Uplifting community and honoring traditions, Dec. 26 starts the 7-day Kwanzaa celebrations worldwide
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Baton Rouge's Saunders family continues the tradition, New Orleans' groups hold nightly candle lighting, and Detroit erects 30-foot kinara in honor of the celebration that extends beyond Black History
“Each of us who understand what’s happening to our collective communities can and must do something. The seven principles of Kwanzaa, if applied year-round, can change the negative paradigm in which we find ourselves. It appears that Black people must band together and help each other survive the tyranny of those who endeavor to oppress us….still,” writes The Louisiana Weekly.
“Each of us who understand what’s happening to our collective communities can and must do something. The seven principles of Kwanzaa, if applied year-round, can change the negative paradigm in which we find ourselves. It appears that Black people must band together and help each other survive the tyranny of those who endeavor to oppress us….still,” writes The Louisiana Weekly.