Ok, JoeProBono,
The masonic stuff is...wierd with Bro. Tracy Martin as District Grand Master. That’s pretty high up there.
My heart does go out to him for his loss.
http://www.renfordpbrowngl.org/about_us.html
Second paragraph down. The founding of their version of Free Masons are not the ones you are thinking of. It is not even Prince Hall Masons. (The black version of Free Masons, and even they are not recognized by Grand Lodge.). This wanna be version that he belongs to was formed in the 1950’s. There is no way they would be allowed in a lodge of regular Masons. It sounds like a Dr. Banks created his own version when he could not get in to the regulars.