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Monday, January 19, 2015

BLACK HISTORY FACTS: 20 INVENTIONS BY AFRICAN AMERICAN INVENTORS

HAS 50 CENT FOUND HIS TRUE CALLING?

Friday, January 16, 2015

MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. CELEBRATIONS 2015, UNIVERSITY CIRCLE

REMEMBERING THE REVEREND DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.

Thursday, January 15, 2015

BLOODY SUNDAY AND THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT

AKIM CAMARA: CHILD PRODIGY BLACK VIOLINIST

BLACK HISTORY FACT: JOHN CHEATHAM, ONE OF FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN FIREFIGHTERS IN MINNEAPOLIS, BORN ON THIS DATE IN 1855

Wednesday, January 14, 2015

FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST MAYOR JEFFREY LANSKY, COUNCIL PRESIDENT JACKIE ALBERS, AND JOHN MONTELLO

BLACK HISTORY FACT: DUDLEY RANDALL, AFRICAN AMERICAN EDITOR AND PUBLISHER, BORN ON JAN 14, 1914

ANCESTRAL VOICES: THE OROMO AND WAAGA

Thursday, January 1, 2015

HABARI GANI: IMANI - FAITH

The name Kwanzaa is derived from the phrase “matunda ya kwanza” which means “first fruits” in Swahili. [HISTORY OF KWANZAA]


Habari Gani is a Swahili term meaning What’s the news?” It is used when greeting others during Kwanzaa. The appropriate response is to say the name of the principle for that day. 


Nguzo Saba – The Seven Principles of Kwanzaa