![]() ![]() I work behind the scenes to make sure things get done. I will protect her from harm, and help her when she is in need, I am Prince Hall Freemasonry. The Order of the Eastern Star, she is my Wife, Mother,Sister, Daughter my past, present and future. We walk side by side through life assisting and supporting each other. I am Brother to a Sister who is fariest among thousands, altogether lovely. Thurgood Marshall, I am Prince Hall Freemasonry. I have attracted men of all faiths and backgrounds. From sharecroppers to Congressmen, I am Prince Hall Freemasonry. You may be familiar with my offspring, Sigma Pi Phi, Alpha Phi Alpha, Kappa Alpha Psi, Omega Psi Phi, or Phi Beta Sigma. ![]() You may find me in different forms, I may appear as a Royal Arch Mason, a Royal and Select Master, a Knight Templar, a Sublime Prince or a Soverign Grand Inspector General, or a Noble of the Mystic Shrine, but I am still Prince Hall Freemasonry. It’s the only surviving one of its kind.*I am Prince Hall Freemasonry. It’s so valuable that it resides in a bank vaught in Boston Massachusetts, and is only shown every ten years. My birth certificate proves my authenticity. I didn’t let this deter me, and not for one minute did I believe what they said. That I had know right to wear the square and compass and that I could not call myself a Freemason. Many told me that I was illegitimate, that I did not originate from the same source as my caucasion Brothers. God has definitely nurtured and guided me throughout my years.*I am Prince Hall Freemasonry. I am not a religious organization, but I have always had a special relationship with the Black Church. Where there was need for service, a need for help and a need for support, you found me there. I’ve helped in the Underground Railroad movement, the abolishinist and civil rights movement. Prince Hall, Cryrus Jonbus, Buestop Slinger, Prince Rees, John Carter, Peter Freeman, Benjamin Tiler, Cuff Bufform, Thomas Sanderson, Prince Taylor, Cato Spears, Boston Smith, Peter Best, Forten Howard, Richard Tilly.*I am Prince Hall Freemasonry. We persevered and eventually became the first class of Prince Hall Masons. I was originally composed of 15 strong individuals who initially asked, saught and knocked but were turned away from the doors of universal Freemasonry. We had few if any rights that Whites had to respect, slavery and racial discrimination were the law of the land during the time in which I was born. You see, life for Blacks, it was rough during that time. See to understand me you must understand the time period I was born in. I was born one evening on Main Boston Massachusetts. ![]()
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