Here is a brief list of some famous Black Men who have been raised to the Sublime Degree of a Master Mason in the Prince Hall Masonic PHAmily
Al Green | Singer |
Alex Haley | Author |
Andrew Young | Former Mayor of Atlanta |
Anfernee Hardaway | Professional Basketball Player |
Augustus F. Hawkins | U.S. Congressman California |
Benjamin Hooks | Former Executive Director NAACP |
Benjamin Mays | Educator/ former President of Atlanta University |
Booker T. Washington | Educator/ founder Tuskeegee Institute |
Carl Stokes | First black Mayor of Cleveland, OH |
Charles B. Rangel | U.S. Congressman of New York |
Charles Barkely | Professional Basketball Player |
Coleman A. Young, 33* | First black Mayor of Detroit, MI |
Daniel "Chappie" James | General U.S. Air Force |
Dennis W. Archer, 33* | Mayor of Detroit, MI |
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington | Orchestra leader/ composer |
Egbert Austin "Bert" Williams | Actor/ comedian |
Frank Hart | Former Police Chief of Detroit, MI |
Harry Williamson | Author/ Masonic historian |
James Forten | Abolitionist/ manufacturer |
James Herbert "Eubie" Blake | Composer/ pianist |
John Conyers | U.S. Congressman for Michigan |
John H Johnson | Publisher EBONY and Jet magazines. Founder of Johnson Publications |
Lionel Hampton | Orchestra leader / composer |
Louis Stokes | U.S. Congressman for Ohio |
Matthew Henson | Explorer |
Medger Evers | Civil rights leader |
Nat King Cole | Singer |
Phillip Randolph | Founder of the International Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters |
Prince Hall | Father of Black Masonry |
Ralph Metcalfe | Olympic Champion |
Richard Gidron | President of Dick Gidron Cadillac |
Robert Abbott | Founder/ publisher Chicago Defender |
Richard Allen | Founder/ first Black Bishop AME Church |
Scottie Pippen | Professional Basketball Player |
Sugar Ray Robinson | Boxing Champion |
Thomas Bradley | Former Mayor of Los Angeles, CA |
Thurgood Marshall | First Black U.S. Supreme Court Justice |
Timothy Thomas Fortune | Journalist |
W.E.B DuBois | Educator/ author/ historian |
William "Count" Basie | Orchestra leader/ composer |
William "W.C." Handy | Composer |