Ronald McKinley Everett

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Ronald McKinley Everett, better known as Maulana Karenga, is an African-American activist and scholar who created the pan-African holiday Kwanzaa and co-founded the Black nationalist organization US Organization in the 1960s.

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instanceOf African-American studies scholar
Black nationalist
activist
human
scholar
academicDegree PhD
alsoKnownAs Maulana Karenga
coFounderOf US Organization
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
creatorOf Kwanzaa
dateOfBirth 1941-07-14
educatedAt University of California, Los Angeles
University of Southern California
employer California State University, Long Beach
ethnicGroup Black Americans
surface form: African American
familyName Everett
fieldOfWork Africana studies
Black nationalism
Pan-Africanism
ethnic studies
givenName Ronald
hasPart Kawaida philosophy
influenced contemporary Kwanzaa celebrations
modern Black cultural nationalism in the United States
influencedBy Frantz Fanon
Malcolm X
Marcus Garvey
languageSpoken English
middleName McKinley
movement Black Power movement
Black nationalism
Pan-Africanism
notableFor co-founding the US Organization
creation of Kwanzaa
notableWork Kawaida Theory: An Introductory Outline
surface form: Kawaida theory

Maat, The Moral Ideal in Ancient Egypt: A Study in Classical African Ethics
surface form: Maat, The Moral Ideal in Ancient Egypt
occupation activist
author
philosopher
professor
placeOfBirth Parsonsburg, Maryland, United States
positionHeld chair of the Department of Black Studies at California State University, Long Beach
religion Kawaida philosophy
secular humanism
residence Los Angeles
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
sexOrGender male

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Maulana Karenga birthName Ronald McKinley Everett