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 Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 6:46 am Post subject: [ot] Is Obama A Brother (Mason)? |
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I did a search and as usual, it's yes or no, depending on the site.
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http://www.cephas-library.com/masonry_obama_32nd_degree_prince_hall_mason.html
Obama Criticizes Opponents' Iraq Votes
Obama criticizes opponents' Iraq votes
By JASON CLAYWORTH
REGISTER STAFF WRITER
"One of their most famous members, and also a 32nd degree Prince Hall Mason,
became a US presidential candidate for 2008. His name is Barack Hussein
Obama."
December 28, 2007
Holly McQueen/The Register
Barack Obama, speaking at the Scottish Rite Masonic Center in Des Moines on
Thursday, criticized other Democrats' votes to authorize the war in Iraq.
Written by Dzenan Causevic
Prince Hall is a first black masonic lodge in the US, named by its founder
and master who was the most famous black individual in the Boston area during
the American Revolution and through the turn of the nineteenth century.
Prince Hall was the slave of a Boston leather-dresser named William Hall in
the late 1740s, who earned his freedom on April 9, 1770, as reward for 21
years of steadfast service. Prince Hall and 14 other free black men, in and
around Boston area, approached a British army lodge of Freemasons attached to
the 38th Foot Regiment, stationed near Boston. Hall and the others were
initiated into the lodge on March 6, 1775. The regiment withdrew from the
area a short time later, and Sergeant John Batt, who had been in charge of
the initiation, issued a limited permit on March 17 allowing the group
certain Masonic privileges as well as permission to meet as a lodge.
On July 3, 1775, the group formed African Lodge No. 1, the first lodge of
black Free and Accepted Masons in the world, and Hall was made master.
Provincial Grand Master of North America John Rowe granted the lodge a second
limited permit to continue their activities.
However, black masonry remained separate from white masonry in the United
States, because white masons did not freely accept their black counterparts,
despite their claims to fraternity. Hall spread his organization to other
cities, but since he was confined to the black population, those newly
emerged lodges were called black lodges.
On June 24, 1797, a second black lodge was chartered in Providence, Rhode
Island. A year later, a third one was started in Philadelphia, with Absalom
Jones as worshipful master. Prince Hall died in Boston on December 4, 1807.
Funeral rites, in accord with masonic rites, were performed at his home in
Lendell's Lane one week later. He was buried in the 59th Street Mathews
Cemetery, Boston, in late March, 1808. Within a year of his death, Hall's
followers renamed their order for their former leader.
This highly secretive society continued to grow in the United States, but
remained separate from white masonry until the present days.
Today, Prince Hall is a masonic fraternal order whose buildings are clearly
marked, members readily identify themselves with rings, bumper stickers, and
lapel pins. One of their most famous members, and also a 32nd degree Prince
Hall Mason, became a US presidential candidate for 2008. His name is Barack
Hussein Obama.
Sources
Foner, Philip S., ed. The Voice of Black America. New York: Simon and
Schuster, 1972.
Kaplan, Sidney. The Black Presence in the Era of the American Revolution
1770--1800. Greenwich: New York Graphic Society, 1973.
Logan, Rayford W., and Michael R. Winston, eds. Dictionary of American Negro
Biography. New York: Norton, 1982.
Salzman, Jack, David Lionel Smith, and Cornel West, eds. Encyclopedia of
African-American Culture and History. New York: Macmillan Library Reference
USA/Simon and Schuster Macmillan, 1996.
http://www.sarajevo-x.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=36907
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of the author. If you have a problem with the correctness of the information,
please contact the author.
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| Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 8:16 am Post subject: Re: [ot] Is Obama A Brother (Mason)? |
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if true, another good reason for Obama to have been elected!
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| Quote: | I did a search and as usual, it's yes or no, depending on the site.
at last! a valid observation. |
I also did a quick search on "obama prince hall" and followed a few links
which made a claim that Obama belongs to Prince Hall...most of them
contained false information regarding Masonry...typical of such sites and
their hate-mongering authors!
I recall talking with a Prince Hall Mason many years ago and he seemed to be
a very good man...we corresponded for several years. We were able to talk
about Masonry in general but not about the specifics of our initiations and
lodge rituals because of our vows. At the time, many white Masons still
believed that Prince hall Masons were not true Masons but they were
incorrect!
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http://www.cephas-library.com/masonry_obama_32nd_degree_prince_hall_mason.html
Obama Criticizes Opponents' Iraq Votes
Obama criticizes opponents' Iraq votes
By JASON CLAYWORTH
REGISTER STAFF WRITER
"One of their most famous members, and also a 32nd degree Prince Hall
Mason,
became a US presidential candidate for 2008. His name is Barack Hussein
Obama."
December 28, 2007
Holly McQueen/The Register
Barack Obama, speaking at the Scottish Rite Masonic Center in Des Moines
on
Thursday, criticized other Democrats' votes to authorize the war in Iraq.
Written by Dzenan Causevic
Prince Hall is a first black masonic lodge in the US, named by its founder
and master who was the most famous black individual in the Boston area
during
the American Revolution and through the turn of the nineteenth century.
Prince Hall was the slave of a Boston leather-dresser named William Hall
in
the late 1740s, who earned his freedom on April 9, 1770, as reward for 21
years of steadfast service. Prince Hall and 14 other free black men, in
and
around Boston area, approached a British army lodge of Freemasons attached
to
the 38th Foot Regiment, stationed near Boston. Hall and the others were
initiated into the lodge on March 6, 1775. The regiment withdrew from the
area a short time later, and Sergeant John Batt, who had been in charge of
the initiation, issued a limited permit on March 17 allowing the group
certain Masonic privileges as well as permission to meet as a lodge.
On July 3, 1775, the group formed African Lodge No. 1, the first lodge of
black Free and Accepted Masons in the world, and Hall was made master.
Provincial Grand Master of North America John Rowe granted the lodge a
second
limited permit to continue their activities.
However, black masonry remained separate from white masonry in the United
States, because white masons did not freely accept their black
counterparts,
despite their claims to fraternity. Hall spread his organization to other
cities, but since he was confined to the black population, those newly
emerged lodges were called black lodges.
On June 24, 1797, a second black lodge was chartered in Providence, Rhode
Island. A year later, a third one was started in Philadelphia, with
Absalom
Jones as worshipful master. Prince Hall died in Boston on December 4,
1807.
Funeral rites, in accord with masonic rites, were performed at his home in
Lendell's Lane one week later. He was buried in the 59th Street Mathews
Cemetery, Boston, in late March, 1808. Within a year of his death, Hall's
followers renamed their order for their former leader.
This highly secretive society continued to grow in the United States, but
remained separate from white masonry until the present days.
Today, Prince Hall is a masonic fraternal order whose buildings are
clearly
marked, members readily identify themselves with rings, bumper stickers,
and
lapel pins. One of their most famous members, and also a 32nd degree
Prince
Hall Mason, became a US presidential candidate for 2008. His name is
Barack
Hussein Obama.
Sources
Foner, Philip S., ed. The Voice of Black America. New York: Simon and
Schuster, 1972.
Kaplan, Sidney. The Black Presence in the Era of the American Revolution
1770--1800. Greenwich: New York Graphic Society, 1973.
Logan, Rayford W., and Michael R. Winston, eds. Dictionary of American
Negro
Biography. New York: Norton, 1982.
Salzman, Jack, David Lionel Smith, and Cornel West, eds. Encyclopedia of
African-American Culture and History. New York: Macmillan Library
Reference
USA/Simon and Schuster Macmillan, 1996.
http://www.sarajevo-x.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=36907
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this article are the sole
responsibility
of the author. If you have a problem with the correctness of the
information,
please contact the author.
(In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is
distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in
receiving the included information for research and educational purposes.)
Tell your friends about us and thank you for visiting Cephas Ministry Inc.
(www.cephasministry.com)
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