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karenga , celebrating kwanzaa at the rochester institute of technology on , december 12 , 2003 center , with wife tiamoyo at left http://www.maulanakarenga.org/ parsonsburg , maryland 1687922 maulana karenga 14 july 1941 brenda tiamoyo karenga -lrb- 1970 -- -rrb- lorraine `` haiba '' karenga -lrb- divorced -rrb- kwanza-ronkarenga . jpg maulana karenga
 ronald mckinley everett professor
maulana karenga

maulana ndabezitha karenga -lrb- born ronald mckinley everett ; july 14 , 1941 -rrb- is an african-american professor of africana studies , activist and author , best known as the creator of the pan-african and african-american holiday of kwanzaa .
karenga was a major figure in the black power movement of the 1960s and 1970s and co-founded with hakim jamal the black nationalism and social change organization us .
