Empty Philanthropy

ID: 2976 ~ Source: Gilbert, Robert L., Cullen N. Harris Jr., and Ulysses Cosby. Interviewed by Rufus B. Spain, May 22, 1972, in Waco, TX. Baylor University Institute for Oral History, Waco, TX. Access full interview here.
This file appears in: Karem Shrine Temple

Local civil rights activist Ulysses Cosby highlights the Shriners’ exclusionary practices. Membership in the national organization only remained open to white men. Under the auspices of Prince Hall Freemasonry, Prince Hall freemasons founded the Ancient Egyptian Arabic Order Nobles Mystic Shrine for African Americans.

This file appears in: Karem Shrine Temple

By Allie R. Lopez
Prior to the construction of the Grand Lodge of Texas, a freemason-affiliated organization known as the Karem Shriners built the grandiose Karem Shrine Temple at Seventh and Washington. Substantial in size and embellished with Masonic emblems, the…