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3rd Monday in January Across from the Lorraine Motel, now the National Civil Rights Museum, Memphis, Tennessee The above quote was from his Mountaintop speech, given one day before his assassination in Memphis, Tennessee. Today we remember, not his tragic death, but his remarkable life. In the early 1980′s, Martin Luther King Day was a holiday in several states, but there was debate about whether King ‘deserved’ a federal holiday. After all only one other American had been …Read more December 28 & 29 December 28th and 29th are the 3rd and 4th days of Kwanzaa. The themes of these days are Ujima (Collective Work and Responsibility) and Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics). On the surface these do not sound like the general feel-good (or feel-bad) sentiments that accompany most holidays. For the record, other days of the celebration include themes such as Unity, Purpose, and Faith–themes more consistent with older holidays. Ujima and Ujamaa may be overshadowed by these …Read more 
December 26 – January 1
God makes three requests of his children: Do the best you can, where you are, with what you have now. – African-American Proverb Originally intended as an Afrocentric alternative to Western holidays in the United States, Kwanzaa is now celebrated by people of African heritage in Europe and the Caribbean as well as by millions in Africa itself. The term Kwanzaa comes from the Kiswahili phrase “ya kwanzaa” …Read more |
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