GARY | The lighting of the black candle of Umoja, or unity, to celebrate the first day of Kwanzaa symbolized the connection of the generations and honored African heritage Monday at the city's ...

Kwanzaa begins that day after Christmas — Thursday, Dec. 26 — and runs through Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. Is Kwanzaa a federal holiday? Kwanzaa is not recognized as an official federal holiday ...

The Buffalo Kwanzaa Committee shifted Sunday night’s celebration of Ujamaa, Cooperative Economics, from the Pratt-Willert Community Center to the more spacious Frank E. Merriweather Jr. Library ...

Dancers from the Newburgh Performing Arts Academy perform during the Celebrations and Traditions of Kwanzaa UJIMA: Collective Work & Responsibility at the Newburgh Free Library in Newburgh on ...

The African American Museum and Library at Oakland's Chief Curator Bamidele Agbasegbe Demerson talks to KRON4 about the week-long celebration of Kwanzaa. <a href ...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WSBT) — Many gathered at the St. Joseph County Library for an annual Kwanzaa Celebration. The holiday lasts seven nights and began in the 1960’s as a way to celebrate African ...

and individual responsibility at the heart of Kwanzaa was reiterated and explained for a racially diverse crowd at the library in Nubian Square. Ganique Flowers, a jewelry vendor at the ...

Christmas was Wednesday. Hanukkah started Wednesday night, On Thursday, Dec. 26, Kwanzaa began. "Kwanzaa is an African American and Pan-African holiday that celebrates history, values, family ...

READ: Here's when menorah lightings in Penn Square take place for Hanukkah 2024 The African American Cultural Alliance of Lancaster and the Lancaster Public Library are teaming up for a Kwanzaa ...

The Boston Public Library hosted two events on Thursday to kick off Kwanzaa. At the BPL’s Parker Hill and Roxbury branches, dozens of Boston residents gathered to hear live music, watch performances, ...

The Nutley Public Library will host Kwanzaa Drop-in Craft at the library, 93 Booth Dr. in Nutley, on Dec. 26 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. No registration is required. While supplies last. The Friends of ...