Kwanzaa: Celebrating culture, unity, principles
By Amy F. Reiter
Monday December 31, 2007
Heather Coit
Cyria Dorris, 11, left, and her friend Raniya Rashay, 3, right, both of Champaign, observethe lighting of the kinara Saturday during a celebration of Kwanzaa at the Douglass Branch Library in Champaign.
CHAMPAIGN – What is this holiday called Kwanzaa?
To Dawn Blackman, who led a Kwanzaa celebration at the Douglass Branch of the Champaign Public Library on Saturday evening, it is a seven-day celebration of African-American culture, a remembrance of ancestors and a reminder of principles like community responsi-bility, cooperative economics and unity.
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