I would like to think so historically since we did come first, but I didn't want to come across as ignorant in doing so. I know that there is some influence In it for sure. The big question for me would probably be how we could prove it, though it's not that much of a big deal to me, I'd just like to know the actual facts to say I know this is why they/we say we are the father of all black fraternities. Could you provide me with your source so I could look more into it for myself just for reading pleasures?
I wouldn't say that PHA is the father of all black fraternities. I would say there is a correlation, a kinship. I am a member of one of them. Some of the poems we had to learn were masonic in theme. Here is an example: http://www.phoenixmasonry.org/stopping_by_the_lodge_on_a_rainy_evening.htm. We had to learn all of those poems. There are some similarities in the rituals. At one time, my fraternity had to declare a belief in the Grand Architect of the Universe although it is possible that is no longer the case now as I couldn't find it anymore.
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