The Kwanzaa Guide

Celebrates Black History Month with highlights of Reconstruction, Harlem Renaissance and Civil Rights Movement, Martin Luther King, Barack Obama, James Baldwin and others

The Kwanzaa Teachers Guide

After watching this, students will have an understanding of the purpose of Kwanzaa.

The Companion Guide

The Kwanzaa Companion Guide It offers more materials, activities and illustrations on how families and schools can celebrate Kwanzaa.

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Three Songs Which Inspired and Informed the Black Freedom Struggle

June 7, 2010

“To take part in the African revolution it is not enough to write a revolutionary song; you must fashion the revolution with the people. And if you fashion it with the people, the songs will come by themselves and of themselves.” Sekou Toure, President Guinea The 1960s freedom struggle was reaffirmation of Sekou Toure...
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Tags: Black Music, Black Music and Black Freedom Struggle, Black Music and Civil Rights Movement, Black Music Month, Curtis Mayfield, Sam Cooke
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