Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kwanzaa is a weeklong celebrate in African American culture, and the holiday is almost here. Though the holiday is relatively ...

Kwanzaa was created by activist and author Maulana Ron Karenga in 1966. In establishing the holiday, Karenga hoped to introduce a nationally celebrated holiday that would bring Black Americans ...

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, ...

Pretty much all Americans are familiar with Christmas (it’s hard to miss the decorations that go up the day after Thanksgiving!), but there’s another meaningful end-of-year holiday to celebrate: ...

The yearly celebration of Kwanzaa is coming soon, beginning the day after Christmas. Unlike Christmas and Hanukkah, Kwanzaa is not a religious celebration. Rather, the seven-day tradition is intended ...

"Kwanzaa self-consciously avoids theological emphasis, for it is this emphasis that reveals and cultivates differences. What Kwanzaa does stress is the ethical which brings forth the best of African ...

FILE - Kwanzaa table at the African American Museum in Philadelphia. (Cassie Owens/Billy Penn) From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let ...

Kwanzaa is a weeklong celebrate in African American culture, and the holiday is almost here. Though the holiday is relatively young, over 9 million people celebrate Kwanzaa in the United States. Even ...