The Little-Known Black History Of The Easter Holiday

Black History Year

PushBlack

History, Society & Culture

4.3 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2024

⏱️ 3 minutes

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When you think of the Easter holiday, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Is it Black history? It should be. Here’s why the holiday is one of the Blackest celebrations of the year. _____________ 2-Minute Black History is produced by PushBlack, the nation's largest non-profit Black media company. PushBlack exists to amplify the stories of Black history you didn't learn in school. You make PushBlack happen with your contributions at BlackHistoryYear.com — most people donate $10 a month, but every dollar makes a difference. If this episode moved you, share it with your people! Thanks for supporting the work. The production team for this podcast includes Cydney Smith, Len Webb, and Lilly Workneh. Our editors are Lance John and Avery Phillips from Gifted Sounds Network. Julian Walker serves as executive producer." To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.9	When you think of the Easter holiday what's the first thing that comes to mind?
0:35.0	Is it black history? Well, it should be.
0:38.0	Here's why the holiday is one of the blackest celebrations of the year.
0:43.0	This is too many black history,
0:45.0	what you didn't learn in school.
0:47.0	The Easter holiday is a special time for Christians around the globe, but for black people, it's also a time with deep connections to our history.
1:03.0	Here are three interesting facts about these connections.
1:07.0	Let's look at Easter's origin.
1:11.0	While Easter itself is a mash-up of Jewish and pagan practices, it was a black Pope,
1:17.0	Victor I, who created Resurrection Day. Victor standardized the practice of celebrating on Sunday, but he made another part of Easter happen as well.
1:30.0	Saint Victor, the first, also created the tradition of wearing special outfits for Easter.
1:39.7	Victor mandated newly baptized Christians to wear all white linen garments during this time.
1:47.0	Eventually, this evolved into the practice of dressing in one's best clothes to attend Easter services.
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