Jamila Bey
Jamila Bey | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Jamila Bey speaking at the CPAC in Baltimore in 2015 | |
| Born | 1976 (age 47–48) |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Notable credit(s) | The Washington Post, Voice of Russia, NPR |
Jamila Bey (born 1976) is an American journalist and public speaker. She was host of a weekly radio program The Sex, Politics And Religion Hour: SPAR With Jamila on
National Public Radio, including for Morning Edition.[3]
She is African-American.
Bey is also an outspoken atheist,African Americans for Humanism placed billboards depicting Bey and other contemporary activists and organizers alongside historically prominent African American humanists Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes, and Frederick Douglass.[7]
In 2015 Bey became the first atheist activist to address the Conservative Political Action Conference’s annual meeting.[8]
References
- ^ "Reminder: Black Atheists Actually do Exist". 3 October 2013.
- Washington Post. Archived from the originalon 2012-12-14. Retrieved 2014-10-01.
- ^ a b "Jamila Bey | Secular Student Alliance". Secular Student Alliance. Archived from the original on 2013-08-30. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
- ^ "Jamila Bey". Memphis Flyer. 21 August 2011. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
- ^ Desmond-Harris, Jenee (4 December 2011). "On Black Atheism: Jamila Bey". The Root. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
- ^ Brennan, Emily (27 November 2011). "The Unbelievers". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
- ^ "Announcing the We Are AAH Campaign". aahumanism.net. Archived from the original on 3 February 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
- ^ "In a first, atheist activist addresses conservative conference". The Washington Post. 2015-02-26. Retrieved 2015-02-28.
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