Thursday, December 27, 2012

President Extends Best Wishes To Those Celebrating Kwanzaa

The White House yesterday issued a statement (full text) from the President and the First Lady extending best wishes to all those celebrating Kwanzaa. The statement describes the festival as a "week-long celebration of African-American history and culture through the seven principles of Kwanzaa: unity, self determination, collective work and responsibility, cooperative economics, purpose, creativity, and faith."