The Gary C. Booker Mental Self Defense Foundation is putting this on (Aug. 7th – 9th, 2009 in Atlanta, Georgia), but I can’t access the site from where I am now. Why? I don’t know. Here’s something from another site.
Even after many centuries of being disappointed and miserably failed by organized religion, Black Americans continue [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Black atheists’
First annual conference of black non-theists
Black Atheists ‘Out of the Closet’
In some black communities it’s akin to donning a white sheet and a Confederate flag. In others, it’s ostensibly tolerated yet whispered about, branded culturally incorrect and bad form, if not outright sacrilege.
For black atheists like myself, proclaiming one’s non-belief amidst genial wishes to “have a blessed day” is never easy in the seemingly innocuous [...]
Norm Allen on Point of Inquiry
D.J. Grothe talks to Norm Allen about skepticism and black history in this Point of Inquiry podcast. Mr. Allen is the executive director of African Americans for Humanism, an organization concerned with fostering critical thinking, ethical conduct, church-state separation, and skepticism toward untested claims.
… Norm Allen discusses black history in the context of science and [...]