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Many jazz legends...
Count Basie
Nat King Cole
Lionel Hampton
Eubie Blake
Author...
Alex Haley
Sports...
Sugar Ray Robinson
Some others...
Allen, Richard - Founder of the AME Church Evers, Medger - Black Agitator Hall, Prince - First Black Freemason in America Henson, Josiah - Inspired Uncle Tom's Cabin Hooks, Ben - Former Executive Director, NAACP Johnson, John - Magazine Publisher, EBONY and Jet Marshall, Thurgood - Supreme Court Justice
Washington, Booker T. - Author
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Who founded the first chapter of black masons in the 1780's?
According to historians, Prince Hall founded the first African-American dominated black masons in the late 18th Century. This mason group included free and former enslaved black men.
What do the free masons have to do with the Revolutionary War?
Most of the men in the founding of our nation were Masons. Washington, Franklin, Adams, Paine were all Masons. Since they were part of the founding of the United States and were involved the revolution that is what the Masons had to do with the war.
Did the Free Masons evolve from the Knight Templar?
Free masons were established approximately 150 b.c The Knights Templar were established during the middle ages approximately 1120 a.d. But, no.
What effect did the Free Masons have in early the US?
Many of the men involved in establishing the United States were members of the Free Masons. George Washington was just one of those men who was a Mason. Once the states were established a Lodge was established in each.
Who were the Free Masons and what did they do for history?
well you see, they created a secret for everything. You can remember what they did through an acronym NICK. N= new I= ideas C= created K= kreatively (sorry, this is just how i remember it) With NICK, the free masons pretty much designed America... To conclude, NICK discovered America and NICK is the answer to life itself.
