Dec 27 2018
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The thing you must know about Kwanzaa is that it really isn’t seven times the holiday that Christmas is because,…
Dec 26 2018
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Jan 1 2018
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Faith. George Michael crooned about it; black people in America somehow maintain it—even if it’s the size of a…
Dec 31 2017
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This year, for each day of Kwanzaa, The Root is highlighting one person from the community who exemplifies the…
Dec 30 2017
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[This post originally ran on Dec. 30, 2017.]
Dec 30 2017
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This year, for each day of Kwanzaa, The Root is highlighting one person from the community who exemplifies the…
Dec 29 2017
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We’ve been celebrating Kwanzaa Week here at The Root, which, for The Glow Up, also meant thinking up new outfits to…
Dec 29 2017
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This year, for each day of Kwanzaa, The Root is highlighting one person from the community who exemplifies the…
Dec 29 2017
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Each year, there are new essays or snide conversations about how black people don’t celebrate Kwanzaa. But I’m here…
Dec 28 2017
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... On the fifth day of Kwanzaa, P-Nut gave to meeeee: Fiiive keeeente clooooths! Four calling cards, three French…
Dec 28 2017
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This year, for each day of Kwanzaa, The Root is highlighting one person from the community who exemplifies the…
Dec 27 2017
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This year, for each day of Kwanzaa, The Root is highlighting one person from the community who exemplifies the…
Dec 27 2017
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Dec 26 2017
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[This post originally ran on Dec. 26, 2017.]
Dec 26 2017
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This year, The Root is making the blackest holiday of them all great again!
Dec 26 2017
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Yes, we’re serious. When I was asked (or, um, “volunteered”) to edit our Kwanzaa Week series, I was hype!
Dec 25 2017
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Sure. This will be one of our shortest explainers ever.