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The Supposed Universal Hospitality Of Lodges, Paul J. Rich

Paul J. Rich

The important point about this contribution to an email list is the date, 1992. At the time, i was a research fellow at the University of Western Australia. In the years since, although there have been some changes, a large number of American Masonic organizations remain closed to black members. For example, it will be a very long time before one sees black leaders in a number of Southern states' Masonic bodies like the Shrine, Commandary, Eastern Star, and so on. In contrast one must add that certain jurisdictions such as Washington D.C. are integrated. But they grant recognition to …