# Clark Adams > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Clark_Adams > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Clark_Adams.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clark_Adams > Source revision: 1239976495 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) For the American lawyer and judge, see [Clark J. Adams](/source/Clark_J._Adams). **Clark Davis Adams** (July 23, 1969 – May 21, 2007) was a prominent American [freethought](/source/Freethinking) leader and [activist](/source/Activism). ## Early life Adams was born in July 1969, in [Louisville, Kentucky](/source/Louisville,_Kentucky). As a child, he attended Catholic school, but became skeptical of the church's teachings at an early age. After reading material from [American Atheists](/source/American_Atheists), he became, in his words, "a pretty hard core atheist" in [college](/source/College).[1] ## Career While attending a "Freethought Blitz" weekend in the [Birmingham, Alabama](/source/Birmingham,_Alabama), area, he became friends with many influential atheists. The same year, he became active with the [Alabama Freethought Association](/source/Alabama_Freethought_Association) and the [Atlanta Freethought Society](/source/Atlanta_Freethought_Society). He served as the primary organizer of the annual celebration [Lollapalooza of Freethought](/source/Lollapalooza_of_Freethought). He also became the moderator of the [newsgroup](/source/Newsgroup) alt.atheism.moderated[2] and organized three real-life meetings with participants of alt.atheism. For many years, Clark Adams was a member of the [Internet Infidels](/source/Internet_Infidels) board, serving as its public relations director for many years and then as president.[3][4][5] He was also, in his words, a freethought "conference junkie", attending and often speaking at many events within the community of freethought.[1] Clark Adams actively promoted the [Secular Student Alliance](/source/Secular_Student_Alliance) and briefly sat on the Board of Directors for the group. He was also one of the founders of the [Secular Coalition for America](/source/Secular_Coalition_for_America). In his hometown, he founded and was deeply involved with the [Las Vegas Freethought Society](/source/Las_Vegas_Freethought_Society), which he described as "a local group of fun godless heathens in Sin City." After Adams' suicide the organization made a Clark Adams memorial page.[6] He was also for a time president of the [Humanist Association of Las Vegas and Southern Nevada](/source/Humanist_Association_of_Las_Vegas_and_Southern_Nevada), a chapter of the [American Humanist Association](/source/American_Humanist_Association). Shortly before his death, he became an AHA life member. Clark Adams is one of many American freethinkers listed in [Warren Allen Smith](/source/Warren_Allen_Smith)'s satirically titled book, *Who's Who in Hell*.[7] ## Death Adams had a track dedicated to him in comedian [Doug Stanhope](/source/Doug_Stanhope)'s album [From Across The Street](/source/From_Across_The_Street); Adams deliberately postponed his suicide so he could attend Stanhope's show.[8] ## References 1. ["Clark Adams 1969-2007"](https://web.archive.org/web/20080927045953/http://www.americanhumanist.org/press/ClarkAdams.php). Archived from [the original](http://www.americanhumanist.org/press/ClarkAdams.php) on 2008-09-27. Retrieved 2007-07-01. 1. Clark Adams. "Posting Guidelines". alt.atheism.moderated. [alt.atheism.moderated](https://groups.google.com/group/alt.atheism.moderated/browse_thread/thread/e31d408cfa56aedc/464697e7f0764342) at *[Google Groups](/source/Google_Groups)* 1. [Internet Infidels: Frequently Asked Questions](http://www.infidels.org/infidels/faq.html) 1. [Adams is new president of Internet Infidels](http://www.humaniststudies.org/enews/index.html?id=215&article=5) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20071023070349/http://humaniststudies.org/enews/index.html?id=215&article=5) 2007-10-23 at the Wayback Machine from the *[Institute for Humanist Studies](/source/Institute_for_Humanist_Studies)* 1. [From The President](http://www.infidels.org/iinews/01_01_09_06/From%20The%20President.html) of *[Internet Infidels](/source/Internet_Infidels)* [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20070327224333/http://www.infidels.org/iinews/01_01_09_06/From%20The%20President.html) March 27, 2007 at the Wayback Machine 1. [The Clark Adams Memorial Information Page](http://www.lvfs.org/clarkadams/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20070905115355/http://www.lvfs.org/clarkadams/) September 5, 2007 at the Wayback Machine 1. Warren Allen Smith, *Who's Who in Hell: A Handbook and International Directory for Humanists, Freethinkers, Naturalists, Rationalists, and Non-Theists*, 2000, Barricade Books, p. 7. ISBN 978-1-56980-158-1 1. Dessau, Bruce (2008-09-15). ["Fetish comedy from Doug Stanhope"](https://www.standard.co.uk/arts/comedy/fetish-comedy-from-doug-stanhope-7409675.html). 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