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Chapter 3 - Overview of Rites
Masonry for blacks has fought a long fight for recognition. The previous subchapters
have shown its advantages for the black population, its merits as well as
the problems it causes, and we shall sum up the foregoing evaluation with a
quotation from an address of Allen E. Roberts of Virginia at the Conference of
Grand Masters in 1989, where he spoke on the topic "universality":
[T]his universality incorporates Brotherly Love for all God's creatures.
It is way past time for all good men to stand toe to toe to fight the
attacks of the bigots of race, religion, politics, and terror by whatever
name they carry. Let's start with one segment of our Brotherhood -
Prince Hall Masonry. For more than two centuries this has been the
most lied about organization in the world. Caucasian Freemasonry has
misstated the facts about it; Black Freemasons and their supporters have
exaggerated its history and its hierarchy. Finally, reasonable men on
both sides are searching for and finding the truth.... Let me simply say
that any Masonic organization that has stood the test of time - 214 years
in this case - must be considered legitimate. 313
313 Cited in ibid, p. 100.
Prince Hall pin