Maria Ragin

I am a person with a wonderful sense of humor and Don't take everything seriously.

[Las Vegas Aces @LVAces]

PLAYER OF E𝑽ERY MONTH 💖

The M'𝑽P is the only player in @WNBA history to sweep all Player of the Month honors in multiple seasons.

[Abigail Miller @Abigail_M2050]

Eminem & daughter Hailie just erased $700K in school lunch debt across 103 schools in Michigan! No child hungry, no shame. 🙏

While billionaires buy yachts, Slim Shady quietly paid debts for thousands of kids. This is how you use fame — compassion over clout! Real hero! 💛📚

[James Jones @jamesjonesesq]

There's a black swim team in Atlanta called the Swordfish and they just competed at the Georgia Recreation State Swim Championships. The team brought home 3 gold, 5 silver, and 4 bronze medals.

[WNBA @WNBA]

Atlanta, 1996 🇺🇸

Thirty years ago today, one of the greatest teams ever assembled began a journey that would leave a lasting mark on women's basketball.

#USABWNT #WNBASeason30

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

In November 1945, Frederick C. Branch became the first Black American officer in the Marine Corps.

[WNBA @WNBA]

Perfection. 💯

Kamilla Cardoso went 13-for-13 from the field, setting a new WNBA record for the most made field goals without a miss and scoring a career-high 30 PTS!

#WNBASeason30

[espnW @espnW]

37 POINTS MAKES IT A NEW CAREER-HIGH FOR DOM 💪

20-year-old Dominique Malonga is now the youngest player in WNBA history with a 30-point, 10-rebound game 🔥

[Entertainment Tonight @etnow]

Clive Davis and Whitney Houston sit down with ET in 2004 to chat about their 'unbelievable chemistry.' Clive explains how he discovered Whitney in a New York City nightclub before signing her to a record deal in 1983. He remained her mentor as she went on to become one of the best-selling artists in music history.

https://t.co/qKZsSwbkVQ

[Las Vegas Aces @LVAces]

𝗠'𝗩𝗣 𝗢𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗢𝗔𝗥𝗗𝗦 🪜✨

@_ajawilson22 now has the most offensive rebounds in franchise history! 👏

[Las Vegas Aces @LVAces]

𝟭𝟱𝟬 𝗪𝗜𝗡𝗦 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗖𝗢𝗔𝗖𝗛 𝗕𝗘𝗖𝗞𝗬 🙌

Congrats, @BeckyHammon on becoming the second-fastest coach in @WNBA history to reach 150 wins!

[Holly Robinson Peete 💃🏾♍️ @hollyrpeete]

My 1st crush…. 💔💔💔💔💔💔 #FosterSylvers

[Maria Ragin @MariaRagin1]

@TMZ Happy Birthday

[Will Pumpfrey @49ersOffBeat]

@FoxNews Meanwhile….

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

Della Reese was the First Black Woman to Host a Talk Show known as "Della!" in 1969. Shortly after, In 1970, she became the first black woman to guest host The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.

—Delloreese Patricia Early (July 6, 1931 – November 19, 2017), known professionally as Della Reese, was an American jazz and gospel singer, actress, and ordained minister whose career spanned seven decades.

Della Reese was born Delloreese Patricia Early, in the historic Black Bottom neighborhood of Detroit, Michigan.

In 1944, she began her career directing the young people's choir, after she had nurtured acting plus her obvious musical talent. She was often chosen, on radio, as a regular singer. At the age of 13, she was hired to sing with Mahalia Jackson's gospel group. Reese entered Detroit's Cass Technical High School (where she attended the same year as Edna Rae Gillooly, later known as Ellen Burstyn). She also continued with her touring with Jackson. With higher grades, she became in 1947 the first in her family to graduate from high school, aged 15.

After this she formed her own gospel group, the Meditation Singers.

She began her long career as a singer, scoring a hit with her 1959 single "Don't You Know?". In the late 1960s she hosted her own talk show, Della, which ran for 197 episodes.

In 1970, Reese became the first black woman to guest host The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. She appeared in several TV movies and miniseries, was a regular on Chico and the Man and played the mother of B. A. Baracus in The A-Team episode "Lease with an Option to Die". In 1991, she starred opposite her old friend Redd Foxx in his final sitcom, The Royal Family, but his death halted production of the series for several months. Reese also did voice-over for the late 1980s Hanna-Barbera animated series A Pup Named Scooby-Doo on ABC. Reese achieved continued success in the religious television drama Touched by an Angel (1994–2003), in which she played the leading role of Tess.

From 1975 she also starred in films, playing opposite Redd Foxx in Harlem Nights (1989), Martin Lawrence in A Thin Line Between Love and Hate (1996) and Elliott Gould in Expecting Mary (2010).

AWARDS

▪1994: Hollywood Walk of Fame: 7060 Hollywood Boulevard—Television

▪1996: Image Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series—Touched by an Angel

▪1997: Image Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series—Touched by an Angel

▪1998: Image Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series—Touched by an Angel

▪1999: Image Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series—Touched by an Angel

▪2000: Image Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series—Touched by an Angel

▪2001: Image Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series—Touched by an Angel

▪2002: Image Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series—Touched by an Angel

▪2015: Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars

▪2017: Rhythm & Blues Music Hall of Fame Award

[Maria Ragin @MariaRagin1]

@ABC Happy Birthday

[ESPN @espn]

Tina Charles, the WNBA's career leader in rebounds and field goals over her 14 seasons, announced her retirement from basketball on social media.

More: https://t.co/uranudvGtw

[Maria Ragin @MariaRagin1]

@coachFMartin @AnyaMartin23 Happy Anniversary

[WELCOME TO BLACK TWlTTER  @blacktwiterthrd]

Nina Simone singing “Young, Gifted and Black” on Sesame Street

[Maria Ragin @MariaRagin1]

@EfrenWHNT @whnt Congratulations