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Tag: Kwanzaa

Posted inBlack Experience, Lifestyle

Kwanzaa — Lifting Spirits in a Pandemic

by WI Guest Author December 22, 2020December 21, 2021

With the end of the year nigh, and a ravenous plague surging throughout the world, people have turned to their end of year festivities to lift spirits. Kwanzaa is a celebration that brings people together.

Posted inBlack Experience

USPS Releases New Kwanzaa Stamp

by WI Guest Author October 14, 2020December 21, 2021
Dr. Maulana Karenga, the creator of the pan-African and African-American holiday Kwanzaa, during a celebration (Courtesy photo)
Posted inBlack Experience, Community

Group Demands Full Kwanzaa Exhibit in NMAAHC

by Sam P.K. Collins December 23, 2019December 21, 2021
Members of the Leadership Council on Pan-African Nationalism (LCPAN) earlier this year (Courtesy of Oforiwa Sankofa)
Posted inCommunity

Kwanzaa Organizers Prioritize Local Pan-African Unity

by Sam P.K. Collins December 12, 2018October 31, 2020
The Smithsonian Anacostia Cultural Museum in D.C. will soon hold its annual Kwanzaa celebration. (Courtesy of anacostia.si.edu)
Posted inCommunity

Local Museum Holds Special Performance For Kwanzaa

by Lauren M. Poteat December 20, 2017October 31, 2020
A necklace of the ankh, a Kemetic hieroglyph meaning eternal life, is seen here. The word ankh has recently become a new tool in insults levied against Blacks seeking African consciousness.
Posted inBlack Experience, Education

Black Liberals Entangled in Pan-African Controversy

by Sam P.K. Collins January 4, 2017October 30, 2020
Posted inWI Bridge

Kwanzaa Celebrates 50 Years: Local Events Honor Tradition

by Sarafina Wright –Washington Informer Staff Writer December 28, 2016October 30, 2020
A worker makes preparations for Kwanzaa and Hanukkah celebrations with installations at the Congress Heights School in Southeast on Friday, Dec. 16.
Posted inBlack Experience, National

Kwanzaa Celebrates 50 Years

by Sarafina Wright –Washington Informer Staff Writer December 21, 2016October 30, 2020
Posted inColumnists, Julianne Malveaux, Op-Ed, Opinion

Thanksgiving and other Myths

by Dr. Julianne Malveaux December 2, 2013October 30, 2020

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