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  2. Prince Hall Freemasonry - Wikipedia

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    The black Masons therefore had limited power. When the military lodges left the area following the Revolutionary War, the African Americans were given the authority to meet as a lodge and take part in the Masonic procession on St. John's Day , and bury their dead with Masonic rites, but they could not confer Masonic degrees or perform any other ...

  3. Prince Hall Order of the Eastern Star - Wikipedia

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    The idea for the creation of an Order of the Eastern Star for black women was first proposed by William Myers, a Grand Master in the Prince Hall Jurisdiction of the District of Columbia. With Georgiana Thomas he set about getting the ritual and organization approved by the official of the Lodge and the first Chapter of the Prince Hall Order of ...

  4. List of Masonic Grand Lodges United States - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of all verifiable organizations that claim to be a Masonic Grand Lodge in United States. A Masonic "Grand Lodge" (or sometimes "Grand Orient") is the governing body that supervises the individual "Lodges of Freemasons" in a particular geographical area, known as its "jurisdiction" (usually corresponding to a sovereign state or other major geopolitical unit).

  5. Prince Hall - Wikipedia

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    Hall was born between 1735 and 1738. [3] [4] [a] His place of birth and parents are also unclear.[5] [b] Hall mentioned in his writings that New England was his homeland.The Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, in its Proceedings of 1906, opted for 1738, relying on a letter from Reverend Jeremy Belknap, a founder of the Massachusetts Historical Society. [5]

  6. History of Masonic Grand Lodges in North America - Wikipedia

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    The History of Freemasonry, Vol. 6 (Masonic History Co., NY, 1898) pages 1485-1486 online membership by state 1898 Weisberger, R. William et al. Freemasonry on Both Sides of the Atlantic: Essays concerning the Craft in the British Isles, Europe, the United States, and Mexico (2002), 969pp

  7. AF and AM Lodge 687 - Wikipedia

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    The Ancient Free and Accepted Masons Lodge 687 (AF and AM), also known as the Independent Order of Odd Fellows J.R. Scruggs Lodge 372, is a building constructed in 1876 as a Masonic Hall. It is located in downtown Orangeville, Illinois , a small village in Stephenson County .

  8. Watch: Decentering white comfort with ‘Black AF History’

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    TheGrio’s Michael Harriot talks about his new book “Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America.” Described by some as The post Watch: Decentering white comfort with ‘Black AF ...

  9. List of Masonic Grand Lodges - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of all verifiable organizations that claim to be a Masonic Grand Lodge. A Masonic "Grand Lodge" (or sometimes "Grand Orient") is the governing body that supervises the individual "Lodges of Freemasons" in a particular geographical area, known as its "jurisdiction" (usually corresponding to a sovereign state or other major geopolitical unit).