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Last year, apparently rehabilitated in the eyes of many African-American leaders, Karenga served on the national executive committee for the Million Man March.
Beginning in the late 1970s, however, Kwanzaa began to attract coverage in the mainstream press . The attention grew as Karenga modified his rhetoric to appeal to a broader audience, and as interest in multiculturalism burgeoned in the late 1980s.
In Karenga's own words, "It's widespread but not mainstream."
Karenga's early attempts to popularize the holiday were directed at a relatively small group of activists.
Karenga took the holiday's name from the Swahili phrase matunda yakwanza , meaning "first fruit."