On the night of Dec. 31, 1862, under cover of darkness and winter cold, groups of Americans of African descent — some free, others still enslaved — gathered quietly across the country. As the Civil ...
On the night of December 31, 1862, African Americans of all social classes gathered in secret to observe Watch Night, a religious tradition of collective reflection and anticipation of the ...
Just over 160 years ago on Jan. 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation in an attempt to save ...
Some friends and I were sharing about the Watch Night Services our families attended when we were children. I shared how ...
Before the clocks struck midnight, before freedom found its way into law books, Black folks were already awakened. Awakened in the hush of pine-shadowed churches, awakened in praise houses leaning ...
The public is invited to Peterboro, in Madison County, on Wednesday for a New Year’s Eve event commemorating the issuing of President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation in 1862. Events run ...
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The reason Black churches use Watch Night services to ring in the new year is deeper than you think
We're looking at the history of watch night, a New Year's Eve tradition for Black Americans that goes back to the Civil War.
A copy of the Emancipation Proclamation signed by President Abraham Lincoln is available for public viewing at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum (ALPLM) in Springfield. The historic ...
On Jan. 1, Bartow County will continue a tradition dating back to 1929 with an event commemorating the passage of the Emancipation Proclamation. “The event is a remembrance and commemoration of the ...
There are just 27 known copies remaining of the only authorized and printed edition of the Emancipation Proclamation’s full text signed by President Abraham Lincoln and one of them is going on auction ...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) - An opportunity to get a closer look at one of the most important documents in the history of the United States. The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum will ...
ARIES (March 20 - April 18): Cohorts are adrift nowadays so don't try to anticipate what they want. Just do what you feel is best and they'll follow. TAURUS (April 19 - May 19): You're split between ...
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