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Kwanzaa consists of seven days of celebration, featuring activities such as candle-lighting and libations, and culminating in a feast and gift giving. It was created by Ron Karenga and was first celebrated from December 26, 1966 to January 1, 1967. |
Kwanzaa
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African-American history | Atlantic slave trade * Maafa Slavery in the United States African-American military history Jim Crow laws * Redlining |
African-American culture | African American studies Neighborhoods * Juneteenth Kwanzaa * Art * Museums Dance * Literature * Music * Schools * Historic colleges and universities |
Religion | Black church * Black theology Black liberation theology Doctrine of Father Divine Black Hebrew Israelites American Society of Muslims Nation of Islam * Rastafari |
Political movements | Pan-Africanism * Black Power Nationalism * Capitalism Conservatism * Populism Leftism * Black Panther Party Garveyism |
Civic and economic groups | NAACP * SCLC * CORE * SNCC * NUL Rights groups * ASALH * UNCF Thurgood Marshall College Fund NBCC * NPHC * The Links * NCNW |
Sports | Negro league baseball CIAA * SIAC * MEAC * SWAC |
Ethnic sub-divisions | Black Indians * Gullah * Igbo |
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Diaspora | Liberia * Nova Scotia * France Sierra Leone |
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Politicians: Nnamdi Azikiwe * Amílcar Cabral * Muammar al-Gaddafi * Marcus Garvey * David Comissiong * Kenneth Kaunda * Jomo Kenyatta * Patrice Lumumba * Thabo Mbeki * Abdias do Nascimento * Kwame Nkrumah * Julius Nyerere * John Nyathi Pokela * Haile Selassie * Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe * Ahmed Sékou Touré * I.T.A. Wallace-Johnson Others: Molefi Kete Asante * Steve Biko * Edward Wilmot Blyden * John Henrik Clarke * Cheikh Anta Diop * W. E. B. Du Bois * Frantz Fanon * John G. Jackson * Yosef Ben-Jochannan * Maulana Karenga * Fela Kuti * Bob Marley * Malcolm X * Zephania Mothopeng * George Padmore * Motsoko Pheko * Runoko Rashidi * Walter Rodney * Burning Spear * Henry Sylvester-Williams * Stokely Carmichael * Omali Yeshitela | |
Concepts | United States of Africa * Afrocentrism * Kwanzaa * Pan-African colours * Pan-African flag * Négritude * African nationalism * African socialism * African Century * Africanization * Kawaida * Ujamaa * Harambee * Ubuntu * Zikism * Black nationalism | |
Organizations | African Union * Organization of African Unity * Uhuru Movement * UNIA-ACL * African Unification Front * International African Service Bureau |