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Anxious Days And Sleepless Nights
Question 1 of 5
What Christmas custom, inherited from slavery days, did Washington observe among rural Black families near Tuskegee?
A
Children making pre-dawn "Chris'mus gifts!" visits, and a week-long holiday marked by heavy drinking, hilarity, and free use of guns and pistols
B
A quiet, solemn week of prayer and fasting
C
A formal exchange of handwritten letters between families
D
A strict prohibition on any celebration at all
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