Short Stuff: Watch Night
Podcast: Stuff You Should KnowPublished On: Wed Jan 01 2025
Description: Watch Night has been observed on New Year’s Eve by African-American Methodists in the US since 1862, to mark the passage of the Emancipation Act. But this religious holiday goes back even farther in history, with even more layers of meaning.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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