Bookish_B

“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

“D. Frederick Sparks”
― Sikivu Hutchinson, Humanists in the Hood: Unapologetically Black, Feminist, and Heretical

“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

“Larsen’s portrayal of Black female atheism in her 1928 novel is”
― Sikivu Hutchinson, Humanists in the Hood: Unapologetically Black, Feminist, and Heretical