Reason & Society

James Baldwin's 1954 play The Amen Corner was slated to be presented by the Shakespeare Theater Company in Washington DC, just before ...

There is an incredible history of Black American intellectuals, stretching back to the era of slavery, and of outstanding intellectual achie...

On Sunday February 23 I attended the 4th annual Day of Solidarity for Black Non-Believers , founded by Donald R. Wright , author of The On...

The more I see Anthony B. Pinn , the more I like him. Also, he turns out to be a fellow Buffalonian. Sunday March 9 he gave a talk in Wash...

" On Conceptions of Humanism, Freethought, Atheism, Rationalism, Skepticism, etc. " By Norm R. Allen Jr., December 21, 2012 Alt...

On Richard Wright and Kierkegaard, an anecdote which C.L.R. James used to relate: "Kierkegaard is one of the great writers of today. ...

Here is an obituary: Rest in Peace – Rev. Bill R. Jones , Rev Josh Pawelek, July 20, 2012 Jones died on Friday, July 13, 2012, close ...

Here are a few recently accessed links pertaining to African and African-American humanists and atheists: Why I Am a Philosophic Humanist...

From American Atheists: . . . with David Silverman (President of American Atheists), A. J. Johnson (Director of Development), and Ron Ba...

 Blasphemy Tanka for James Baldwin In James Baldwin's tale,      Go Tell It on the Mountain ,         a note for Jesus:     "...

Episode 66 :: Sikivu Hutchinson :: Moral Combat: Black Atheists, Gender Politics, and the Values Wars , The Secular Buddhist. 34 minutes. ...

The last time I reported here on my Black Freethought group at Atheist Nexus was 10 December 2010. I have reported on the progress of othe...

I've been meaning for some time to acknowledge publication of Sikivu Hutchinson's landmark book Moral Combat: Black Atheist, Gender...

Profiles in Humanism: A. Philip Randolph by Bill Daehler, for the Humanist Network News . Randolph, a black freethinker as well as a majo...

From the Humanist Network News : Remembering African American Humanism A noteworthy statement by Anthony B. Pinn. I am puzzled though by...

Joel Augustus Rogers (September 6, 1880 — March 26, 1966) carried on a tireless war of ideas against the pervasive white supremacist ideolo...

The good news is, it's difficult to keep up with all the black freethought activity in cyberspace. Here are a few sites/groups I've ...

Joel Augustus Rogers (September 6, 1880 — March 26, 1966) was an autodidactic historian and pioneer in combating racial supremacist ideolog...

Frederick Douglass home, Anacostia, Washington DC, 14 January 2005 Here's my report written just after my visit on 14 January 2005 : ...

I have variously reported on the state of the black freethought movement in the USA and abroad. Key entries are dated: May 13, 2008; Februar...