UCLA Center for African American Studies : Maulana Karenga, 1996-1998

Resource Information

The work UCLA Center for African American Studies : Maulana Karenga, 1996-1998 represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in UCLA Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

UCLA Center for African American Studies : Maulana Karenga, 1996-1998

Title remainder

Maulana Karenga

Statement of responsibility

interviewed by Elston L. Carr

Inclusive dates

1996-1998

Creator

• Karenga, Maulana

Contributor

• University of California, Los Angeles, Oral History Program
• Carr, Elston L.

Interviewee

• Karenga, Maulana
• Karenga, Maulana

Interviewer

• Carr, Elston L.

Subject

• Africanists -- California, Southern -- Interviews
• oral histories
• African American college administrators -- California, Southern -- Interviews
• African American college teachers -- California, Southern -- Interviews
• Black Panther Party
• US (Organization)
• Karenga, Maulana

Genre

• Interviews
• oral histories

Language

eng

Summary

The interview begins with Karenga's childhood in Maryland and the influence of his parents and family on the shaping of his life's mission; it continues through his move to Los Angeles and his time at UCLA. Major topics of discussion include his activism at UCLA and in the Los Angeles community, his philosophy about social change, his beliefs on cultural nationalism and Kawaida, the relationship between the Us organization and the Black Panthers, and efforts to develop a more racially inclusive curriculum

Note

Forms part of: Oral History collection, Dept. of Special Collections, University Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Is part of

• Oral History collection, Dept. of Special Collections, University Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Additional physical form

Audio recordings also may be accessed in the UCLA Department of Special Collections by special arrangement.

Biography type

individual biography

Biographical or historical data

Maulana Karenga was born on July 14, 1941 in Parsonsburg, Maryland. He received his BA (in 1963) and MA (in 1964) from UCLA, a Ph.D. (in 1976) from United States International University and another Ph.D. (in 1994) from University of Southern California. He has been a professor at various universities (mostly in California) since 1975 and has published in the area of African American and African studies since 1978. He is affiliated with a number of professional and community organizations and has received many awards over the years. Among his many accomplishments, Karenga is credited as being the creator of Kwanzaa.

Cataloging source

CLU

Form designation

oral history transcript

Illustrations

portraits

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Location of originals duplicates

The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.