Today we celebrate the seventh day of Kwanzaa, Imani, meaning faith. Today’s principle is to believe with all our hearts in our people and the righteousness and victory of our struggle. A song for reflection: Keep Your Head to the Sky, Earth, Wind, and Fire Thought of the day: Poem, “For my People” by Margaret Walker Learn more about the…
Today we celebrate the sixth day of Kwanzaa, Kuumba, meaning creativity. Today’s principle is to do always as much as we can to leave our community more beautiful and beneficial than we inherited it. A song for reflection: Africa, John Coltrane Thought of the day: Jones, Leroi (Amiri Baraka). Bles People: Negro Music in White America. William Morrow, 1963. Introduction,…
Today we celebrate the fifth day of Kwanzaa, Nia, meaning purpose. Today’s principle is to make our collective vocation the building and developing of our community in order to restore our people to their traditional greatness. A song for reflection: Higher Ground, Stevie Wonder Thought of the day: Poem About My Rights by June Jordan Learn more about the principles…
Today we celebrate the fourth day of Kwanzaa, Ujamaa, meaning cooperative economics. Today’s principle is to build and maintain our stores, shops and other businesses and to profit from them together. A song for reflection: We’re a Winner, Curtis Mayfield Thought for the day: Davis, Angela. Angela Davis: An Autobiography. Random House. Inc., 1974. pp. 89 Learn more about the…
Today we celebrate the third day of Kwanzaa, Ujima, meaning collective work and responsibility. Today’s principle is to build and maintain our community together and make our community’s problems our problems and to solve them together. A song for reflection: Optimistic, Sounds of Blackness Thought for the day: Wilkerson, Isabel. The Warmth of Other Suns. Random House, 2010. pp. 538…
Today we celebrate the second day of Kwanzaa, Kujichagulia, meaning self-determination. Today’s principle is to define ourselves, name ourselves, create for ourselves and speak for ourselves. A song for reflection: I am the Black Gold of the Sun, Rotary COnnection & Minnie Riperton Thought for the day: Black, Daniel, The Coming. St. Martin’s Press, New York. 2015. pp. 9-10 Learn…
Today we celebrate the first day of Kwanzaa, Umoja, meaning unity. Today’s principle is to strive for and maintain unity in the family, community, nation, and race. A song for reflection: Worth Weight in Gold (Rally Round the Flag), Steel Pulse. Thought for the day: Morrison, Toni, Beloved, First Edition, Alfred A. Knopf 1987. pp 88 Learn more about the…
Lucille Clifton was a poet and author from Baltimore. She inspired people of all ages with her writing. Clifton often visited and conjured her writing in notable places around the city, making her mark on the community. Angel’s Tavern was a small bar in a historic neighborhood in Baltimore where Clifton read her poems to a reoccurring audience. From 1974-1985…
In Charlottesville, Virginia, the statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee will be melted down and turned into a piece of public art. The new piece of artwork will be created by the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center. In addition to the Lee statue, a statue of confederate Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson was removed the same day in July 2021.…