Article: Prince Hall: Boston's first black Freemason

Williams, Nicole
Bay State Banner
02-12-2004
What do Richard Pryor, "Sugar" Ray Robinson, Thurgood Marshall, Nelson
Mandella, and Nat King Cole have in common? Besides being famous Black men,
they all are members of The Prince Hall Masonic Order, the oldest and
largest fraternal organization started by Prince Hall and 14 other freed
Black men in Boston, Massachusetts on March 6, 1775.

The second bi-annual convention of African Lodge No. 459, under the
auspices of the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons,
Jurisdiction of Massachusetts will take place from April 23-25, 2004 and
over 3,000 Prince Hall Masons are expected to attend from around the world.

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