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Long Time African Revoluntionary Warrior Bandele Tyehimba Passes While Sleeping.

dockpages — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:37:45 +0000

We share in the words and expressions of Thomas Muhammad, Chairman NBUF-Dallas Chapter…

by Thomas Muhammad

Hotep Family and especially to those who are “Ready for the Revolution!”

It saddens me to announce that my dear friend of nearly 27 years has passed on to the place of our holy African Ancestors. Brother Bandele Tyehimba, Co-Owner of the Pan African Connections Books & Resource Center passed away in his sleep last night.

His longtime soul mate and loving wife Akwete said he became a little tired and decided to rest for a while. When she herself decided to retire to bed as well she found he was unresponsive and she quickly tried to find the problem for his unresponsiveness. Finally after attempting several ways to bring him around she dialed 911, but it was too late to revive him.

Our Brother Warrior leaves behind three beautiful children whom many of us on this list watched and assisted in bringing about their development. They have all grown up to be great examples of how movement can be a wonderful environment to raise children who truly understand the world and their role in it.

Much like Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah, Atse Haile Selassie, Amilcar Cabral, Frantz Fanon, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr. Kwame Toure, Asa Hilliard, Khalid Abdul Muhammad, Tupac Shakur and many others our Warrior Brother Bandele has left his mark on our struggle forever. I will never forget my travel with him to Ghana it will truly remain one of the high points in my life and growth as a proud African.

Please let us take a moment to remember particularly as we look around our homes, offices and places of abode at the many African products our Brother Warrior provided us towards uplifting our movement struggle in this community of Dallas Texas, surrounding areas of North Texas, the Texas state and indeed the nation of America.

We will forever be grateful for his continued insistence that we continue to “move our people forward towards a United States of Africa.”

Sure we will mos def miss him, but this is not a time for downward fillings. Instead let us fill the air with the sounds of our mother drums and dance the dance of our Ancestors and celebrate the great life of this Warrior’s spirit!

Aluta Continua! The Struggle Continues…

Your Brother in struggle Thomas Muhammad, Chairman NBUF-Dallas Chapter

Forward Ever! Backwards Never!

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Also read Dallas Observer article below on Bandele and Pan African Connection:

http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2012/01/talking_art_and_revolution_at.php

dockpages — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:20:15 +0000

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SANKOFA FILM SERIES

Date: 2nd and 4th Monday

Time: 7:00pm

Location: The Dock Bookshop

In partnership the Texas Literacy Connection and Uhuru Academy launches 2012 Sankofa Film Series Family & Pizza Night. The purpose of this historical and cultural film series is to look back and reclaim our past in order to move forward strategically.

Feb. 13 - 500 Years Later – From the onset of the African Holocaust of enslavement and colonialism Africans are still struggling for basic freedom. Filmed in five continents 500 Years Later is a critically acclaimed multi-award winning journey infused with the spirit and music of liberation. It chronicles the struggle of a people who have fought and continue to fight for the most essential human right – self-determination.

Feb. 27 – Up From Slavery – Part 1 - The Dramatic story of Black Slavery in America from the first arrival of African slaves at Jamestown in 1619 to the Civil War and the ratification of the 15th Amendment in 1870 which prohibits the government from denying a citizen the vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude (i.e., slavery) – the third of the Reconstruction Amendments which finally ended the legitimacy of Slavery in the United States.
1619 Virginia – The First African Slaves arrive.
18th Century Colonial America and Slavery under the rule of the British Empire.
Slavery in the United States after the Revolution.
Nat Turner s Rebellion, 1831.
Abolition from the North grows.
The Civil War. Emancipation Proclamation.
Aftermath of the Civil War and new freedom

dockpages — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:16:44 +0000

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Lit Cafe & Millie Dee’s Soulcase

Date: Every 2nd Saturday (Feb. 11)

Time: 7-9p

Location: The Dock Bookshop

Enjoy a smooth & relaxing evening of jazz, poetry and literature featuring the sultry sounds of

MILLIE DEE with Band DUECE KINGDOM

Also featuring

Poet Be Wise

and

Live Book Review of Passing Love by Jacqueline Luckett

RSVP. Vendor opportunities available

dockpages — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:12:50 +0000

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LUNCHBOX THEATRE

FEATURING

Lyndale the Literary Lion &

Lemon Head of the Taffy Pop Kids

Saturday, February 25th

1-2:30 pm

The Dock Bookshop

Family Fun! Cost $5 per person in advance, $7 at door. Cost includes a slice of pizza & drink, plus an additional pizza coupon!
click here to purchase tickets

for more information contact 817.457.5700

www.jammertime.net

www.taffeypopkids.com

dockpages — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:10:29 +0000

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Black History Children’s Event

and

Uhuru Academy Saturday School Kickoff

Saturday, February 18th

11am – 1pm

The Dock Bookshop
Hosted by the Uhuru Academy

for more information contact 682.557.0954

dockpages — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:27:27 +0000

Dr. Umar Johnson

Prince of Pan-Africanism

Come to Dallas-Fort Worth

“Love for a Black Brotha” 2012

Friday, February 17th

12noon-10p

African American Museum – Dallas

http://loveforablackbrotha.bbnow.org/

also Thursday, February 16th, 8p at The Dock Bookshop

Umar Abdullah-Johnson is a Nationally Certified School Psychologist who practices privately throughout Pennsylvania and lectures throughout the country. Umar is a blood relative of Frederick Douglass, the great Black abolitionist and orator>>READ MORE

dockpages — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:45:32 +0000

Celebrating Our Story

dockpages — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 12:53:39 +0000

Men’s Reading Group-

Date: Every Tuesday,

Time: 7:00-8:00pm,

Hosted by: Pastor Rickie Clark of Christian Community Church,
Location: The Dock Bookshop, 6637 Meadowbrook Dr, Fort Worth 817-457-5700

Tune in to Dock Power Hour, Every Wednesday 6-8 pm on www.dfwiradio.com

dockpages — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 12:43:43 +0000

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