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3、ermissions@pupress.princeton.edu■CHAPTERONE■AfricanAmericanFraternalismAMissingChapterintheStoryofU.S.CivicDemocracyOnfebruary15,1964,a“FreedomNowRally”washeldatthe369thStreetArmoryinNewYorkCitytodemand“jobsandfreedomforallAmericans.”Thiseventwasorganizedbythestate-l
4、evelorganizationofaleadingAfricanAmericanfraternalgroup,the“MostWorshipfulPrinceHallGrandLodge”oftheFreeandAcceptedMasonsofthe“StateofNewYorkandItsJurisdiction.”AsGrandMasterJamesHaroldJohnstoneexplained,“Ourfreedomnowrallyisapartialimplementationofasolemnpledgetaken
5、attheLincolnMemorialinWashington,D.C.,onthehistoric28thofAugust1963,intheCentennialYearofEmancipation”—thatis,apledgetakenduringthe1963MarchonWashingtonledbyMartinLutherKing,Jr.,andotherCivilRightsactivists.ManyhundredsofNewYork’sPrinceHallMasonstookthatpledge,alongw
6、iththousandsofotherpersonsofallracesandcreeds.Inthatpledge,weaffirmedourcompletepersonalcommitmenttothestruggleforJobsandFreedomforallAmericans.Tofulfillthatcommitment,wepledgedwewouldnotrelaxuntilvictoryiswon.Hereandnow,onthe15thofFebruary,1964,wePrinceHallMasonsreaffi
7、rmthatpledge.Wewelcomeallthosewhojoinusinthatreaffirmationatthisrally.1ToorchestratetheFebruary1964FreedomNowRally,theNewYorkGrandLodgeofthePrinceHallMasonsmobilizedparticipantsandtappedresourcesfromabroadnetworkoffraternalandnonfraternalorganizations.Rallyorganizersc
8、reatedanattractivepamphletwithacoverdepictingtheNewYorkPrinceHallMasonscarryingtheirbannerintheMarchonWashington.Dozensofsupporting
