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Black freemasonry : from Prince Hall to the giants of jazz / Cécile Révauger ; translated by Jon E. Graham.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks HS 883 .R4813 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Révauger, Marie-Cécile.
- Standardized Title:
- Noirs et francs-maçons. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- African American freemasonry--History.
- African American freemasonry.
- African Americans--Politics and government.
- African Americans.
- Freemasonry--United States--History.
- Freemasonry.
- United States--Race relations--History.
- United States.
- Race relations.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 301 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First U.S. edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Rochester, Vermont : Inner Traditions, 2016.
- Language Note:
- Translated from the French.
- Summary:
- "Looking at the deep connections between jazz and Freemasonry, the author reveals how many of the most influential jazz musicians of the 20th century were also Masons, including Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Nat King Cole, Eubie Blake, Cab Calloway, and Paul Robeson. Unveiling the deeply social role at the heart of black Freemasonry, Révauger shows how the black lodges were instrumental in helping American blacks transcend the horrors of slavery and prejudice, achieve higher social status, and create their own solid spiritually based social structure, which in some cities arose prior to the establishment of black churches."--Page [3] of book jacket.
- Contents:
- The genesis of black Freemasonry. Prince Hall legend and history
- The birth of black Freemasonry
- The major principles
- A militant tradition. Abolitionism
- Education
- The fight for civil rights
- A community takes control of its own destiny. The cooperative ideal
- Women and black Freemasonry
- Jazzmen and black artists
- The parted brothers. The brothers who were excluded in the name of great principles
- The racism of white Freemasons
- Some attempts to come together
- Prince Hall and the French Masonic obediences
- The perspective of Prince Hall Freemasons
- The Caribbean Masonic space
- To each his own path
- A question of democracy by Rene Le Moal.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-291) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Pennsylvania Abolition Society Complimentary Collection.
- ISBN:
- 9781620554876
- 1620554879
- OCLC:
- 910914744
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