Editing Kwanzaa (section)

==Recognition==
The first Kwanzaa stamp, designed by [[Synthia Saint James]], was issued by the [[United States Post Office]] in 1997, and in the same year [[Bill Clinton]] gave the first presidential declaration marking the holiday.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=53734|title=William J. Clinton: Message on the Observance of Kwanzaa, 1997|website=www.presidency.ucsb.edu|access-date=December 31, 2017|archive-date=December 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171231103648/http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=53734|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Pleck|first=Elizabeth|date=2001 |url= http://people.duke.edu/~ldbaker/classes/backtoafrica/documents/pleck1.pdf |title=Kwanzaa: The Making of a Black Nationalist Tradition, 1966–1990|jstor=27502744|journal=Journal of American Ethnic History|volume=20|issue=4|pages=3–28|doi=10.2307/27502744 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170315195135/http://people.duke.edu/~ldbaker/classes/backtoafrica/documents/pleck1.pdf|archive-date=March 15, 2017}}</ref> Subsequent presidents [[George W. Bush]],<ref name="bush2004"/> [[Barack Obama]],<ref>{{Cite press release |date=December 26, 2015|title=Statement by the President and the First Lady on Kwanzaa |url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2015/12/26/statement-president-and-first-lady-kwanzaa |access-date=December 28, 2020 |publisher=The White House}}</ref> [[Donald Trump]],<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/presidential-message-kwanzaa-2/ |title=Presidential Message on Kwanzaa |publisher=The White House |date=December 26, 2019 |access-date=December 29, 2019}}</ref> and [[Joe Biden]]<ref>{{cite tweet |url=https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/1475126705278828555 |title=As we begin the seven days of Kwanzaa, Jill and I send our best wishes to everyone celebrating. |user=POTUS |last=Biden |first=Joe |number=1475126705278828555 |date=December 26, 2021 |access-date=December 24, 2022}}</ref> also issued greetings to celebrate Kwanzaa.

[[Maya Angelou]] narrated a 2008 [[documentary film]] about Kwanzaa, ''[[The Black Candle]]'', written and directed by [[M. K. Asante]] and featuring [[Chuck D]].<ref name=Asante>{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=98278817 |title=Kwanzaa Celebration Captured In 'Black Candle' |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=December 15, 2008 |publisher=[[National Public Radio]]}}</ref><ref name=Essence>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.essence.com/2009/12/26/chuck-d-and-maya-angelou-in-kwanzaa-docu |title=Chuck D and Maya Angelou in Kwanzaa Documentary |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=December 18, 2009 |magazine=[[Essence (magazine)|Essence]]}}</ref>

In the [[Arthur (TV series)]] special ''[[Arthur's Perfect Christmas]]'', Brain's family celebrated Kwanzaa as a family, and added a Kwanzaa Ice Cream Special (red, black, and green ice cream) to their ice cream shop menu. <ref>{{Cite episode |title=Arthur's Perfect Christmas |series=Arthur |series-link=Arthur (TV series) |network=[[PBS]] |date=November 23, 2000 |season=5}}</ref>