On June 19, community members celebrated Juneteenth, a federal holiday observing the date when enslaved people learned of ...

Discover the vibrant celebration of Juneteenth at City Hall, featuring food, line dancing, and inspiring speeches. Join the festivities!

Women of Progress of Mississippi held their 46th annual Kwanzaa celebration Thursday at the Two Mississippi Museums. The weeklong celebration props up African-American culture every year, right after ...

We began with an opening song, Lift Every Voice and Sing, by James Weldon Johnson. The lyrics of Lift Every Voice and Sing serve as a reminder for Black Americans that each generation has had to lift ...

Queens Borough President Donovan Richards wished everyone a Happy Kwanzaa. Photo by Athena Dawson. Following the song, Queens Borough President Donovan Richards warmly greeted the audience and ...

Kwanzaa was first created by Dr. Maulana Karenga in the 1960s, shortly after the Civil Rights Movement. The event from Dec. 26 to Jan. 1 was meant to bring solidarity to communities in a time of ...

Drums beat in intricate rhythms as people entered the Peeler Recreation Center for the GSO Kwanzaa Collective's 15th annual Kwanzaa celebration. Every year, Kwanzaa is held between Dec. 26 and Jan ...

The celebration also included head wrapping demonstrations, jewelry-making workshops, and tribal face painting, marking the sorority's return to Kwanzaa festivities. NEW ORLEANS — ...

Kansas leaders celebrated the sixth annual Kwanzaa celebration Monday at the Statehouse. "Celebrating Kwanzaa in Difficult and Demanding Times: Lifting up the Light that Last" was this year's theme.

With the beat of the batá drums and the booming of Swahili chants, the stage was set for the continuous Kwanzaa celebration at the Tyler Public Library on Monday night.

Monea-Cadette and her children were among more than 100 people at the African American Museum’s annual Kwanzaa celebration Saturday at North Elementary School in Waukegan, where they learned ...

Kwanzaa celebrations offer a reprieve for Black District residents ... to be defeated,” Karenga told 300 celebrants who converged on Union Temple Baptist Church in Southeast on Dec. 27 in celebration ...