Proud Mary Did You Know?

6th generation Washingtonian | Public Health Enthusiast

[Proud Mary Did You Know? @astoldbymarcus]

Today, I was the ONLY African American male to graduate with my PhD from the University of Michigan School of Public Health. #blackphdgrad #blackmeninpublichealth

[Jermaine Watkins @JermaineWatkins]

Lisa Fischer.

How Can I Ease the Pain

[WitchDoctorDB @db_witch]

First virus in history to get bullied into going offline

[fresh @fauxfresh]

couldn’t tell you nothing about this show other than i loved it

[Mr PitBull Stories @MrPitbull07]

In 1980, singer and actress Della Reese collapsed on a TV soundstage after a brain aneurysm ruptured.

Before she hit the floor, she spoke six words:

“Into your hands, I commit my spirit.”

The same words Christ spoke before dying.

Doctors initially dismissed her condition. One hospital reportedly assumed drugs were involved and wasted precious time testing her instead of treating the bleed in her brain.

Della survived two brain surgeries in ten days.

Years earlier, her own mother had died from a cerebral hemorrhage before age fifty.

Della lived another 37 years.

Born in Detroit in 1931, she started singing in church as a child and later toured with gospel legend Mahalia Jackson at just thirteen years old.

She went on to become a chart-topping singer, the first Black woman to host a national talk show, and later the beloved angel Tess on Touched by an Angel.

But surviving that aneurysm changed her deeply.

She became an ordained minister and spent the rest of her life speaking about faith, compassion, and the value of human dignity.

People watched her comfort strangers on television for years without realizing she had once stood at the edge of death herself.

Della Reese died peacefully in 2017 at age 86.

The woman who once collapsed whispering a final prayer spent the rest of her life helping other people believe they could survive too.

[Michelle_BYoung @michelle_byoung]

We don’t talk enough about how a middle aged Black woman who started in R&B turned herself into the undisputed queen of Rock & Roll! This LEGEND

[stevie thee detroit hottie @106andstevie]

i raise you…

[king of pop @evrymove1make]

BAD BAD REALLY REALLY BAD BAD BAD REALLY REALLY BAD

[Markus Batchelor @MarkusforDC]

The Skyline was a DC staple that kept reinventing itself. A mid-century luxury oasis for Hill visitors turned pool party central for a new generation of young locals. Southwest’s skyline won’t be the same without it. June 1964:

[Kia🅱️ @_KiaBiaaa]

Fast forwarding pass the singing >>>

[eliz @eliza___v]

“You thought u ate”
me:

[Zion @zionszzn]

Don’t get in my car expecting to hear new music, ion know them songs 😭

[Tony Lewis Jr. @mrtonylewisjr]

Being a DC Native is such a strange paradox…. People almost resent you for having pride in being from DC

It’s like everyone can love where they from but us … it’s so weird

[Keith D. Jones, Jr. ⭐️ @KeithJonesJr]

#DCNativesDay Some of y'all don't remember this though lol

[Tony Lewis Jr. @mrtonylewisjr]

DC NATIVES , I LOVE YALL

HAPPY DC NATIVES DAY

DC OR NOTHING

[Uncle Daddy Wee-Yum @MrGee54]

Im always proud of yall graduating. Never get tired of Black folks shining

[WILDER @wldsteppa]

Black parents make spaghetti more than the fuckin Italians

[a🪽 @s0ftmichael]

when i SAY this is my favorite video of michael to ever exist like he’s just too smooth with it

[Jermaine Watkins @JermaineWatkins]

Kim Fields. Terrence C. Carson. CeCe Winans.

Living Single

[IG: RealFamilyConcrete 🩸Crete Samuels @RealFamilyCrete]

Tina Turner in the back covering her ears 😂😂😂😂😂😂