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Gay, Kathlyn. (2007) African-American holidays, festivals, and celebrations :the history, customs, and symbols associated with both traditional and contemporary religious and secular events observed by Americans of African descent Detroit, MI : Omnigraphics,
MLA CitationGay, Kathlyn. African-American Holidays, Festivals, And Celebrations: The History, Customs, And Symbols Associated With Both Traditional And Contemporary Religious And Secular Events Observed By Americans Of African Descent. Detroit, MI : Omnigraphics, 2007. Print.
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African-American holidays, festivals, and celebrations : the history, customs, and symbols associated with both traditional and contemporary religious and secular events observed by Americans of African descent /
by Kathlyn Gay ; foreword by Jean Currie Church ; introduction by Jessie Carney Smith.
| Main Author: | Gay, Kathlyn. |
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| Published: | Detroit, MI : Omnigraphics, c2007. |
| Topics: | Holidays - United States. | Festivals - United States. | African Americans - Social life and customs. |
| Regions: | United States - Social life and customs. |
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African -- American Holidays, Festivals, and Celebrations -- AFRAM Festival -- African American Day Parade -- African-American Heritage Festival -- African-American/Black History Month -- African American Women in Cinema Film Festival -- African/Caribbean International Festival of Life -- African Film Festival -- African Methodist August Quarterly -- African Street Festival -- African World Festival in Detroit, Michigan -- African World Festival in Milwaukee, Wisconsin -- American Black Film Festival -- Battle of Olustee Reenactment -- Bessie Smith Strut -- Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo -- Black August Benefit Concert -- Black Cowboy Parade -- Black Music Month -- Black Poetry Day -- Black Pride Festival -- Bridge Crossing Jubilee -- Bud Billiken Parade and Picnic -- Buffalo Soldiers Commemorations -- Charlie Parker Jazz Festival -- Chicago Gospel Music Festival -- Church Homecomings -- Church Revivals -- Corn-Shucking Festival -- Crispus Attucks Day -- DanceAfrica -- DC Caribbean Carnival -- Denver Black Arts Festival -- Denver Pan African Film Festival -- Down Home Family Reunion -- DuSable Museum Arts & Crafts Festival -- Emancipation Day -- Emancipation Day in Hutchinson, Kansas -- Emancipation Day in Washington, DC -- Festival Sundiata -- Fillmore Jazz Festival -- Football Classics -- Founderʾs Day/Richard Allenʾs Birthday -- Frederick Douglass Day -- George Washington Carver Day -- Georgia Sea Island Festival -- Ghanafest -- Goombay! -- Greek Organizationsʾ Conventions -- Haile Selassieʾs Birthday -- Haitian Flag Day -- Harambee Festival -- Harlem Week -- Harriet Tubman Day -- Hollywood Black Film Festival
-- Homowo Festival -- Honoring Santería Orishas -- Idlewild Jazz Festival -- Ifa Festival and Yoruba National Convention -- Indiana Black Expoʾs Summer Celebration -- Jackie Robinson Day -- Jerry Rescue Day -- JʾOuvert Celebration and West Indian-American Day Carnival -- Jubilee Festival of Heritage -- Juneteenth -- Junkanoo -- Kunta Kinte Heritage Festival -- Kuumba Festival -- Kwanzaa -- Maafa Commemoration -- Malcolm Xʾs Birthday -- Marcus Garveyʾs Birthday -- Mardi Gras in African-American Traditions -- Martin Luther King Jrʾs Birthday -- Miami/Bahamas Goombay Festival -- Millions More March -- Mississippi Delta Blues and Heritage Festival -- MOJA Arts Festival -- NAACP Image Awards -- National Baptist Convention, USA, Annual Session -- National Black Arts Festival -- National Black Family Reunion Celebration -- National Black Storytelling Festival and Conference -- National Black Theatre Festival -- National Freedom Day -- Native Islander Gullah Celebration -- Negro Election Days and Coronation Festivals -- Nicodemus Emancipation and Homecoming Celebration -- Odunde Festival -- Olokun Festival -- Pan African Bookfest and Cultural Conference -- Pan African Festival of Georgia -- Pan African Film & Arts Festival -- Paul Robesonʾs Birthday -- Penn Center Heritage Days -- Pinkster -- Rondo Days Celebration -- Rosa Parks Day -- Satchmo SummerFest -- Scott Joplin Ragtime Festival -- Slavesʾ Christmas -- Sugar Grove Underground Railroad Convention -- Tuskegee Airmen Convention -- Umoja Karamu -- Watch Night -- Watts Summer Festival -- W C Handy Music Festival
-- West Indies Emancipation Day -- Womenʾs Day Celebrations -- Zora Neale Hurston Festival of the Arts and Humanities -- Appendix 1: Chronology -- Appendix 2 : Calendar of Holidays, Festivals, and Celebrations -- Appendix 3: Geographical List of Holidays, Festivals, and Celebrations -- Organizations: Contact Information and Web Sites.
-- Homowo Festival -- Honoring Santería Orishas -- Idlewild Jazz Festival -- Ifa Festival and Yoruba National Convention -- Indiana Black Expoʾs Summer Celebration -- Jackie Robinson Day -- Jerry Rescue Day -- JʾOuvert Celebration and West Indian-American Day Carnival -- Jubilee Festival of Heritage -- Juneteenth -- Junkanoo -- Kunta Kinte Heritage Festival -- Kuumba Festival -- Kwanzaa -- Maafa Commemoration -- Malcolm Xʾs Birthday -- Marcus Garveyʾs Birthday -- Mardi Gras in African-American Traditions -- Martin Luther King Jrʾs Birthday -- Miami/Bahamas Goombay Festival -- Millions More March -- Mississippi Delta Blues and Heritage Festival -- MOJA Arts Festival -- NAACP Image Awards -- National Baptist Convention, USA, Annual Session -- National Black Arts Festival -- National Black Family Reunion Celebration -- National Black Storytelling Festival and Conference -- National Black Theatre Festival -- National Freedom Day -- Native Islander Gullah Celebration -- Negro Election Days and Coronation Festivals -- Nicodemus Emancipation and Homecoming Celebration -- Odunde Festival -- Olokun Festival -- Pan African Bookfest and Cultural Conference -- Pan African Festival of Georgia -- Pan African Film & Arts Festival -- Paul Robesonʾs Birthday -- Penn Center Heritage Days -- Pinkster -- Rondo Days Celebration -- Rosa Parks Day -- Satchmo SummerFest -- Scott Joplin Ragtime Festival -- Slavesʾ Christmas -- Sugar Grove Underground Railroad Convention -- Tuskegee Airmen Convention -- Umoja Karamu -- Watch Night -- Watts Summer Festival -- W C Handy Music Festival
-- West Indies Emancipation Day -- Womenʾs Day Celebrations -- Zora Neale Hurston Festival of the Arts and Humanities -- Appendix 1: Chronology -- Appendix 2 : Calendar of Holidays, Festivals, and Celebrations -- Appendix 3: Geographical List of Holidays, Festivals, and Celebrations -- Organizations: Contact Information and Web Sites.