Includes glossary with pronunciation and an exciting short biographical story for each principle. Imoja (unity) - Sheyann Webb, for her work as a song leader with Martin Luther King her own words on Bloody Sunday in Selma as an 8-year-old. Kijichaguilia (self-determination) Wilma Rudolph, Olympic track star. Ujima (collective work and responsibility) - Ida B Wells, journalist. Ujamaa (cooperative economics) -Benjamin “Pap” Singleton, founder and enabler of Kansas Black settlements. Nia (purpose) - Marcus Garvey, Return to Africa movement leader Kuumba (creativity) - James Van Deere, photographer. Imani (Faith) - Fannie Lou Hamer, civil rights activist.

"Angela Shelf Medearis is the author of several for children. . .She say's, 'I write the kind of book I always longed to find in the library when I was a child.'" Source: Inside the book's back cover. In addition to telling how Kwanzaa began and describing how it's celebrated, the author tells seven celebration stories about people. A glossary is included with a pronunciation guide.

Cause & Effect, Compare/Contrast, Main Idea/Details