Matthew 6:19 KJV [19] Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: bible.com/bible/1/mat.6.19.K…

Happy Juneteenth!

Memories worth a lifetime. 📸🏆💚

Andrew Wiggins has been named to Canada's extended Training Camp roster for the 2024 Olympics. Congratulations, Andrew 🙌

It was destiny for the Celtics 🍀

They really did it 🥹

Join us in wishing a Happy 46th Birthday to 14x #NBAAllStar, 2006-07 NBA MVP, 2010-11 NBA champion, 2011 #NBAFinals  MVP and 75th Anniversary Team member, Dirk Nowitzki! #NBABDAY

Crimson Sunbird 📷 Gagan Gyan ©️ #birds #photography #nature #birdwatching

Willie Mays makes a catch at the wall at Ebbets Field, 1954. Willie Howard Mays Jr. who was born on May 6, 1931. Nicknamed "The Say Hey Kid” Mays spent almost all of his 22-season Major League Baseball (MLB) career playing for the New York/San Francisco Giants (1951–1952, 1954–1972) before finishing his career with the New York Mets (1972–1973). Regarded as one of the greatest baseball players of all time, he was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1979. Willie Mays joined the Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro American League in 1948, playing with them until the Giants signed him once he graduated from high school in 1950. He won the Rookie of the Year Award in his MLB debut year of 1951, spent two years in the United States Army during the Korean War, and won the National League (NL) Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award in 1954 after leading the league in batting with a .345 batting average. His over-the-shoulder catch of a Vic Wertz fly ball in Game 1 of the 1954 World Series is one of the most famous baseball plays of all time. The Giants swept the Cleveland Indians, the lone World Series triumph of Mays's career. Mays led the NL with 51 home runs (HR) in 1955. In 1956, he stole 40 bases, leading the NL for the first of four straight years. He won his first of 12 Gold Glove Awards in 1957, a record for outfielders. The Giants moved to San Francisco after the 1957 season, and Mays contended for the batting title until the final day of 1958, hitting a career-high .347. He batted over .300 for the next two seasons, leading the league in hits in 1960. After leading the NL with 129 runs scored in 1961, Mays led the NL in home runs in 1962 as the Giants won the NL pennant and faced the New York Yankees in the World Series, which the Giants lost in seven games. By 1963, Mays was making over $100,000 a year, setting a record at the time with a $105,000 contract for that season. In 1964, his manager Alvin Dark named him the Giants' captain. He led the NL with 47 home runs that year. He hit 52 the following year, leading the NL and winning his second MVP award. 1966 was the last of 10 seasons in which he had over 100 runs batted in (RBI). In 1969, he hit the 600th home run of his career; he got his 3,000th hit in 1970. Traded to the Mets in 1972, Mays spent the rest of that season and 1973 with them before retiring. He served as a coach for the Mets until 1979 and later rejoined the Giants as a special assistant to the president and general manager. Mays finished his career batting .302 with 660 home runs, the sixth-most of all time, and 1,903 runs batted in. He holds MLB records for most putouts as an outfielder (7,095) and the most extra-inning home runs (22). Mays was selected for 24 All-Star Games, tied for the second-most of all time. He was named to the Major League Baseball All-Century Team in 1999 and ranked second on The Sporting News's "List of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players", behind only Babe Ruth. President Barack Obama presented him with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015. Willie died Tuesday 18th June 2024 at the age of 93.

#OnThisDay in 1865, General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, TX to read Order No. 3, which affirmed the end of slavery in the states of the former Confederacy. This momentous occasion has been celebrated as #Juneteenth — a combination of “June” & “19th” — for over 150 years.

On Juneteenth, we commemorate the anniversary of the delayed news of freedom reaching the enslaved people of Galveston, Texas. Let’s keep building on the work of the generations who came before us and making sure that the arc of the moral universe continues to bend towards justice.

Psalm 107:13-14 KJV [13] Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, And he saved them out of their distresses. [14] He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, And brake their bands in sunder. bible.com/bible/1/psa.107.13…

Great day for GREAT basketball 🙌 Tonight we are bringing the action with two matchups, first one starts at 7pm/ET #WelcometotheW

“It means everything to me.” Bill Walton and the Celtics celebrate after winning the 1986 NBA Finals 🏆☘️

Our museum has recently acquired what is thought to be the largest & most complete set of historic Charleston Slave Badges. This collection includes 146 rare badges dating as far back as 1804.

On this day in Knicks history, we drafted the legend, Patrick Ewing. You know the rest. - 11x NBA ALL-STAR - 2x OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST - 1986 NBA Rookie of the Year. - 6x ALL-NBA SECOND TEAM.

🏆 BRACKET COMPLETE 🏆 The @celtics are champions for an NBA-leading 18th time in the franchise's history! ☘️

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A photograph of Malcolm X's mother, Louise Norton Little (1897-1989). Louise Little was a brilliant woman, speaking multiple languages, and for years, along with her husband Earl Little, a dedicated activist of Marcus Garvey's Pan-African Movement (Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League). Louise Norton Little (1897-1989) was a Grenadian-born American activist and the mother of Malcolm X. Here are some key facts about her life. - Born in Grenada to a former slave from Nigeria and a Scotsman - Raised by her grandparents in Grenada - Immigrated to Canada in 1917 and joined the UNIA (Universal Negro Improvement Association) - Met her husband Earl Little at a UNIA meeting in Montreal and married in 1919 - Had eight children with Earl, including Malcolm X - Was a Garveyite activist who taught her children about black pride and self-reliance - Was committed to a mental institution for 24 years and released in 1963 with the help of her children - Lived with her family in Grand Rapids, Michigan, until her death in 1989 at the age of 91 or 95

Baseball Hall of Famer Willie Mays died Tuesday at the age of 93, the San Francisco Giants announced.