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TASK FORCE TO STUDY THE HISTORY AND LEGACY OF SLAVERY IN MARYLAND (Final Report) 1999/12/31 MdHR 991422 MdHR 991422, Image No: 385 Print image (67K) |
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TASK FORCE TO STUDY THE HISTORY AND LEGACY OF SLAVERY IN MARYLAND (Final Report) 1999/12/31 MdHR 991422 MdHR 991422, Image No: 385 Print image (67K) |
| Dr. Maulana Karenga Creator of Kwanzaa and Writer Born Ronald Everett and raised in Parsonsburg, on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, Karenga attended the former Salisbury High School. He earned several college degrees and received many honorary degrees from some of the most prestigious colleges and universities in the world. Dr. Karenga has taught black and ethnic studies at the University of California, Riverside, and has taught black studies at California State University at Los Angeles, Dominguez Hills, and San Diego. He has served as visiting professor of black politics, Stanford University, and distinguished visiting scholar in black studies at University of Nebraska, Omaha. An activist-scholar of national and international recognition, he has lectured on most of the major campuses of the United States of America, the People's Republic of China, Cuba, and Trinidad on black life and struggle. He presently serves as professor and chairperson of the Black Studies Department at California State University at Long Beach and is the executive director of the Institute of Pan African Studies. His other books include Introduction to Black Studies; Kawaida Theory: An Introductory Outline; Selections From the Husia: Sacred Wisdom of Ancient Egypt; Essays on Struggle: Position and Analysis; Kwanzaa: Origins, Concepts, Practice; The Foundations of Kawaida Theory: An Essay in Communitarian African Philosophy; The African American Holiday of Kwanzaa: A Celebration of Family, Community and Culture; and The Book of Coming Forth By Day: The Ethics of the Declarations of Innocence. In 1966 Dr. Karenga created Kwanzaa, an Afrikan celebration which is held from December 26 to January 1. A non-religious cultural holiday, Kwanzaa is the reinstitution of traditional Afrikan agricultural celebration that emphasizes the importance of cooperation, as well as the recognition and honor of those members of the Afrikan community for being able to successfully work together. Kwanzaa follows the seven principles called Nguzo Saba: 1.UMOJA Unity 2. KUJICHAGULIA Self Determination 3. UJTMA Collective Work and Responsibility 4. UJAMAA Cooperative Economics 5.NIA Purpose 6. KUUMBA Creativity 7. FMANI Faith The colors are black, red, and green: black for the people, red for our continuing struggle, and green for the future we shall build out of struggle (Karenga 75). Sources Davis, Mildred (retired teacher from Salisbury, Maryland). Telephone interviews with author. February 1997 and 23 July 1997. Gibson, Wavie (Salisbury State University English professor and schoolmate of Dr. Karenga). Coo venation with author. 24 July 1997. Karenga, Maulana. The African American Holiday of Kwanzaa: A Celebration of Family, Community and Culture. Los Angeles, California: University of Sankore Press, 1988. Shore Living Magazine. December 19%: 26. 25 |