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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.
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 ...
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