Joseph L. Lewis : American Freethinker, Atheist Activist, Publisher, Litigator, and one of America's Most Conspicuous Public Atheists

June 11, 1889 — November 4, 1968

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An American freethinker and atheist activist, publisher, and litigator. During the mid-twentieth century, he was one of America's most conspicuous public atheists, the other being Emanuel Haldeman-Julius. Born in Montgomery, Alabama to a Jewish family, he was forced by poverty to leave school at the age of nine to find employment. He read avidly, becoming self-educated.

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June 11, 1889

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November 4, 1968

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