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This page includes selected images featuring Prince Hall Masons actively involved in the civil rights movement as well as images of property owned by Prince Hall Masons.
With her when she enroled [i.e. enrolled] was Dr. J.E. Fellows, left seated, Dean of Admissions at the university, and standing left to right, Amos T. Hall, Tulsa, resident counsel for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and Thurgood Marshall, New York attorney for the NAACP. Later at Oklahoma City, the Oklahoma Regents for Higher Education announced it was establishing a separate law school for Negroes. The action followed an order by the United States Supreme Court to Oklahoma to furnish equal immediate educational facilities for Mrs. Fisher." Note: Amos T. Hall served as Grand Master of the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge, of Oklahoma. Thurgood Marshall was a 33rd degree Mason.
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator. Scottish Rite Temple, Prince Hall Affiliation, 1633 Eleventh Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC. 1933. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
Created by the Historic American Buildings Survey. Significance: Good example of Classical Revival influence. Interesting decorative motifs, including large sunburst pattern on main facade. Associated with the Scottish Rite, Prince Hall Freemasons.