Ujamaa

Ujamaa (cooperative economics) is the 4th day/principle of Kwanzaa celebrated December 29th. To build and maintain our own stores, shops, and other businesses and profit from them together. Harambee! Harambee! Harambee! Harambee!

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Ujima

Habari gani? (What’s the news?) Ujima means collective work and responsibility and is the third principle/day of Kwanzaa celebrated December 28. To build and keep our community together; to make our brothers’ and sisters’ problems our problems and to solve them together. Harambee!Harambee! Harambee!

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Kujichagulia

Habari gani? (What’s the news?) Kujichagulia, second day/principle of Kwanzaa, means self-determination, to define ourselves, create for ourselves, and speak for ourselves. Harambee! Harambee!

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Umoja

Habari gani? (What’s the news?) Umoja, first day/principle of Kwanzaa, December 26, means unity. To strive for and maintain unity in the family, community, race and nation. Harambee (let’s pull together).

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Cameron Jamal Mikquise Thompson

Cameron Jamal Mikquise Thompson, 18, a transgender woman was shot and killed in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama in December 17, 2024. Alabama is one of nine states that don’t recognize sexual orientation, gender or gender identity in the legal classification of a hate crime, according to the Department of Justice. Thirty-two states include sexual orientation in […]

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Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray

Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray 1910 to 1985 first Black American to graduate from Yale Law School with a Doctor of Juridical Science (JSD) degree in 1965. The first woman to be featured in the American Women Quarters Program for 2024. And first Black woman to be ordained as an Episcopal priest. LGBTQ+

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Lloyd Austin III

Lloyd Austin III served as the 33rd vice chief of staff of the Army from January 2012 to March 2013, and as commander of United States Forces – Iraq from September 2010 to December 2011. He is the first Black American to hold each of these positions.

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