I've talked with a lot of freemasons online and offline and a very large number seem to have anecdotes of someone saying something inappropriate or mentioning not letting in Blacks. I heard a few friendly anecdotes of people in masonic families asking "is that allowed?" when I started the journey.
I've seen one or two outbursts of Georgia masons online about letting Blacks in and one by a seemingly reasonable Brother basically saying "they have their own, why make it an issue."
If the initial charges would have stood, my understanding is the lodge woudl have lost it's charter and all it's members suspended.
Here's been my primary concern. In what other organization in America can you have two subordinate organizations (lodges) file a formal written complaint (supposedly based on morality) that a Black man was granted equal membership and allowed to hold an officer's position? And have it met with silence by affiliated members and organizations. Except for Kentucky, who provided the format for this edict
Freemasons For Dummies: Grand Master of Kentucky Issues Edict on Race
In what environment can someone stand up and put this kind of thing in writing and expect support? That's part of why I don't think it was a limited case.
I've seen blatant racism in a whole lot of different places, but even in the work places where it was literally violent racism, I would have never expected anything but expulsion for filing a formal complaint to get someone else fired for hiring a Black man (which is essentially what was happening in Georgia).