Prince Hall Freemasonry In The Lone Star State

Author : Robert Uzzel
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ISBN 13 : 9781571688347
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.4X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Prince Hall Freemasonry in the Lone Star State written by Robert Uzzel and published by . This book was released on 2004-05 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Freemasonry is one of the world?s oldest fraternal organizations. It is a society of men concerned with moral and spiritual values. Members are taught its precepts by a series of ritual dramas that follow ancient forms and employ the symbolism of stonemasonry. Assuming its present form in England during the 18th century, Freemasonry came to America with the colonists, and Freemasons have played many roles in American history.When the author first inquired about the admission of African Americans to Masonic lodges, he was told: ?They have their own lodges.? He later learned that white Masons viewed black Masons not as ?separate but equal? but as ?irregular and clandestine.? Nevertheless, he also learned that members of the predominantly black Prince Hall Masonic Grand Lodges have held their heads high and practiced the ancient mysteries for over two hundred years. There is now light at the end of the tunnel. Since 1989, thirty-seven mainstream (white) Grand Lodges have extended fraternal recognition to their Prince Hall counterparts. It is our hope that we will eventually see the end of the contradiction of a color line in an organization dedicated to the Fatherhood of God and the Brotherhood of Man.

Author : Dr. Ron Kelley
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1300342099
Total Pages : 54 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The History of Prince Hall Freemasonry in San Antonio written by Dr. Ron Kelley and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-09-17 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The History of Prince Hall Freemasonry in San Antonio is a record of the rich history of Freemasonry among African-Americans in San Antonio, Texas. As one of the largest cities in the United States, San Antonio has always had a strong presence in American history. The accomplishments of the city's African-Americans through their involvement in one of the largest fraternal organizations in America is definitely of historical importance.

Author : Raymond H. Dragat
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 39 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Prince Hall Freemasonry in the United States written by Raymond H. Dragat and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Freemasons. Texas. Grand Lodge (Negro)
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book 1875-1975 Centennial and Prince Hall Masonry of Texas written by Freemasons. Texas. Grand Lodge (Negro) and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Michael Langford
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ISBN 13 : 9780615462035
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Clark's History of Prince Hall Freemasonry written by Michael Langford and published by . This book was released on 2011-04-04 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of the founding of Prince Hall Masonry in the State of Iowa, the unification of the two Grand Lodges, Grand Lodge Proceedings, and tabular data. With companion CD.

Author : Richard F. Selcer
Publisher : University of North Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 1574412744
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fort Worth Characters written by Richard F. Selcer and published by University of North Texas Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fort Worth history is far more than the handful of familiar names that every true-blue Fort Worther hears growing up: leaders such as Amon Carter, B. B. Paddock, J. Frank Norris, and William McDonald. Their names are indexed in the history books for ready reference. But the drama that is Fort Worth history contains other, less famous characters who played important roles, like Judge James Swayne, Madam Mary Porter, and Marshal Sam Farmer: well known enough in their day but since forgotten. Others, like Al Hayne, lived their lives in the shadows until one, spectacular moment of heroism. Then there are the lawmen, Jim Courtright, Jeff Daggett, and Thomas Finch. They wore badges, but did not always represent the best of law and order. These seven plus five others are gathered together between the covers of this book. Each has a story that deserves to be told. If they did not all make history, they certainly lived in historic times. The jury is still out on whether they shaped their times or merely reflected those times. Either way, their stories add new perspectives to the familiar Fort Worth story, revealing how the law worked in the old days and what life was like for persons of color and for women living in a man's world. As the old TV show used to say, "There are a million stories in the 'Naked City.'" There may not be quite as many stories in Cowtown, but there are plenty waiting to be told--enough for future volumes of Fort Worth Characters. But this is a good starting point.

Author : Charles Harris Wesley
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The History of the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Ohio, 1849-1960 written by Charles Harris Wesley and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Alexander Griffin Clark
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 348 pages
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Download or read book History of Prince Hall Freemasonry (1775-1945). written by Alexander Griffin Clark and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Douglas Hales
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 1603446834
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Southern Family in White and Blanck written by Douglas Hales and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The complex issues of race and politics in nineteenth-century Texas may be nowhere more dramatically embodied than in three generations of the family of Norris Wright Cuney, mulatto labor and political leader. Douglas Hales explores the birthright Cuney received from his white plantation-owner father, Philip Cuney, and the way his heritage played out in the life of his daughter Maud Cuney-Hare. This intergenerational study casts light on the experience of race in the South before Emancipation, after Reconstruction, and in the diaspora that eventually led cultural leaders of African American heritage into the cities of the North.Most Texas history books name Norris Wright Cuney as one of the most influential African American politicians in nineteenth-century Texas, but they tell little about him beyond his elected positions. In The Cuneys, Douglas Hales not only fills in the details of Cuney?s life and contributions but places him in the context of his family?s generations.A politically active plantation owner and slaveholder in Austin County, Philip Cuney participated in the annexation of Texas to the United States and supported the role of slavery and cotton in the developing economy of the new state. Wealthy and powerful, he fathered eight slave children whom he later freed and saw educated. Hales explores how and why Cuney differed from other planters of his time and place.He then turns to the better-known Norris Wright Cuney to study how the black elite worked for political and economic opportunity in the reactionary period that followed Reconstruction in the South. Cuney led the Texas Republican Party in those turbulent years and, through his position as collection of customs at Galveston, distributed federal patronage to both white and black Texans. As the most powerful African American in Texas, and arguably in the entire South, Cuney became the focal point of white hostility, from both Democrats and members of the "Lily White" faction of his own party. His effective leadership won not only continued office for him but also a position of power within the Republican Party for Texas blacks at a time when the party of Lincoln repudiated African Americans in many other Southern states. From his position on the Galveston City Council, Cuney worked tirelessly for African American education and challenged the domination of white labor within the growing unions.Norris Wright Cuney?s daughter, Maud, who was graced with a prestigious education, pursued a successful career in the arts as a concert pianist, musicologist, and playwright. A friend of W. E. B. Du Bois, she became actively involved in the racial uplift movement of the early twentieth century. Hales illuminates her role in the intellectual and political "awakening" of black America that culminated in the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s. He adroitly explores her decision against "passing" as white and her commitment to uplift.Through these three members of a single mixed-race family, Douglas Hales gives insight into the issues, challenges, and strengths of individuals. His work adds an important chapter to the history of Texas and of African Americans more broadly.

Author : Raymond H. Dragat
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 39 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Prince Hall Freemasonry in the United States of America written by Raymond H. Dragat and published by . This book was released on 1978* with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: