Kwanzaa begins annually on Thursday ... People of all ages are encouraged to participate in traditional and contemporary songs and dances to celebrate African and African-American heritage.

The Seventh Circuit found an Indiana high school’s Christmas Spectacular concert constitutional after the school added Hanukkah and Kwanzaa songs and replaced its live nativity with mannequins.

“The principles of Kwanzaa are what we live upon," said President ... and significance of the holiday through storybooks and songs.