A California high school student was forcibly removed from his own graduation for wearing a kente cloth around his shoulders as he crossed the stage. 18-year-old Elk Grove resident Nyree Holmes ...

Kente cloth is believed to have been produced as early as 1000 B.C. among the Akan and Ewe peoples of Western African in modern-day Ghana and Togo, according to the African American Intellectual ...

Kente cloth originated in present-day Ghana, and has served as a pan-african symbol worn by Black Americans throughout history. From Black college students donning kente cloth stoles at graduation ...

While announcing a new plan for addressing police brutality, Democrats held a moment of silence for George Floyd but drew mockery on social media by wearing kente cloths for the occasion. They ...

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus wore Kente cloth in different fashions to protest Trump’s “shithole” comments about African nations and Haiti, which many Democratic leaders ...

There was Kente cloth for Africa, there was black for #MeToo and white for, well no one is quite sure. Members of Congress and the first family wore various colors and items to tonight's State of ...

In addition to kente cloth, members wore round red pins with the name “Recy” as a tribute to 97-year-old Recy Taylor of Alabama, who survived a gang rape by six white men in 1944 and never saw ...

Kente cloth is more than mere fashion, Embil and Kusimba said. It is a canvas upon which centuries of African people have told their stories. It can show rank or prestige.

In the United States, kente cloth has become an iconic symbol of Africa. "We feel honored to present part of our culture," said Owusu-Sekyere, who estimates about 2,000 Ghanaians live on Staten ...

Kente cloth and the vibrant prints based on its patterns are everywhere: in black churches as narrow columns of colorful fabric cascading over the shoulders of chorus members; on crowded urban ...

Kente cloth and the vibrant prints based on its patterns are everywhere: in African-American churches as narrow columns of colorful fabric cascading over the shoulders of chorus members; on ...

• Monday, April 27, 5 to 8 p.m.: "Design Your Own Kente Cloth": A parent/child activity where participants design a kente pattern on a computer, print it out and take it home.