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In a tradition that began a decade ago, African American motorcyclists from across the country rode from a Landover parking lot to the African American Civil War Memorial in Washington in honor of all the people of color who paid the ultimate price for freedom in this country.

Donald A. Thigpen, charter member of the Maryland Chapter of the Buffalo Soldier motorcycle club, said the cyclists arrayed across the parking lot of the Sears in Landover, some of whom had come from as a far as Michigan and Florida, showed how the group had expanded to include 97 chapters across the country. He said a number of the cyclists planned to take part in Rolling Thunder events after the Buffalo Solider tribute.

“I am a Buffalo Soldier with the Maryland mother chapter and we are here today to honor our heroes of the past,” Mason Monroe said. “We ride in honor of the Buffalo Soldiers and we are going to continue this tradition and we are going to make a difference in this community.”

A marching band from Charlotte, N.C., parades past the United House of Prayer headquarters May 26 in Northwest Washington. (Hamil R. Harris - The Washington Post) Band members played trombones, preachers in black robes kept step, and the streets of Northwest Washington were filled with the sights and sounds of celebration as the United House of Prayer for All People continued its annual Memorial Day tradition in honor of its founder and late leaders.

The District is the  headquarters of the 1.5 million-member church organization founded by the late “Daddy Grace” in 1927. Since that time it has grown to be one of the largest and most affluent church organizations in the country, with 150 congregations in 25 states.

On this episode of “Basketball Wives,” Jennifer ignores the group, Suzie plays informant and Kenya seems a little fishy.

( The Root ) -- Maybe he didn't sport the deep, bottom-scraping tones of Jerry Bledsoe; the hollering, down-home hilarity of Jocko Henderson; or the aggressive, acid-tinged sophistication of Frankie "Hollywood" Crocker. But Hal Jackson -- who was often dubbed the Godfather of Black Radio -- had longevity. His radio style was there for the long term.

Long before he became the Godfather of GoGo and one of the District’s most well-known music legends, Chuck Brown would come to the intersection of 7th and T streets to shine shoes for patrons attending concerts at the Howard Theatre.