Legacy City Builders

04/03/2026

01/16/2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Regina Rene King, actress and television director. She first gained attention in 1985 as Brenda Jenkins in the television series 227. She would go on to star in both television and film, rising to greater prominence with roles like Dana in Friday, Marcee Tidwell in Jerry Maguire, Riley and Huey Freeman on the hit animated series The Boondocks, and Detective Lydia Adams on Southland. For Southland, she earned two Critics' Choice Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2012 and 2013.

From 2015 to 2017, King starred in the ABC anthology series American Crime, for which she received three Primetime Emmy Award nominations, winning twice, and was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award. Also from 2015 to 2017, she played Erika Murphy in the HBO drama The Leftovers, for which she received a Critics' Choice Television Award nomination. In 2018, she starred in the Netflix miniseries Seven Seconds, for which she won her third Emmy. King has a recurring role as Janine Davis in the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory, and has starred in various films, including Ray, Poetic Justice, Friday, and Legally Blonde 2.

In 2018, her performance as Sharon Rivers in the film If Beale Street Could Talk garnered critical acclaim and earned her a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress

01/15/2026

11/24/2025

Remembering Rance Allen (b. Monroe, Michigan) on the day of his birth, vocalist, guitarist, pianist, and songwriter who formed The Rance Allen Group with his brothers Tom (drums) and Steve (bass guitar); another brother, Esau (percussionist), joined the group on an intermittent basis.

During an appearance at a gospel talent contest in Detroit, Michigan, they came to the attention of one of the judges, record promoter Dave Clark, who worked for Stax Records.

The group was the first to be signed to the Stax imprint Gospel Truth, and they recorded for the Stax organization throughout the 1970s. In 1972, the group appeared in the documentary film Wattstax. Following this appearance, the group was named "Best Religious Group" by the National Association of Television and Radio Announcers (NATRA). David Porter co-produced the group's 1975 album A Soulful Experience, for which he wrote an autobiographical song, "Just Found Me" He was the senior pastor of the New Bethel Church Of God In Christ in Toledo, Ohio, since its July 1985 establishment. In November 2011, Rance Allen was elevated to the office of Bishop in the Church of God in Christ, for the Michigan Northwestern Harvest Jurisdiction. R.I.P.

11/24/2025

10/09/2025

10/09/2025

03/04/2025

02/09/2025

02/09/2025