Kwanzaa is a Pan-African and African-American holiday created in 1966 by activist and academic Maulana Karenga. This will be the 59th annual celebration of the festivity. Karenga designed the holiday ...

Kwanzaa begins that day after Christmas — Friday, Dec. 26 — and runs through Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026. Is Kwanzaa a federal holiday? Kwanzaa is not recognized as an official federal holiday, which means ...

Kwanzaa is a nonreligious, secular holiday that is mainly celebrated in North America and the Caribbean. What does Kwanzaa mean in Swahili? The word Kwanzaa is derived from the the last word of the ...

Avery Cassell, at the microphone, was one of several fifth-graders at Taylor Elementary, 720 Seventh Ave. SW, to present Kwanzaa symbols Dec. 20, 1990, at a festival at the school in Cedar Rapids.

Women of Progress of Mississippi held their 46th annual Kwanzaa celebration Thursday at the Two Mississippi Museums. The weeklong celebration props up African-American culture every year, right after ...

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - The Lowcountry wrapped up seven days of celebrating Kwanzaa on Wednesday, joining millions worldwide in reflecting on the continuous significance of African heritage.

Kansas leaders celebrated the sixth annual Kwanzaa celebration Monday at the Statehouse. "Celebrating Kwanzaa in Difficult and Demanding Times: Lifting up the Light that Last" was this year's theme.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ERIC. NOW DOZENS OF PEOPLE WERE AT THE ROUTES 101 AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM TO CELEBRATE THE FOURTH DAY OF KWANZAA. ON THIS DAY, PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO FOCUS ON UJAMAA, OR COOPERATIVE ...

As Mohamed DaCosta beated the djembe drum, attendees walked into the A. Quinn Jones Museum and Cultural Center Friday evening to listen to two presentations: the history of Kwanzaa and the ...

A portrait of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King with the quote, "They can kill the dreamer, but they can never kill the dream" dwarfs BelleGabrielle Annibal, 9 and BellaGrace Annibal, 14 who address the ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — Thursday marked the first day of Kwanzaa, and on Friday, the Padua Center in central Toledo hosted a celebration. "Kwanzaa is not a religious holiday, it's not a political holiday, it's ...