As a child, Kellee White Whilby celebrated Kwanzaa a few times with her family in Delaware. Now, as a mom to 2-year-old Gabrielle, she wants her daughter to learn much more about the African American ...

LOS ANGELES -- Sometimes the baby steps taken by television can represent leaps and bounds. Consider the case of "Rugrats," "The Proud Family" and Kwaanza. While diversity comes hard to much of TV, ...

NEW YORK -- Kwanzaa, the weeklong celebration of African-American culture and values, begins Tuesday. On each evening of Kwanzaa, families gather to light one of seven candles on a kinara. Each candle ...

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn (PIX11) — Families across New York City are coming together this week to celebrate Kwanzaa and its rich cultural traditions. At the Brooklyn Children’s Museum in Crown Heights, ...

On Thursday, the museum celebrated Kwanzaa with various events, including holding a story time, creating a kinara or candleholder, looking at quilt symbols, studying the principles of Kwanzaa and ...

Hannah Kliger joined the CBS News New York team as a reporter in May 2022, focusing her coverage in Brooklyn. A native New Yorker, Hannah has received several awards for her investigative journalism ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Tuesday is the beginning of Kwanzaa, and Chicago's Malcolm X College has been hosting celebrations of the holiday for more than a decade. The rhythmic beats of African drums at ...

Stokes told the children Kwanzaa was not a religious holiday and is not meant to take the place of any other holiday. According to Stokes, it was started in 1966 as a way for African-Americans to ...

Spirits were high at Malcolm X College on Friday as the community came together to mark the first day of Kwanzaa, starting a cultural celebration rooted on peace and unity. The sounds of Kwanzaa rang ...

With Kwanzaa right around the corner, you might be on the lookout for the best items to celebrate the holiday this year, and you’re not alone. Kwanzaa was first celebrated in 1966 and continues to be ...

Which Kwanzaa decorations are best? Dr. Maulana Karenga created Kwanzaa in 1966 to find a way to bring the African community together in America. The holiday, Kwanzaa, stems from the Swahili phrase, ...