He is a convicted felon – sentenced five years after inventing Kwanzaa for torturing two black women by whipping them with electrical cords and beating them with a karate baton after stripping them naked. He placed in the mouth of one of the victims a hot soldering iron, also scarring her face with the device. He put one of her big toes in a vise, and detergent and running water in both of their mouths. Is that why Kwanzaa is 6 days long?
One day to commemorate the whipping with electrical cords.
One day to commemorate the beating with a baton.
One day to commemorate the placing of a hot soldering iron in the mouth.
One day for scarring the face with a soldering iron.
One day for placing toes in a vice.
One day for running water and detergent in the mouth.