The same reason why there are few secular blacks now ... at least vocal secular blacks. Religion is a great clutch for the disenfranchised, impoverished and uneducated. Not to mention the social stigma with not being a member of one of the Abrahamic religions.
Sure, maybe religion was a motivator for slave uprisings ... it's very easy to motivate someone to fight another if they believe god is on their side. But suppose those slave owners never taught blacks their religion, or if slaves didn't have a religion. Does that mean slavery would still be going on today? Does that mean Nat Turner, and Frederick Douglass and all these people who fought for emancipation would have instead stayed silent? I don't know, it's hard to say. I'd like to think that even if the events were different, reason would eventually emerge, and the majority of Americans would view slavery and later Jim Crow, as the despicable institution we view it today.
Surely you jest with this comment....
Of course negroes are exponentially more secular now. It's all about action not title.
Look at how nikkas cater to their base nature with sex, drugs, and violence,
Look at how black men abandon/ignore their offspring at an alarming rate...
Look at how sisters give up their womb to any fitting stereotype and then turn their womb into a tomb when they realize that said child will be more of a hinderance to their lifestyle than a blessing.
Is this not secular behavior? Isn't this behavior more rampant now than it was between 1945-68?
Weren't black families communities and families more rock solid back then?
Isn't that the era that produced our greatest social leaders of all times????
Blacks back then were willing to die for their faith and what they believed in.
Negroes were willing to make the ultimate sacrifice back then, but what will a nikka sacrifice now for the betterment of his/her race?
I'll wait on that answer..
People who are willing to pay the ultimate price(their life) for what they believe in are beyond reproach. That is the type of spirit that the black church instilled in the civil rights movement and it was GOD's energy in its purest form...
Would you sacrifice/risk your life for your fellow brother or sister?
And your passive aggressive sentiment as to who clings to religion is insulting....
Key words like uneducated, impoverished, etc...The biggest and most powerful institution in the world, (the Vatican) is the antithesis of your adjectives.
But you want to come on here and convince us that believing in GOD is solely for the bottom percentile of the population and hasn't benefited us anything.