks earlier in Mississippi. Their murders exposed the deadly reality facing those trying to secure voting rights for Black citizens during Freedom Summer.
When news reached singer Harry Belafonte that the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was running out of money and might not survive the campaign, he moved quickly. Funds were raised in New York, and his friend, actor Sidney Poitier, helped ensure the support reached the front lines. Together, they transported $70,000 into Mississippi to keep organizers working in one of the most dangerous environments in the country.
They arrived after dark at the Greenwood airport. Soon after leaving, their car was pursued by a pickup truck filled with white men. The vehicle rammed them, and for a moment it appeared the situation could turn deadly. They managed to escape and reach their destination, successfully delivering the money that helped keep Freedom Summer alive.
For Belafonte, the moment stayed with him for the rest of his life. As he later said, even if he and Poitier never did anything else together, this was something he would always cherish.
Their trip never became the headline. But without that money, the movement in Mississippi might have stalled at a critical moment. Sometimes the turning points of history happen quietly — carried in envelopes, driven down dark roads, and delivered by people willing to take the risk.
🕰️ Here is the expected timing of the greatest impacts from today's slow moving system.
⚠️ Expected impacts include damaging wind gusts, localized flash flooding, and an isolated tornado cannot be ruled out. #NCwx