60th Anniversary of our "California Grown" Pan African Global Holiday - Kwanzaa

Kwanzaa Diamond Jubilee - "Matunda Ya Kwanza" opens the way towards a new beginning.

When the authentic beginning is known, the ending will not trouble you much.

Kwanzaa began from the aftermath of the Watts Rebellion in Los Angeles and reflects a much broader freedom struggle by people of Pan African ancestry throughout America and beyond.

Early California Pioneers of Pan African Ancestry, both enslaved and free, were well established throughout California during the transition from Mexican rule to US rule, and here along the American River Basin at the confluence apart of the broader Sacramento River Basin the story remains an "open secret" by design.

Entire historic towns and settlements throughout California, including those along today's American River Parkway demonstrates the ongoing need to remember, recommit and reconnect to the spirit of "Matunda Ya Kwanza."

Established in 1844, Rancho Rio de Los Americanos, a cattle and wheat agribusiness was owned by the "African Founding Father of California" Honorable William Alexander Leidesdorff, Jr., showcasing what "free" African Americans were able to express ancient agricultural traditions from the Pan African Diaspora, soon come alive again, to help educate and restore Agriculture production as the corner stone foundation of our Pan African cultures.

California Black Veterans, who have served here in the Sacramento Valley since the initial California Bear Flag Revolt, June 1846. Many esteemed ancestors and elders continue to demonstrate the ancient spirit of the Nguzo Saba, 7 principles of Kwanzaa in a daily practice.

This special 160th Anniversary Year of the Buffalo Soldiers, we recall the 1,918 USCT enlistees from the State of California who fought, bleed and died to help preserve the Union and end chattel slavery throughout America at the 1865 close of the US Civil War, we will one day officially celebrate an aligned Title 5 US Federal Holiday of Juneteenth throughout the State of California. September 22, 1866, the Buffalo Soldiers first formation near Congo Square, New Orleans, Louisiana and brought forth a reconnected Ancient Pan African Cavalry and Horseman legacy to Union Square, San Francisco in the "Summer of 1903."

100 years from June 1865, Juneteenth, later the aftermath of the Los Angeles Watts Rebellion in 1965, our "California Grown" Pan African Global Holiday Kwanzaa was born out of the struggle towards a greater measure of freedom, during our US Civil Rights Movement expressed in a bloody and costly uprising in Southern California.

Dr. Maulana Karenga, brought forth remembrance of the earliest recorded "First Fruits of the Harvest" recorded by Nile Valley Civilization long ago and the agriculture bounty from throughout the African continent was synthesized as part of a much larger education academic scholarship effort by Dr. Maulana Karenga, Kwanzaa was first introduced in 1966 as a 7-day holiday season.

Our California Black Agriculture Working Group, continues to build upon our rich history and shares part of our Pan African legacy toward a renaissance of Black Agriculture, globally.

This special 28th Year of our California State Capitol Kwanzaa effort, remains a blessing to behold, we celebrate a wonderful challenge and look forward to returning inside our California State Capitol in the near future, enjoying brand new first class accommodations with the long awaited completed billion dollar tax-payer investment in the "People's Capitol."

Ancient pristine waters meet, near the historic Old Sacramento River District, at the confluence of the Sacramento River and American River, our Holy Sacrament, long before European colonization and American rule, the custodians of these lands, align with the rebirth and regeneration of ancestral wisdom, A'ho, all my relations.

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