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• American black separatist Maulana Karenga created Kwanzaa in 1966 during the aftermath of the Watts riots as a non-Christian, specifically African-American, holiday.
• Many workplaces celebrate religious observance as well as ethnic holidays, such as Saint Patrick's Day, Kwanzaa, Diwali, Mardi Gras, and Cinco de Mayo, as a matter of best practice.
• Maulana Ndabezitha Karenga (born Ronald McKinley Everett, July 14, 1941), previously known as Ron Karenga, is an American activist, author and professor of Africana studies, best known as the creator of the pan-African and African-American holiday of Kwanzaa.
• The recipe consisted of angel food cake topped with icing, cinnamon, apple pie filling, pumpkin seeds and corn nuts (which she referred to as acorns), all of which were store-bought, with seven Kwanzaa candles then inserted into the cake.
• School-wide events include Grandparents' and Special Friends' Day; Yule Festival – a longstanding holiday assembly that acknowledges both the common and varying traditions of the school's diverse community in songs and readings that capture the principles and spirit of Hanukkah, Christmas, and Kwanzaa; and May Day, a special assembly welcoming spring for students in Pre-K through Grade 8.
• During the holiday season, Billingsley sometimes deviates from his usual characters to present special two-to-three week stories celebrating the Festival of Kwanzaa.
• During the Kwanzaa celebration, black prisoners were placed under lockdown, angering the whole facility and leading to a general strike.
• Since the 1990s, stamps for Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, Eid, and Chinese New Year have become a regular part of the holiday program, although in contrast to Christmas stamps the designs tend to be re-used for several years, distinguishable only by a different denomination or year date.
• This Santa is murdered and replaced by his son, Damian, who seeks to destroy Hanukkah and Kwanzaa, thus reserving December for Christmas alone.
• The book chronicled the sequence of events that changed the course of American racial and political history in that one pivotal year, including the rise of Stokely Carmichael to the head of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and Carmichael's popularizing of the slogan "Black Power"; the founding of the Black Panther Party by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale; the celebration of the first Kwanzaa by cultural nationalist Maulana Karenga; and the "White backlash" vote in the 1966 midterm elections that helped elect Ronald Reagan as Governor of California and set the stage for the presidential runs of Richard Nixon and George Wallace in 1968.
• In the United States today, many African-Americans wear the kufi during weddings, funerals, graduations and Kwanzaa celebrations.
• That same year, Moore joined keyboardist Charles Mims (Patrice Rushen, Tracy Chapman) in writing, arranging and producing Kwanzaa for Young People (and Everyone Else!) (Charphelia Records)—a CD and educator resource guide garnering numerous commendations, including Teachers’ Choice, Parent Council, Parents’ Choice and Kids First awards.
• In 1999, Lynette completed her first solo project entitled Long, Long Ago (A Jazz Celebration of Christmas, Chanukah and Kwanzaa (1999)) featuring Chuck Mangione's reedman Gerry Niewood.
• The hymns are split up by subject, such as theme (Commitment/Action, Love and Compassion, Hope, Freedom, Justice, Stewardship of the Earth) time (Morning, Evening, The Seasons, Harvest, Solstice and Equinox), origin (Music of The Cultures of the World, Words from Sacred Traditions, The Jewish Spirit, The Christian Spirit), holiday (Kwanzaa, Pesach / Passover, Hanukkah, Advent, Christmas, Easter), and for specific services or parts of services (Entrance Songs, Chalice Lightings, Weddings, Memorials and Funerals, Recessionals).
• Brooks' public artworks include the portal entrance for the Kwanzaa Playground, Ohio’s first Afrocentric playground, and murals at Columbus’ Krumm park area, Indianola K-8 School, and Ohio Wesleyan University's Ross Art Museum.

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