M. McMickle

“It was because so many professions were closed to black Americans from which civic leaders and political leaders could have emerged that a disproportionate number of persons from this particular profession began to emerge as soon as the burdens and limitations of slavery were lifted. This point must be kept in mind when someone seeks to challenge the
presence of black preacher/politicians in the political process by referring to "the separation of church and state," a phrase that does not appear in the Constitution.”
― M. McMickle, Pulpit & Politics