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Black freemasonry : from Prince Hall to the giants of jazz /
"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 soc...
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Rochester, Vermont :
Inner Traditions,
2016.
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| Edition: | First U.S. edition. |
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Table of 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.