7-day Kwanzaa celebration starts Saturday at Charles H. Wright museum
By Hilary Golston and Fox 2 Staff
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DETROIT, Mich - Event organizers at the Charles H. Wright museum had to adjust their usual Kwanzaa celebrations to an all-virtual event due to COVID.
According to the Charles H. Wright museum website, Kwanzaa is an African-American holiday founded in 1966 by Dr. Maulana Karenga, as a way to unite the community following the Watts Rebellion. Kwanzaa is derived from the phrase matunda ya kwanza which means first fruits in Swahili.
Charles H. Wright Museum offers virtual Kwanzaa celebration
7-day Kwanzaa celebration offered at Charles H. Wright Museum
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