American Blacks Establish New Tie with Brothers in Liberia and Lend a Helping Hand

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December 6, 1970

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2 PHOTO CREDIT: Ed Baqwell, News Voice Ir rnational

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1, John G. Lewis, Jr., FRONT ROW 1/r: William R.

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BACK ROW 1/r: William W y lliam Kilpatrick, John . Davis,
Luther G. ney, Charles A. Dargan, Levi Morris, John

H. Jones, Jr., Roosevelt S. Zanders, William H. Jones

DECEMBER 6, 1970
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

AMERICAN BLACKS ESTABLISH NEW TIE WITH BROTHERS
IN LIBERIA AND LEND A HELPING HAND

-- Just returned from a trip to Liberia,
k rather than on pleasure, members of the

celax and pose for photos at Kennedy Airport.
where the

Prince Hall

New York,

These gentlemen travelled to the Republic of Liberia at the invi-
ation of the Pres nt and Vice President of that country to help in

establishing a Masonic Supreme Council, Prince Hall iliation there.

Liberian Vice President, the Hon. William R. Tolbert, Jr., is
imself the Grand Master of Masons of his country.

During the two-week visit, the gop spent much of its time in
capital at Monrovia and pa in a number of activities

ns, which include a Supreme
preme Council Southern Jurisdiction,

iges -- one in Canada, one in the
states of the U.S., and now, the

zion and
are respons x i
Pahamas, one in Ala ska,
one in Liberia.

They are also a group extremely active in the American civil rights
movement: the Hall Masons ha long supported the program of the
NAACP Legal and Educatic Fund, Inc. (LDF). They raised and
contributed 0,000 to that organization, and havi
promised to up their contribution to the half-million

Dr. John G. Lewis, Jr., Sovereign Grand
Jurisdiction, who resides in Atlanta.

Leading
Commander for

Wallace, Secretary to the
Washington, 1 Jones, Consul General

Or bihberia-in-Chicago,. 1ll..: T.-H. Glavbera Most Worshipful Grand
Master, Grand Lodges, Prince Hall Masons of Texas, who resides in Fort
Worth; Dr. John W. Davis, Education Director of the LDF and Director
of the Prince Hall Masons' Legal Research Dept.; who resides in Engle-
wood, N.J.; Luther G. Gidney of the Royal Arch Masons, who resides in
Crestwood, Ill.; William W. Grasty, Northern Jurisdiction Supreme
Council Treaswer General, who resides in Chester, Pa.; John H. Jones,
Jx., Southern Jurisdiction Supreme Council Deputy for Maryland, who
xesides in Westminster; James A. Mingo, Southern Jurisdiction Supreme

Council Secretary General, who resides in Washington, D.C.; Levi Morris,
of the Northern Jurisdiction's Supreme Council, who-xresides in Chicago;
Dr. X. L. Neal, Most Worsnipful Grand Master, Grand Lodges, Prince
Hall Masons, Georgia, who resid in Atlanta; and William R. Venable
Northern Juris tion Supseme Council Secretary General, who re esides’
in Philadelphia.

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For further information: Col. Wallace Price
NAACP Legal Defense and x :

Educational Fund
(212) 586-8397

NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc. | 10 Columbus Circle | New York, N.Y. 10019 | (212) 586-8397

is E. Rivers - President

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