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Felicia Green showed up with the heath care equivalent of a grocery list. "Had my flu shot. Got tested for HIV. Now I'm going to check out some of those clinic resources," the 25-year-old from Dallas said Saturday. Green hadn't stepped into a hospital, although a warehouse full of health care services awaited her. She'd come for KwanzaaFest, an annual event that celebrates black culture and community. Two decades after Dallas hosted one of the country's first Kwanzaa celebrations, the small-scale activity has ballooned into a boisterous two-day festival dominated largely by the social services it provides. Officials expect more...

Kwanzaa, the seven-day cultural celebration for people of African descent that began Monday, has come a long way since California activists created it nearly 40 years ago in the aftermath of the Watts riots in Los Angeles. "Like most holidays, Kwanzaa is now part of the American landscape," said Bill Jeter, a Twin Cities artist and teacher. Indeed, Kwanzaa is so mainstream that it has been featured on a U.S. postage stamp. Counselors use its "Nguzo Saba" - Swahili for "Seven Principles" - in treatment programs, and Kwanzaa "rite of passage" programs for young girls are fairly common. In short,...

Black Minister Says Blacks Should Celebrate Christmas and Reject Kwanzaa Los Angeles- "Black Christians should be outraged by recent attempts to stamp out Christianity from Christmas celebrations," said Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson, founder and president of BOND (Brotherhood Organization of A New Destiny). There have been numerous reports from across the country of public school administrators and city officials attempting to ban nativity scenes, Christmas carols, candy canes, and even Christmas trees from public places. Yet, the 'African' holiday Kwanzaa has become accepted as mainstream. Kwanzaa is taught in public schools, recognized by corporations, and even President George W. Bush...

THE CHRISTMAS SONG JINGLE BELL ROCK IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER LET IT SNOW UP ON THE HOUSETOP GRANDMA GOT RUN OVER BY A REINDEER I'M GETTIN' NOTHIN' FOR CHRISTMAS I SAW MOMMY KISSING SANTA CLAUS =================================================================================== WHITE CHRISTMAS I’m dreaming of a white Kwanzaa But I guess that is not PC Kwanzaa is such baloney…it's made up and phony Karenga laughs at you and me I’m dreaming of a white Kwanzaa For pagan whites, oh what a coup I could make up the rules, you see And then you could start...

Worker says Kwanzaa plan got her fired; mall denies it 12/22/2002 Associated Press HOUSTON - A former marketing director for a mall in a mostly minority neighborhood believes she was fired because a Kwanzaa display she advocated didn't conform with the new ownership's goal of bringing more white customers to the shopping center. But the owners of Sharpstown Center in southwest Houston say the marketing director was let go because she was unable to improve the facility's slumping sales. They say race was not an issue in their decision. Nicque Montgomery contends that she and her assistant, Trenard Hodge,...

by Paul Mulshine FrontPagemag.com December 24, 1999 ON DECEMBER 24, 1971, the New York Times ran one of the first of many articles on a new holiday designed to foster unity among African Americans. The holiday, called Kwanzaa, was applauded by a certain sixteen-year-old minister who explained that the feast would perform the valuable service of "de-whitizing" Christmas. The minister was a nobody at the time but he would later go on to become perhaps the premier race-baiter of the twentieth century. His name was Al Sharpton and he would later spawn the Tawana Brawley hoax and then incite anti-Jewish...