As New Years’ Eve approaches, GRIFF asks Erica Campbell what the significance of a “Watchnight” is. According to the African American Registry, the term actually goes all the way back to the year that emancipation became legally in effect; when 1862 turned into 1863 at midnight, the slaves were officially free. They celebrated, prayed and […]
Bronx-resident Stephen Hewett-Brown wished the stranger a “Happy New Year” before being crushed.
Several area churches will hold late night services on New Year’s Eve, sometimes referred to as “Watch Night” services. The Watch Night service has been…
It’s almost that time beauties–New Year’s Eve! This is the day we leave all bad things in our past and all good things are to…
2014 is upon us and I’m a big believer in ringing in the New Year with a bang! Every year, several of my friends end…
Photo: Getty Images New Year’s Eve is December 31 of every year. It is celebrated in countries that use the Gregorian calendar with the United States, Australia, British Isles, North & South America, Europe, Scandinavia and (the former) Soviet Union as the main regions in the world who welcome in a new year. It is […]
So someone triple-dog dared you to go to New York’s Times Square On New Years Eve. The countdown nexus of The Big Apple may be…
Preparations are underway for the famous New Year’s Eve ball drop at New York’s Times Square. Workers installed Waterford crystal triangles on the ceremonial…
So you’ve worked a miracle and found yourself in a club on New Year’s Eve without having to mortgage your home. After working up a…
Although New Year’s Eve church services were started in the mid-1700s by John Wesley, founder of the Methodist movement, the event, known as Watch Night, occupies a special place in black communities across America. In 1863, when President Abraham Lincoln announced that the Emancipation Proclamation would take effect Jan. 1, freeing all slaves in Confederate […]
