Initially created in 1966, the holiday serves to celebrate African culture and tradition through the seven principles over seven days: umoja (unity), kujichagulia (self-determination), ujima ...

Unity, self-determination, collective work and responsibility, cooperative economics, purpose, creativity, and faith. These are the seven principles of Kwanzaa. Created in the 1970s by Maulana ...

Middletown Ujima Alliance said it also awarded seven scholarships from $500 to $2,500 with some of its festival funds. The scholarship application question was centered on DEI.

She is chairwoman of the Middletown Ujima Alliance, which is sponsoring the event. It will take place Thursday, on Juneteenth, with a parade stepping off at 10:30 a.m., followed by a festival by ...

“The Exchange,” his “striking collage” of a Black woman laborer seated against a page of newspaper stock market quotes, especially moved Ms. Chance three years earlier at a Kwanzaa pop-up ...

Protests in Los Angeles against Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids prompted President Trump to order about 700 active-duty Marines to join the National Guard troops previously deployed to ...

LOS ANGELES, CA - DECEMBER 26, 2024 - - Ngozi wears the appropriate Kwanzaa wear and a smile at the 48th edition of the Kwanzaa parade to mark the start of the seven-day African-American festival ...