The entry also addresses several
traditionally taboo subjects, such as the influence of LSD on the drafting of the Constitution and the role of funk - slaves in painting the White House black.
Dannin also introduces what he admits is a «
taboo»
subject: that a portion of «African - American society has always been unchurched,» that African - American lodges have
traditionally been centers of unchurched religious practices and beliefs,» and that since the end of the civil rights era unchurched African - Americans «have been moving more rapidly toward Islam.»