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Maulana Karenga

CTL-E-2391 · Person · activist · 1966-

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Activist, author, and professor of Africana studies at California State University who created Kwanzaa in 1966.

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RELP57 supporting entity (2026-10-06): created to ground related_to for CTL-E-1286. Provisional pending primary (Karenga/organization) source.

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