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Kwanzaa celebrates African-American heritage. Here’s how it came to be—and what it means today.
Born in a time of racial unrest, Kwanzaa is a weeklong celebration of African-American culture and ... However, he pointed out that Mother’s Day and Father’s Day have similarly invented ...
My father photographed a Black Catholic parish in North Philly in the 1950s. It’s taken me years to learn its special history.
I wanted to learn more about this remarkable parish, and how it formed a thread that was connected to the rich legacy of my ...
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'American African' identity is explored by U.S. artist with Ghanaian/Nigerian roots
How do I describe my cultural identity: African American or ... a Rhode Island-based artist who is the American-born son of a Ghanaian mother and a Nigerian father. “Touch Products” is the ...
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The Root’s 2025 Ultimate Black Father’s Day Gift Guide
“My Father’s House” is a beautiful memoir by John Conyers III, which honors the legacy of Congressman John Conyers Jr., the ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel7mon
Aaron Boyd's 'Giving Good' remembers the kindness of a good Black father
"Giving Good" is a quiet story, but it's one that a child or father in Milwaukee might need to read today. In Aaron Boyd's picture book ... "Like a lot of African American families, we don ...
The Desert Sun10mon
Who are Kamala Harris' parents? Father was a Stanford professor, mom a scientist
Harris, whose mother is Indian and father is Jamaican ... Harris made history as the first African American and South Asian American to be elected vice president, USA TODAY reported in 2020.