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Black freemasonry : from Prince Hall to the giants of jazz / Cécile Révauger ; translated by Jon E. Graham.
Author
Révauger, Marie-Cécile
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Uniform title
Noirs et francs-maçons.
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Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
First U.S. edition.
Published/Created
Rochester, Vermont : Inner Traditions, 2016.
©2016
Description
xviii, 301 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Firestone Library - Stacks
HS883 .R4813 2014
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Subject(s)
African American freemasonry
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History
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African Americans
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Politics and government
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Freemasonry
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United States
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History
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United States
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Race relations
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History
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Translator
Graham, Jon E.
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Library of Congress genre(s)
History
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Summary note
"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.
Notes
Originally published in French under the title Noirs et francs-maçons...by Éditions Dervy in the collection directed by René LeMoal.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (page 282-291) and index.
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.
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ISBN
9781620554876 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
1620554879 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
LCCN
2015015840
OCLC
910914744
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