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April 12, 1787: Richard Allen organized the Free African Society in Philadelphia, a beneficial and moral reform society among free blacks.
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2022-04-12

Happy Birthday to Richard Allen, Prince Hall Mason and Founder of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, born on this day in 1760.
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2022-02-14

M.W. Quincy G. Gant
Past Grand Master of the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia
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2021-12-13

Happy Birthday to Basil Sands, 33°. Past Sovereign Grand Commander of the United Supreme Council, PHA, Northern Jurisdiction. Born on this day in 1929.
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2021-08-17

July 29, 1794: Richard Allen opened Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church on 6th Street in Philadelphia.
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2021-07-29

April 12, 1787: Richard Allen organized the Free African Society, a beneficial and moral reform society among free blacks.
Portrait by Travis Simpkins
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2021-04-12

Happy Birthday to W.E.B. Du Bois, Prince Hall Freemason and Co-founder of the NAACP, born on this day in 1868.
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2021-02-24