James R. Morgan III
James R. Morgan III is graduate of Howard University where he studied Mass Communications and African American History. Mr. Morgan’s research primarily focuses on the African American experience in the nineteenth century. He has become a rising star in the study of African American Freemasonry by combining his passion for African American history in general with his love of researching family and local history.
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James will be presenting at the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society’s 40th National Conference.
October 10-12, 2019
Hyattsville, MD
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The Lost Empire
With The Lost Empire: Black Freemasonry in the Old West (1867-1906), James R. Morgan III artfully transports readers to the period when western outlaws ruled the territories and brings them face to face with the black men who brought enlightenment, guidance and protection to the formerly enslaved through organization. At the vanguard was Captain William Dominick Matthews–Freemason, Civil War officer and abolitionist–who became one of the most illustrious and controversial figures of his time.
James R. Morgan III
James R. Morgan III was born as the first of two sons to Deborah Glover and James R. Morgan Jr. in Livingston, New Jersey. He is a graduate of the Howard University in Washington, D.C. where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Communications and African American History in 2011. Descended from a long line Prince Hall Freemasons, he was raised to the degree of Master Mason in Corinthian Lodge No. 18 F.&A.M.-P.H.A. in Washington, D.C. on July 24, 2010. He instantly became fascinated with not only the ritual, but also the history of the African American masonic and fraternal tradition. In the year 2011, he was named the “Master Mason of the Year” for his lodge. Brother Morgan has served in several stations of his lodge and on November 25, 2014 was elected as Worshipful Master. Brother Morgan had the distinction of serving in this station for the year 2015 and again in Corinthian lodge’s Centennial year of 2016.
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The Lost Empire
With The Lost Empire: Black Freemasonry in the Old West (1867-1906), James R. Morgan III artfully transports readers to the period when western outlaws ruled the territories and brings them face to face with the black men who brought enlightenment, guidance and protection to the formerly enslaved through organization. At the vanguard was Captain William Dominick Matthews–Freemason, Civil War officer and abolitionist–who became one of the most illustrious and controversial figures of his time.