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The CDC said that if you are vaccinated, you can remove your mask, they did not give you permission to be nasty again. So cover your [redacted] mouth when you sneeze, wash your [redacted] hands and continue to give people their [redacted] personal space.
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It’s not lost on us that it’s harder to ban the gun used in Buffalo than the books that explain why it was used.
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First you cancel afterschool and summer youth programming (that mainly support Black youth) and then criminalize (mostly Black) teenagers when they are bored with nothing to do. This is what we mean when we say the problems are structural.
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Small Business Saturday isn't about discounts - it's about local jobs and supporting businesses that positively impact your community.
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Happy Thanksgiving everyone. Just wanted to say that we do not agree with
@marclamonthill
on mac & cheese. No one deserves to be triggered in this way today. All Sides Matter 😂🤣
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Dear people new to the Philadelphia area, do not move those cones or folding chairs if you are not prepared to deal with the consequences. Folk round here take their dug up spots seriously 😂🤣
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Since we were forced to close due to
#Coronavirus
, it's been a challenge. Throughout all the madness, lots of you asked how to donate & support
#UncleBobbies
, so we're raising money at to weather the storm 📚❤️
#supportyourlocal
#WeStillHere
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SAVE THIS DATE! 9/24 bell hooks Symposium. These discussions will be amazing - just look at this lineup!!
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Yesterday was an incredible first day... 😍Thank you to everyone that shared and donated‼️
🙏🏾PLEASE SHARE & DONATE IF YOU CAN 💕 ✊🏾
#WeStillHere
#unclebobbies
#TheRona
#coronavirusPA
#philly
#stayhome
#supportblackbusiness
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Our book of the month for May
Barracoon: The Story of the Last 'Black Cargo' by Zora Neale Hurston
Lost manuscript, just published.
New York Times called it “a cloudburst of a novel, swift and compressed - but every page pulses, blood-warm”
#dopebooks
#greatcoffee
#coolpeople
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Here's some
#MondayMotivation
... Get more sleep. Seriously. You can have a strong work ethic AND also rest - they aren't mutually exclusive.
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NEW 📚 releases this week!
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"Antiracist Baby" - Ibram X. Kendi (
@DrIbram
)
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"Saving Ruby King" - Catherine Adel West (
@cawest329
)
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Links for both books will be in our Stories and Highlights •
Check our bookshop_org…
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"Hey, who you got winning the Super Bowl?"
"Mary J. Blige's two-step."
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10 days until our 1 year anniversary! Celebrating our OG staff member Vic for holding it down since day one. Thanks for Vic for all that you do! 🤓⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Our love for Germantown and the people who’ve supported us our first year is real! Many thanks to the community!
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Shout out to all the folks who want to "do something for Black History Month" - it's appreciated. However, please remember that we and every other Black-owned business are also open March 1st through January 31st and still need those opportunities, investment and care. Thanks.
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Our amazing staff member Zai reading
@KieseLaymon
’s “HEAVY” at Uncle Bobbie’s 📚 What are you reading tonight? 🤓
#unclebobbiescoffeeandbooks
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Damon Young sporting the “Books Saved My Life” hoodie 💥 We were honored to welcome him this past week for a talk about his book ‘What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Blacker.’ Thank you
@DamonYoungVSB
for coming through and sharing your story with our community ✊🏾
#unclebobbies
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Hey, just checking in. Are essential workers still heroes or are you back to calling for the manager because your deli meat was sliced too thin?
#unclebobbies
#unclebobbiescoffeeandbooks
#westillhere
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Sending love to all those people risking their own health to administer covid tests for the rest of us - you are saving lives and you deserve your flowers.
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On the last day of Women's History Month, may we all move through the world with half the swag of North Philly's own, Dawn Staley! She is not only dominating but uplifting all other Black women coaches. Salute!
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If you're not a J. Cole fan, you might want to avoid the store today. The Team will have him on repeat. haha
#ColeWorld
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New Spring apparel is in‼️Check out our awesome team member Jah sporting the “SUPPORT BLACK SHIT” T-shirt ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿 Shop now in store or online through the link in our bio!
#unclebobbiescoffeeandbooks
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Yes, it's cheaper over there - but you should be asking "why" it's cheaper. The answer to THAT question is what really matters. Support small. Support local.
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You ever hear someone talk and say to yourself, "now THIS is a person that doesn't read a lot"? 😂🤷🏾♀️
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Tonight! Come out for a showing of “Sorry To Bother You” at 7pm for our
#FridayNightFilm
series! All are welcome! Free admission 🍿📽 (Film is rated R)
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We provide the dope books & the great coffee. The cool people? That’s YOU‼️ Uncle Bobbie’s wouldn’t be the special place that it is without y’all 🤓 Much love & many thanks to our community!
#coolpeople
#dopebooks
#greatcoffee
#unclebobbiescoffeeandbooks
📸:
@selmekki
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You ever start typing a word on just vibes hoping that spell check will have your back? 😂
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We've got Whole, Half-and-Half, Soy, Almond, AND Oat Milk. Y'all not finna talk to us any type of way.
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Have you checked out our Incarceration/Policing section? We’ve got an array of insightful, illuminating, and important books for you to dive into 📚 Pick up one of these powerful new reads on your next visit to Uncle Bobbie’s!
#unclebobbiescoffeeandbooks
☕️
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Shop online NOW at and we'll deliver directly to YOU!! 🏠📦📬 💞📚📚📚📚💞
#supportyourlocal
#independentbookstore
#indiebookstore
#QuarantineLife
#CoReadingVirus
#OurKidsRead
#WeStillHere
#shoplocal
#philly
#BlackOwned
#buyblack
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We've had a bad day before. The coffee machine wasn't working properly. We made a phone call and had it fixed. We didn't murder anyone - that's not what you do when you have a "bad day".
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Double tap if you agree! 📚 We’ve got merch for YOU! Stop into Uncle Bobbie’s and grab a warm hoodie that’s perfect for this fall weather 🍂 P.S. we’ve got T-shirts, mugs, and more at the store 🤓
#unclebobbiescoffeeandbooks
#bookssavedmylife
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Wishing everyone a safe, and prosperous school year. Extra love to the teachers, faculty and staff who work tirelessly and sometimes thanklessly to educate our young people.
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Here are 20 of our most anticipated books coming out in 2023. The new year looks great!
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“One of my favorite things about having a bookstore is having the opportunity to engage Black youth. Truly a blessing....” -
@marclamonthill
#unclebobbies
☕️📚
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Check out this amazing list of panelists for our Malcolm X Symposium on 5/13 - Register for FREE:
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We are so proud to announce that BLM Philly recognized
#UncleBobbies
as a "contributor to the well-being of the Black Philadelphia (and beyond) community" and awarded us with a $5,000 donation ‼️
We are so honored…
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Soooo can we at least try and fund ideas like this rather than keeping a police presence in our schools? Asking for a few million friends.
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Happy Father’s Day from Uncle Bobbie’s! Check out this awesome father & son duo, Winston and Winney, visiting UB’s together for some quality father and son time 📚 Much love and appreciation to all the Dads out there! We see you ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿
#unclebobbiescoffeeandbooks
#blackdadsrock
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Just in case you were wondering, the money from the books and coffee that you buy are NOT funding a rocket ship to let millionaires visit space. We do have some really dope books about space and astronomy if you are interested in the topic.
#UncleBobbies
#WeStillHere
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We cannot catch a break. This time they damaged our POS so unfortunately we won't be open tomorrow. Will keep you posted when we know more. 😢💔
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Uncle Bobbie's is proud to announce our new audiobook platform Sign up & select Uncle Bobbie's as your store. Use promo code SHOPBOOKSTORESNOW to get 2 audiobooks for the price of one, & 100% of your payment will go to us now thru 3/31!!
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With these gas prices, the question, "can I get a ride?", will test a lot of friendships! 😂🤣⛽️🚫
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We asked some folks what we mean to them and their answers really made us feel special! ♥️
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Thank you to all who joined us for the Radical MLK Symposium. We were honored to welcome such a groundbreaking group of panelists to share their knowledge with our community. As MLK Jr. said, “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”
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TOMORROW‼️ Tuesday, November 27th, 2018 is our 1 year anniversary! We can’t thank you enough for making our first year absolutely amazing! We have so much love for Germantown and the community of people who make Uncle Bobbie’s the special place it is ❤️
#unclebobbies
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Dear 2020, You're trash.
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Thankfully no one was hurt and what was taken can be replaced.
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S/O to the members of our community offering to help clean up this morning.
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It's been a wild ride but we're…
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Tomorrow marks 1 year since
@Phil_Quadefy
started
#YouGoodMan
? Men’s Wellness Group at Uncle Bobbie’s! Thank you Phil for your contributions to the community ✊🏾 Join him tomorrow to “celebrate men being vulnerable with convo, food, and light refreshments. Share with a brother.”
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You asked for it and we delivered! Check out Author Talk with Michael Bennett via
@YouTube
and please subscribe to our channel also
@mosesbread72
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IT'S TUESDAY SO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS... NEW BOOKS 📚‼️
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"Say It Louder!: Black Voters, White Narratives, and Saving Our Democracy" - Tiffany Cross (
@tifcrossmyheart
)
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"The Voting Booth" - Brandy Colbert…
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Shout out to all the creators, creating stuff to help us get through these times.
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59 years ago today, Kwame Nkrumah became Ghana’s first president and Ghana officially became a Republic 🇬🇭 Uncle Bobbie’s commemorates Nkrumah with a shirt featuring his quote, “Forward Ever, Backward Never.” ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿 Shop this shirt and more UB’s merch through the link in our bio!
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Somehow we live in a world where Salt-N-Pepa AND En Vogue are opening for New Kids on the Block later this month... HOW SWAY???
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Friday Night Films at Uncle Bobbie’s Presents: Brown Sugar ||
The People’s Education Center, 5443 Germantown Avenue Philadelphia PA 19144 || Friday, July 20, 2018 || 7:00 PM- 9:00 PM
Free Admission. Arrive on time.
#unclebobbiescoffeeandbooks
#dopebooks
#coolpeople
#greatcoffee
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Uncle Bobbie’s welcomes author and educator Keisha Blain, PhD. to read and discuss her newest books, “Set the World on Fire: Black Nationalist Women and the Global Struggle for Freedom.”…
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Shout out to all the ice machine and AC repair folks, y'all the real MVPs. Some of us wouldn't have made it to today without y'all 😂🥵🥶
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We know we sell books, but make sure y'all support your local free Libraries. They are always susceptible to budget cuts - which hurt marginalized communities the most. Everyone deserves to have access to books!
#unclebobbies
#read
#library
#books
#accessforall
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Black people deserve better than to be unnecessarily triggered by a "fashion designer".
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What are you looking forward to in the New Year? If starting over is on your mind we’ve got the perfect read for you. Check out “Old in Art School: A Memoir of Starting Over” by Nell Irvin Painter 📚
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Love. Learn. Resist. ❣️📚✊🏾 New hoodie available now through the link in our bio. Shout out to our awesome team member Jah for repping!
#unclebobbiescoffeeandbooks
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Support Black Shit ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿 Available in totes, T-shirt’s, and hoodies in store and online through the link in our bio! 📸: poeticaboutjustice
#unclebobbiescoffeeandbooks
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PHILLY!!!! Join us at
@unclebobbies
on Friday, May 18 for our Malcolm X Day Symposium! We have assembled some of the world’s leading scholars, activists, educators, and organizers to examine the thought and work of Malcolm X.
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A community space designed for sharing, building, learning, laughing, debating, eating, and building. Welcome home ☕️📚
#unclebobbiescoffeeandbooks
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Sending love to all the students, teachers, parents, administrators, staff, custodians, counselors, crossing guards and everyone else on their first week of school. Be safe out there - we appreciate ALL of you!
#unclebobbies
#unclebobbiescoffeeandbooks
#westillhere
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Happy Publication Day!!! Come celebrate with us by checking out these great new titles.
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This Friday! Join us for a powerful public conversation with Breakfast Club host and NY Times bestselling author
@cthagod
Charlamagne will sit down with
@marclamonthill
to discuss his powerful and inspirational new book, "Shook One: Anxiety Playing Tricks on Me." See you there!
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You know what to do—Support Black Shit‼️ Tag a friend who would love this tote ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿 Shop “Support Black Shit” totes, t-shirts, and hoodies in-store or online through the link in our bio.
#unclebobbiescoffeeandbooks
#supportblackbusiness
#supportblack
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After over 500 days, we're back on Mondays, we're open early and folks can sit and hang with us. Come thru! Grateful🙏🏾
#unclebobbies
#unclebobbiescoffeeandbooks
#westillhere
#restorethevibes
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After 5 long months... WE BACK ‼️[Air Horn]... We've missed you. Thanks to everyone who worked incredibly hard to get us to this point and all of you who supported us every single day since we closed.
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If you're…
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Did someone say National Book Lovers Day!? We’re 100% sure that applies to us. Happy National
#booklovers
Day from Uncle Bobbie’s ☕️📚 We ❤️ Books
#unclebobbiescoffeeandbooks
#readmore
#bookloversday
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Since this morning we've received hundreds of well wishes from y'all. It means the world to us and makes things a little easier to deal with... Oh and we can all use a little laugh courtesy of Mr.…
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Our front shelves glowing ✨ Check out “The Sweet Flypaper of Life” in the upper left corner. Tomorrow Sherry Turner DeCarava will be at Uncle Bobbie’s for an author event featuring this amazing book! Event starts at 7pm. Free admission! See you there 🤓
#unclebobbies
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BOOK SALE!!!📚
Oh you thought that's all we had in store for y'all for tomorrow? Think again.
Starting tomorrow, any book purchase gets you 50% any one or all of these four amazing titles.
Thank you
@wallo267
&…
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Philly please come by the shop today and grab
@Moore_Darnell
new book! And while you’re at it you should just hang out and let him sign it also
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Did you know? You can have a regular ole 9-to-5 and still be successful. Entrepreneurs do not have a monopoly on "success".
#MondayMotivation
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There's no shame in not being "strong enough". Getting help while healing is still healing.
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Change Everything: Racial Capitalism and the Case for Abolition by Ruth Wilson Gilmore (
@haymarketbooks
)
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The event will be held at The People’s Sanctuary (formerly Impacting Your World Church), 5507 Germantown Avenue. Doors open at 5:00. Program starts at 5:30!
#malcolmxday
#unclebobbiescoffeeandbooks
#philly
#germantown
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Make no mistake about it, everytime you buy a book, you are making a statement. Everytime you buy from an independent bookstore, you are making a DIFFERENCE. // Your support cannot be overstated.
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#Whatareyouworkingon
📚✍🏾 Stephanie Keene, a writer, abolitionist, and business owner, getting work done at Uncle Bobbie’s. She’s currently reading “The Long Term: Resisting Life Sentences Working Toward Freedom.”
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Happy Publication Day!! Here are some new releases to check out.
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Okay, we admit. We have wayyy too much shelf-esteem when it comes to these fire new releases! 😉 📖
Make sure you look out for these books and more in-store, on
@bookshop_org
page and
@LibroFM
for audiobooks!
#UncleBobbies
#CoolPeopleDopeBooksGreatCoffee
#UBNewReleases
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UB’s welcomes author & scholar Saidiya Hartman & moderator Darnell Moore for a book talk & signing of Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments tomorrow at 7pm. Admission is FREE & books will be available for purchase. For more info check out our website. Link in bio 🤓
#unclebobbies
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Okay so y'all came out to SUPPORT today! We had a line around the corner all day. Y'all are amazing 🤗♥️
Happy Indie Bookstore Day 📚‼️
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Coffee saves lives. Seriously. Think about how many people DID NOT get "these hands" because you had your morning coffee - we bet that number is staggering LOL
#unclebobbies
#westillhere
#coffeeshop
#coffee
#preventinghandsbeinggivendaily
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We’d like to give a shout out to our awesome team member Dia 🤓 He’s hard working, friendly, and has an undeniably great fashion sense 👏🏾 Just look at that shirt! Unity, Equality, Acceptance❣️ Many thanks & much love to Dia!
#unclebobbiescoffeeandbooks
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Guests include Tarana Burke, Imani Perry, Brittney Cooper, Marc Lamont Hill and many others. Doors open at 11:30am. Admission is FREE!!! The event will take place at The People's Sanctuary, 5507 Germantown Ave, Phila Pa 19144. See you there!
#unclebobbiescoffeeandbooks
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This Friday!
#FridayNightFilms
are back in action! We will be showing "Quincy." Join us as we watch "an intimate look at the life of Quincy Jones, a music industry giant and winner of 27 Grammys." Admission is FREE! Talkback to follow. See you there!
#unclebobbiescoffeeandbooks
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Uncle Bobbie's welcomes author Monique Morris for a book talk and signing of “Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools.” In conversation with Dr. Howard Stevenson, Morris will dive in and discuss topics surrounding schools, the justice system, and race.
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Make going back to school a positive experience 🤓📚 ‘Lola Goes to School’ and ‘The King of Kindergarten’ are just a few of the fun reads we carry that’ll get your little ones excited for a new school year.…
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These are your new releases for this week, everyone! It’s always refreshing when new books touch down. 🙌🏽
👉🏽“The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War,” will be your best bet for an understanding regarding the recent events that have occurred for years in Afghanistan.
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