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The Kwanzaa con.(Between The Lines)
ITEM: "Although Kwanzaa is culturally an African-American holiday," said Emily Raabe in the Sarasota (Florida) Herald-Tribune for December 24, 2003, "'its messages of unity, family, togetherness, creativity and strength can be incorporated into any family's cultural lexicon.... Kwanzaa was launched [in 1966] by Maulana Karenga, Ph.D., professor and chairman of the Department of Black Studies at California State University, Long Beach, to celebrate both the roots and the modern identities of the African-American community."
BETWEEN THE LINES: Kwanzaa was concocted by an ex-con named Ron Everett, whose alias is Karenga; his black nationalist cult (United Slaves) became a violent rival of the Black Panthers at UCLA.
Five years after his invented holiday took root, Karenga was convicted of torturing two female followers. He had ...
- Studies from M. Karenga and co-researchers yield new data on black studies.
- Newspaper article from: Science Letter September 8, 2009 700+ words
...wrote M. Karenga and colleagues (see also Black Studies). The researchers...competence.." Karenga and colleagues...Journal of Black Studies (Names and...Journal of Black Studies, 2009;40...contact M. Karenga, California...
- The Many Sides of Maulana Karenga, the Tradition Keeper
- Newspaper article from: Los Angeles Sentinel Malaika Brown February 17, 1994 700+ words
...their interest," Karenga explains. Karenga, professor and chair of the Department of Black Studies at the University of...realization. Currently, Karenga divides his time between...CSULB's Department of Black Studies, lecturing and running...
- Karenga, Maulana 1941—
- Reference information from: Contemporary Black Biography Decker, Ed January 1, 1996 700+ words
...State University, Department of Black Studies, Long Beach, CA. who supported...that he adopted the name Maulana Karenga — Maulana is Swahili...building independent schools, black-studies departments, and black-student...
- A Kwanzaa Memory: Growing Up With Dr. Karenga
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Elizabeth Softky December 20, 1995 700+ words
...found a man known as Ron Karenga. A charismatic activist and black studies student, Karenga and the people who had...around the room. Ron Karenga eventually changed his...he received his PhD in Black Studies at UCLA, our shared...
- Karenga supports military intervention in Haiti
- Newspaper article from: Philadelphia Tribune, The Vincent Thompson August 12, 1994 700+ words
...Kwanzaa founder Dr. Maulana Karenga said he believes the only...force Cedras out of power. Karenga added that Cedras' government...and need to be extracted." Karenga, chairman of the Black Studies department at California State...
- The man who invented Kwanzaa. (Maulana Karenga; includes a paraphrase of the...
- Magazine article from: Ebony Collier, Aldore January 1, 1998 700+ words
Maulana Karenga's is not quite a household...by people around the world. Karenga, who is chairman of the Black Studies Department at California State...the values of African culture. Karenga chose red, black and green candles...
- Maulana Karenga: Organization Turns 30
- Newspaper article from: Precinct Reporter Dianne Anderson September 7, 1995 700+ words
...Reporter 09-07-1995 Maulana Karenga: Organization Turns 30...and change. Dr. Maulana Karenga, US Organization founder...professor and chair of the Black Studies Ph.D. program at Temple...Stallings of Washington, D.C. Karenga, also developed the widely...
- Dr. Maulana Karenga: Father of Kwanzaa
- Newspaper article from: New York Amsterdam News Mel Tapley December 24, 1994 700+ words
...Amsterdam News 12-24-1994 Dr. Maulana Karenga: Father of Kwanzaa. If there ever was...God and Allah, it is Dr. Ron Maulana Karenga. But he gives praise to the creator for...133rd Street and Covent Avenue. When Karenga pulled back the traditional lighting for...
