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Notable Prince Hall Masons 

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Bro. Sugar Ray Robinson

Professional Boxer 

Joppa Lodge No. 55,

New York, N.Y.

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Bro. A. Philip Randolph

Civil Rights Advocate 

Joppa Lodge No. 55,

New York, N.Y.

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Bro. Fred C. Staton,

Tenor Saxophonist

Joppa Lodge No. 55,

New York, N.Y.

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Bro. Charles Rangel,

House of Representatives 

Joppa Lodge No. 55,

New York, N.Y.

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Bro. Al Sharpton

Civil Rights Advocate 

Joppa Lodge No. 55,

New York, N.Y.

P.M. Bro.Basil Smikle

Civil Rights Advocate 

Joppa Lodge No. 55,

New York, N.Y.

Bro. Charles Coleman Jr.

Civil Rights Advocate 

Joppa Lodge No. 55,

New York, N.Y.

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P.M. Bro. Larry Scott-Blackman

 Political Consultants 

Joppa Lodge No. 55,

New York, N.Y.

Bro. W. E. B. Du Bois

 Professor & Civil Rights Advocate  

 Widows Son Lodge No. 1, New Haven, Connecticut 

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"A beautiful system of morality, veiled in allegory, illustrated by signs & symbols. "

-Freemasonry

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Bro. Ossie Davis 

Actor  

Xenia Lodge No. 50,

Yonkers, N.Y.

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Bro. Byron Brown

Mayor of Buffalo 

Prince Hall Mason,

Buffalo, N.Y.

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Bro. George Biddle Kelly

Founder of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, INC. 

Mt. Moriah Lodge No.25,

Troy, N.Y.

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Bro. Arturo A. Schomburg

Historian, Writer, Curator, Activist,

EL Sol de Cuba/Prince Hall Lodge No.38,

New York, N.Y.

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Bro. Ras J. (Jua) Baraka

Mayor of Newark, N.J. 

Samson Lodge No.66,

Newark, N.J.

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Bro. Kenneth Gibson

Mayor of Newark, N.J. 

Samson Lodge No.66,

Newark, N.J.

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Bro. Gerald Alston

Lead Singer, Manhattans

Samson Lodge No.66,

Newark, N.J.

Notable Prince Hall Masons 

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Bro. Herbert E. Millian

Civil Rights Advocate, Federal Judge & Advisor

Campbell Washington Joppa Lodge No. 37

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Bro. Martin R. Delany

Abolitionist, Jounalist 

St. Cyprian No. 13

Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania

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Bro. Herbert E. Millian

First Black Judge 

Campbell Washington Joppa Lodge No. 37

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Bro. Woodrow W. Goode

African American Mayor 

Sons of Lights Lodge No.120,

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Bro. Medgar W. Evers

Civil Rights Activist  

West Jackson Lodge No.697

Jackson, Missippi 

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Bro. Elijah Cummings  

U.S. Congressman

Corinthian Lodge No.62

Baltimore, Maryland

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Bro. Thurgood Marshall

First Black Supreme

Court Justice

Coal Creek Lodge No.88

Tulsa, Oklahoma

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Bro. Shaquille O'neal 

N.B.A. Player

Widows Son Lodge No.28

Boston, Massachusetts

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Bro. Marshall Faulk  

N.F.L. Player

Southern Cross Lodge No.112

East St. Louis, Ilinois

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Bro. Stephon Marbury 

N.B.A. Player

James H. Farrell Lodge No.34

Yonkers, N.Y.

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Bro. Dave Duerson 

N.F.L. Player

Hiram Lodge No. 14

Chicago, Ilinois

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Bro. Wes Moore 

Governor of Maryland

King David Lodge No. 18

Baltimore, Maryland 

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Bro. John Lewis

U.S. Representatives 

H.R. Butler Lodge No.23

Atlanta  

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Bro. Roland Martin 

American Journalist

Nathenial Adams Military Lodge No. 29

Washington, D.C.

"Let the world see how Mason Love One Another. "

-Freemasonry

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Bro. Elder Watson Diggs

One of the Founders of Kappy Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.

Central Lodge No. 1

Indianapolis, Indiana

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Bro. A. Langston Taylor

One of the Founders of

Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc..

Pythagoras Lodge No. 9

Washington, D.C. 

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Bro. Richard Pryor

Actor/Comedian 

Henry Brown Lodge No. 42

Peoria, Illinois  

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Bro. Edgar Amos Love

Professor & One of the Founders of

Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, INC 

Corinthian Lodge No. 9

Washington, D.C. 

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 Bro. Frank Coleman 
 Professor & One of the Founders of Omega Pai Phi Fraternity, INC.

Pythagoras Lodge No. 9

Washington, D.C. 

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Bro. Ezra D. Alexander

One of the Founders of Kappy Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.

Central Lodge No. 1

Indianapolis, Indiana

Joppa Lodge No. 55

M.W.P.H.G.L.S.N.Y.

454 West 155th Street,

New York, NY 10032

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