As Kwanzaa, an annual African American and Pan-African holiday celebrating Black culture, family and community, begins Dec. 26, longtime observers are helping guide those new to the tradition. They ...

Avery Cassell, at the microphone, was one of several fifth-graders at Taylor Elementary, 720 Seventh Ave. SW, to present Kwanzaa symbols Dec. 20, 1990, at a festival at the school in Cedar Rapids.

Kwanzaa has become a nationally recognized celebration of African culture and community in the United States since its founding in 1966 and also is celebrated in countries with large African ...

Diane Gordon has led Toledo’s Kwanzaa tradition for more than 50 years. She still remembers feeling starstruck at her first celebration in northwest Ohio in 1967 in her aunt’s home. She recently ...

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