Dude, who even knows.
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Anonymous asked: Huh, was that religion-civil rights link just a neat historical coincidence or is there Kontext to this story i’m Missing.
Well there’s something about how the black church and preaching as a profession were central to black community organization and uplift programs
AND there’s the way that original-version abolitionism arose through competitive radicalization pressures through the medium of preaching as the idiom of public celebrity charismatic leadership
Like Benjamin Lay was a dwarf SFX preacher (stabbing a Bible filled with fake blood as a climax explosion) who yelled radical things to draw crowds but we consider him serious and not WWF-level entertainment bcuz his side ended up winning
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