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“Blackness is not just black straight men. There are gay men in this work doing amazing work. There are queer folks. There are trans folks. There are gay and lesbian folks, bisexual…. There are atheist black people.”
― Sikivu Hutchinson, Humanists in the Hood: Unapologetically Black, Feminist, and Heretical

“Frederick Douglass noted, 'To be an infidel no more proves a man to be selfish, mean and wicked than to be evangelical proves him to be honest, just and humane.'"5”
― Candace R.M. Gorham, The Ebony Exodus Project: Why Some Black Women Are Walking Out on Religion--And Others Should Too

“Submission demands obedience and unquestioning loyalty, which creates a breeding ground for abuse of power.”
― Candace R.M. Gorham, The Ebony Exodus Project: Why Some Black Women Are Walking Out on Religion--And Others Should Too

“What people do not realize—including most in the black community—is that the abolitionist movement was largely initiated and supported by freethinkers. Sojourner Truth, for example, was relatively more freethinking than many know. Frederick Douglass was an atheist who was very vocal about his disdain for religion:”
― Candace R.M. Gorham, The Ebony Exodus Project: Why Some Black Women Are Walking Out on Religion--And Others Should Too