of St. John the Baptist (Boston, 1828). Duke Ellington Harlem Renaissance Jazz musician and composer. A. G. Gaston, Entrepreneur. Al Green, American singer, songwriter, and record producer. John T. Hilton, Grand Master 1826–1827 Hilton helped organize the National Grand Lodge of Prince Hall Freemasonry and served as the first National Grand Master. Hilton was Grand Master of the National Grand Lodge of North America for ten years. Jesse Jackson, Civil Rights leader. Walker Lewis, Lowell, Massachusetts, Grand Master 1829–1830. After the African Lodge declared its independence from the Grand Lodge of London and became its own African Grand Lodge, Walker Lewis was the Grand Master of African Grand Lodge #1 for 1829 and 1830. Thurgood Marshall, lawyer, first African American to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States. George Middleton, Boston, Massachusetts, Grand Master 1809–1810. Commander, Bucks of America, a unit of black soldiers during the American Revolution. The unit received a flag from Governor John Hancock for its faithful service. Middleton was also a founder of the African Benevolent Society. Richard Pryor, Comedian, Actor. Sugar Ray Robinson, Hall of Fame boxer. Booker T. Washington, Educator, Civil Rights leader. James Monroe Whitfield, Abolitionist poet from Exeter, NH. Author of "America and other Poems" 1853. In 1864–1869 he was Grand Master of the California order of Prince Hall Masons. Originally a member of Hannibal #1. He is buried in the Masonic Cemetery in San Francisco. Harry Albro Williamson, prolific researcher and writer on the subject of black Freemasonry. US Representative Louis Stokes, US Representative John Conyers US Representative Charles Rangel, US Representative John Lewis US Representative Ralph Metcalfe US Representative Kweisi Mfume US Representative Elijah Cummings See also Prince Hall Mystic Cemetery List of Freemasons Masonic Order of Liberia Prince Hall Order of the Eastern Star List of African-American Greek and fraternal organizations Footnotes Further reading David L. Gray, Inside Prince Hall. Lancaster, Virginia: Anchor Communications LLC, 2004. Peter P. Hinks and Stephen Kantrowitz (eds.), All Men Free and Brethren: Essays on the History of African American Freemasonry. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2013. Gregory S. Kearse, "The Bucks of America & Prince Hall Freemasonry" Prince Hall Masonic Digest Newspaper, (Washington, D.C. 2012), 8. Alton G. Roundtree and Paul M. Bessel, Out of the Shadows: Prince Hall Freemasonry in America, 200 Years of Endurance. Forestville MD: KLR Publishing, 2006. Alton G. Roundtree, The National Grand Lodge and Prince Hall