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How Black activists invented a new holiday, flying around the world without refuelling, what not to do if you win a fortune, and the mountaineers who risked their lives climbing the spires of Leningrad during WW2. Then there's the obligatory Christmas board game - Trivial Pursuit.
Picture: Children at the first Kwanzaa celebration - courtesy of Terri Bandele.
By BBC World Service4.3
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How Black activists invented a new holiday, flying around the world without refuelling, what not to do if you win a fortune, and the mountaineers who risked their lives climbing the spires of Leningrad during WW2. Then there's the obligatory Christmas board game - Trivial Pursuit.
Picture: Children at the first Kwanzaa celebration - courtesy of Terri Bandele.

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