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Why is Martin Luther King, a Christian, remembered by so many for his contributions to the civil rights movement while A. Philip Randolph, an atheist, is honored by so few? That is a question many black nonbelievers are asking this Black History Month. By Kimberly Winston.
Topics:
Ethics,
Race & Ethnicity
Beliefs:
Freethought (Atheist, Humanist, Agnostic)
Tags:
a. philip randolph, african-american atheists, civil righs movement, unbelief
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