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Who was the leading atheist voice against Jim Crow segregation in 20th century America?

Dr. King was a Baptist minister. Still, we don't want to leave out all of the atheists who were martyred in service to humanity during that time.

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  • 9 years ago
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    Your pompous attitude probably won't meld well with the article cited below.

  • 9 years ago

    America is a country where religion is far more entrenched than in other western nations yet you have to wonder why that religiosity didn't deter institutionalised racial discrimination. It wasn't happening in secular Europe only in the religious US and in fact racist attitudes were more prevalent in the bible belt than anywhere else in the US.

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