User talk:Dawoudafrika

Dawoud Afrika aka David X is a member of the African Nationalist Pioneer Movement, (ANPM). He moved up in ranks to become a lieutenant serving under Robert Harris and then with Morris Powell who gained control after a brief but violent coup and split in the organization. Afrika, Powell and several other members were a part of an underground wing of the ANPM. Little is known about their activities. Police raids on their headquarters were constant. Dawoud's grandfather Charles Smith aka "Black Charlie" or Smitty was a member of Marcus Garvey's Black Legionaries. He later followed Carlos Cook in Harlem who took command of the ANPM and the Black Guard after the death of Marcus Garvey. Dawoud was known as Crazy D in the early 70's while a member of The Black Spades street gang with the Gun-Hill chapter in the Bronx, New York before his stint with renegade Bloods groups and co-founding the G.R.S crew and later the "T.M.F."street gangs. Dawoud had family members who were members of the original Black Panther Party for Self Defense. His uncle Hubert was said to have been an officer in the Black Liberation Army who was shot and killed in a botched robbery in New York's Washington Heights area. After serving in the military, Dawoudalong with other comrades later help to organize Black Rebel Media forming an Independent Black News Network media outlet to the black communities shut out from main stream radio and television. Dawoud Afrika would later come in contact with members of the New Black Panther Party for Self Defense under the leadership of Aaron Micheals duringa community news reels of events, protests and rallies. Dawoud Africa would later join the New Black Panther for Self Defense when Khallid Abdul Muhammad formerlly known as Harold X was appointed the new leader of that group when he was forced out of The Nation of Islam under the leadership of Minister Louis Farrakhan. Today, Dawoud Afrika also known as David X holds dual titles in this organization as the Regional Information Minister and local Defense Minister of The New Black Panther Party for Self Defense, New York Chapter. He is well respected in the black & latino media community.

Dawoud Afrika aka David X is a member of the African Nationalist Pioneer Movement, (ANPM). He moved up in ranks to become a lieutenant serving under Robert Harris and then with Morris Powell who gained control after a brief but violent coup and split in the organization. Afrika, Powell and several other members were a part of an underground wing of the ANPM. Little is known about their activities. Police raids on their headquarters were constant. Dawoud's grandfather Charles Smith aka "Black Charlie" or Smitty was a member of Marcus Garvey's Black Legionaries. He later followed Carlos Cook in Harlem who took command of the ANPM and the Black Guard after the death of Marcus Garvey. Dawoud was known as Crazy D in the early 70's while a member of The Black Spades street gang with the Gun-Hill chapter in the Bronx, New York before his stint with renegade Bloods groups and co-founding the G.R.S crew and later the "T.M.F."street gangs. Dawoud had family members who were members of the original Black Panther Party for Self Defense. His uncle Hubert was said to have been an officer in the Black Liberation Army who was shot and killed in a botched robbery in New York's Washington Heights area. After serving in the military, Dawoudalong with other comrades later help to organize Black Rebel Media forming an Independent Black News Network media outlet to the black communities shut out from main stream radio and television. Dawoud Afrika would later come in contact with members of the New Black Panther Party for Self Defense under the leadership of Aaron Micheals duringa community news reels of events, protests and rallies. Dawoud Africa would later join the New Black Panther for Self Defense when Khallid Abdul Muhammad formerlly known as Harold X was appointed the new leader of that group when he was forced out of The Nation of Islam under the leadership of Minister Louis Farrakhan. Today, Dawoud Afrika also known as David X holds dual titles in this organization as the Regional Information Minister and local Defense Minister of The New Black Panther Party for Self Defense, New York Chapter. He is well respected in the black & latino media community.