By Ashleigh FieldsAFRO Assistant Editorafields@afro.com The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) will display its first official Kwanzaa exhibit until Jan. 1, 2024. A kinara, mkeka mat and a playlist debuted at the museum on Dec. 26. The week-long Pan-African holiday was originally founded in 1966 by Maulana Ron Karenga to […]
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Black leaders sound off about National Museum of African American History and Culture’s first official Kwanzaa exhibit
By Ashleigh Fields AFRO Assistant Editor afields@afro.com The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) will display its first official Kwanzaa exhibit until Jan. 1, 2024. A kinara, mkeka mat and a playlist debuted at the museum on Dec. 26. The week-long Pan-African holiday was originally founded in 1966 by Maulana Ron […]