Just as operative masons use special tools for particular situations, so speculative Masons must learn to use specialized trowels for spreading the cement of brotherly love and affection.
If ever there was a man who represented the core tenets of Freemasonry—Brotherly Love, Relief, and Truth—it was Thurgood Marshall. Marshall is famous for being the first African American justice of the Supreme Court, but his legacy and influence on our culture are so much greater than that. Brother Marshall had an astute legal mind and ardently voiced his support for civil rights and the policies needed to achieve them.