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k J editor's review Greetings . . . As all of you have probably learned by now (even star-struck neophytes), few things in Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity are decided without debate. But, faced with the decision of naming a recipient of a special award commemorating the Fraternity's Diamond Jubilee, the choice was obvious — Dr. Charles Harris Wesley. Certainly no alternate candidate ever surfaced and not even that most popular and infallible of tools — hindsight — has stirred up a single murmur that someone else might have deserved this honor. Thus, we thought it appropriate that we dedicate this issue of the Fraternity's magazine to Dr. Wesley. For, despite our feeble efforts, he has been Alpha's greatest communicator — translating for successive generations the philosophies, the motives, and the goals of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity; as well as the facts about those significant achievements which have shaped the organization . . . The richness of Dr. Wesley's life made it virtually impossible to encapsule all we wanted to say in one story. So, we are pleased to bring you three looks at this dynamic man. First, we focus on the man — as a student, educator, scholar, historian, living legend. A second story looks as Dr. Wesley as General President of Alpha Phi Alpha — a post he held longer than anyone in history; and, finally, we take you with Dr. Wesley as he travels the country to be honored by others — another reflection of his achievements and the respect he has earned through the years. We sincerely hope that you will enjoy these features and we are convinced that they can only serve to heighten your love and respect for this Alpha Man Extraordinaire. . . . This issue of The Sphinx would not have been possible without the hard work of Brother Hanley Norment, Chairman of the Fraternity's Social Action Committee. In four years as Alpha's Publications Chairman, Brother Norment was instrumental in upgrading the quality of The Sphinx — and we are pleased that he continues to volunteer his time to this effort. He is the primary architect of the Wesley articles — having penned the first drafts of all three after extensive research. Hanley was assisted in his efforts by Brother Eddie Madison, veteran journalist and Sphinx contributor, and our cover photograph is from Brother Samuel Yette, Professor of Journalism at Howard University. Incidentally, we chose this photograph over the studio pose because it shows the First Edition of The History of Alpha Phi Alpha — complete with a specially designed "dust-jacket" that I never even knew existed. The source for most of the information concerning Dr. Wesley's early, collegiate, and religious life was Dr. Janette Hoston Harris, who researched and wrote her dissertation for the Howard-awarded Ph.D. in History on Wesley as Historian and Educator. A history professor herself at the University of the District of Columbia, she is the wife of Mu Lambda Brother Rudolph Harris. The information she provided was indispensable and is genuine appreciated. And, as always, Dr. and Mrs. Charles H. Wesley were splendidly cooperative in this venture. Thanks to you all! . . . Yes, there's more in this issue. In There Goes An Alpha Man you'll meet Brother F. Nathaniel Gatlin, organizer and Conductor of the Petersburg Symphony; Florida A & M University's student President Arthur Collins; and Brother James Joseph, former Undersecretary of the Interior, who now heads the Council on Foundations . . . In Focus, we introduce Brother Joe L. Boyer, who (at age 41) is the new President of Mississippi Valley State University . . . Our Alpha Athlete for this issue is Brother Quinn Buckner, the outstanding guard for "Alpha's team" in the NBA — the Milwaukee Bucks. Our thanks to the Bucks media director, Bill King, for his assistance. The recent re-election of former General President Ernest Morial as Mayor of New Orleans brings to mind the fact that it was he who kept the pressure on your Editor to re-institute a regular athletes feature. So our thanks and, of course, congratulations are extended to the Mayor — whom we'll all visit in 1983 for the 77th Anniversary Convention . . . Brother Mai Goode, a fifty-year Alpha Man, served as Chairman of the Diamond Jubilee Committee and delivered a rousing address at that convention's Public Program. His remarks are reprinted in our Legacy feature: We Remember The Jewels . . . This issue also marks the beginning of a new feature, sponsored by the Alpha Phi Alpha Education Foundation, Inc., entitled "The Black Colleges." In line with the Fraternity's national program, the Foundation will salute one of the nation's historically Black colleges in each issue of the journal. This issue looks at Alcorn State University in Lorman, Mississippi — where former General President Walter Washington serves as President . . . And, also in line with our national program's goal of increased social action, we bring you a special feature entitled Child Alert — the story of a national symposium addressing the issue of victimized children which was co-sponsored by Alpha Phi Alpha. This article should increase our awareness of, and our determination to address, the frightening epidemic of abused children — a problem far too prevalent in minority communities . . . We hope that you will enjoy these and other articles contained in this edition of The Sphinx . . . Until next issue . . . MJP.
on the drawing board • Distinguished Collegians • Council President At 86 • How "The House of Alpha" Was Built
VOLUME 68 NUMBER 1 SPRING 1982
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY, INC. MICHAEL J. PRICE, Editor-in-Chief Associate Editors: Julius R. Hall, Bradford Spencer, Roderick Odum. Editorial Assistant (Intern): Demetrius Bryant. Contributing Editors: James B. Blanton, Alpha Workshop; Laurence T. Young, Sr., Omega Chapter; Walter Sullivan, Education Foundation; William Ross, Jr., Reclamation & Membership; Ozell Sutton, Ex Officio. Commentary Columnists: Erwin A. France, Lu Palmer, Huel Perkins, Michael I. Price.
1 1 — CHILD ALERT — Alpha co-sponsors a symposium on the epidemic of child exploitation in America. 1 4 — CHARLES H. WESLEY — Three stories look at the grand patriarch of Alpha Phi Alpha and his many contributions to society. 2 9 — FOCUS — Brother Joe Boyer — a young president for the nation's youngest historically Black college. 3 4 — STRATEGIES FOR THE'80's — NAACP chief Benjamin Hooks speaks out on civil rights. 3 8 — ALPHA ATHLETES — Quinn Buckner is the floor general for the Milwaukee Bucks. 4 3 — LEGACY — "We Remember The Jewels" says Mai Goode. 4 7 — THE BLACK COLLEGES — A look at Alcorn State University. 2 3 4 7 9 13 40 48 66 69 70
— The General President Speaks — The Executive Secretary's Desk — There Goes An Alpha Man — Education Foundation — Reclamation and Membership — Million Dollar Fund Drive — Alphas On The Move — Chapter News — Omega — Directory of Officers — Chapter Directory
ABOUT THE COVER Dr. Charles H. Wesley displays a copy of the First Edition of The History of Alpha Phi Alpha at a testimonial banquet in his honor. Our profiles begin on Page 14.
Commentary Erwin France
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Mai G o o d e
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THE GENERAL PRESIDENT SPEAKS The New Alpha Thrust
Three National Program Priorities Are Set Greetings to the Brothers of the House of Alpha: The Board of Directors at the January Board meeting adopted a three-point priority National Program Thrust to be implemented during the Spring and Summer. This program is designed to give immediate and needed help to Black and poor Americans who struggle for survival in these critical times. The three-point priority program is nothing new. It is a part of "The New Alpha Thrust" that will be implemented on a priority basis because of the extraordinary circumstances in which the Black and the poor find themselves. The three-point program includes: I. EXTENSION OF THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT Did you know that all of the Black mayors of major cities in the South are Alphas: Andrew Young of Atlanta, Richard Arrington of Birmingham, Ernest ("Dutch") Morial of New Orleans, Edward Mclntyre of Augusta, GA, and Henry Morse of Richmond, VA — all of the House of Alpha. And there are other mayors in other sections of the nation. Without the Voting Rights Act, none of this would have been possible. A strong act has passed the House of Representatives and an identical bill, SB 1992, is pending in the United States Senate. Alpha chapters and Alpha men individually are urged to contact their Senators and urge their support of SB 1992 — without amendment. Make sure that you emphasize support of passage without amendment. We need your strong and swift support for this legislation. II. JOB FAIRS - JOB CONFERENCES The Board of Directors has targeted 25 cities with high incidents of Black unemployment where Alpha will seek responsive job conferences. The objective here is to impact on unemployment by iden2
tifying available jobs and through appropriate agencies make the unemployed aware of where the jobs are, what qualifications are needed, and how and where to apply for them. The twenty-five targeted cities were chosen because of an identified need coupled with the presence of a strong alumni chapter with the resources to plan and promote the conferences. The cities targeted are: EASTERN REGION: Washington, DC; Baltimore, MD; New York, NY; and Philadelphia, PA. MIDWESTERN REGION: St. Louis, MO; Kansas City, MO; Chicago, IL; Cleveland, OH; and Detroit, MI. SOUTHERN REGION: Memphis, TN; Jackson, MS; Birmingham, AL; Atlanta, GA; Raleigh, NC; Columbia, SC; and Miami, FL. SOUTHWESTERN REGION: New Orleans, LA; Dallas, TX; Houston, TX; San Antonio, TX; Oklahoma City, OK; and Little Rock, AR. WESTERN REGION: Los Angeles, CA: San Diego, CA;
The Bay Area (San Francisco and Oakland, CA); and Denver, CO. III. LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT and CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION INSTITUTES The third priority program includes sponsorship of five regional Leadership Development/Citizenship Education Institutes — one in each region. When possible, the institutes will be held on Black college campuses where Black high school youth will receive instructions in parliamentary usage, public speaking, governmental structures, self-actualization, assertive training, group dynamics, etc. Alpha belongs in the forefront of leadership. The full cooperation of all units of the Fraternity and each and every Brother will assure that it is in its rightful place of leadership and that it will continue to lead in the future. Fraternally,
Ozell Sutton General President The Sphinx /Spring 1982
THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY'S DESK
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Many activities must be carried on by the small staff here at the General Office. Thus, we feel it important that each Brother have an awareness of available services . . . believing that this will go a long way towards creating an atmosphere of cooperation and support throughout the "Alpha Network." For this reason, we provide The Chapter Guide — your key to a successful year. We feel that this document, first printed in September of 1980, is one of the most important efforts on behalf of the General Office staff to assist you in your chapter operations. The first such manual produced in the history of Alpha Phi Alpha, The Chapter Guide is designed to help us — and to help you — carry out your chapter program in an efficient manner. This document contains over twenty sections of information valuable to your chapter program. The Chapter Guide 1982-83 accomplishes this by giving vital information on rules, regulations and procedures — plus a whole lot more. Our new Chapter Guide includes sections on Address Changes; Awards; Establishment of Chapters; Chapter Tax; Inactive Chapters; Constitutional Amendments; Delegates to ConvenThe Sphinx / Spring 1982
tions; Fees and Taxes; Initiations; fob Interview Program; Life Membership; Mailings; Materials; Inactive Members; Paraphernalia; Pledging; Publications; Scholarships; Election of Chapter Officers; Chapter Constitutions; and Fraternity Structure. All in all, the 1982-83 Chapter Guide will be your "General Office on site" . . . readily available to answer most of the questions you will raise in carrying out fraternal operations. Chapter copies of the Chapter Guide include a portfolio — containing the Chapter Guide booklet along with most of the forms necessary to function during the year, including: Remittance of Funds Forms, Pledge Forms, Chapter Directory Forms, Scholarship Applications (for undergraduates) and Delegate Credential Forms. Each college chapter was also given a copy of The Standing Orders. One (1) Chapter Guide portfolio will be provided free of charge to each Alpha Chapter. We began our distribution at the Regional Conventions — other chapters should contact their Regional/State/District Directors for copies. Additional copies of the Chapter Guide booklet will be available for purchase by active Brothers for $5.00 each. These will be
on sale at the General Convention or may be purchased from the General Office. We urge you to take advantage of this valuable tool. It has been prepared with you in mind . . . and will make your fraternal operations much easier.
CHAPTER ADDRESSES Please ensure that your Chapter Directory for 1982-83 has been completed and forwarded to the General Office ten (10) days after electing officers. We will begin Chapter Mailings in August of 1982 and no 1981-82 addresses will be used after September 1st. If no current address is on file for your chapter . . . this information will be missed. Make it your job to see that your chapter officers have fulfilled this constitutional mandate. Our vast organization of chapters cannot function without a viable communications network. Remember, the first step is up to YOU! Report your chapter address IMMEDIATELY! Fraternally yours, r James B. Blanton Executive Secretary 3
elected President of the Sophomore Class for the University. Brother Collins entered the Student Government Association in his junior year as Attorney General, before going on to become President of the Student Government Association in his senior year. He was elected in the Spring of '81 by an overwhelming 98% of the total vote. Those votes have been cast wisely, because Brother Collins has used his office to let the Tallahassee community and the Florida Legislature know that Florida A&M University is a strong and viable Black institution of higher learning. Since his election, Brother Collins has also been elected as a member of the Leon County Democratic Executive Committee for the State of Florida.
Brother Arthur Collins
Collins is Florida A&M leader Brother ARTHUR R. COLLINS, member of the Beta Nu Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., took office as President of the Student Government Association at Florida A&M University on June 1, 1981. Brother Collins is a native of Chicago, Illinois, where he attained his high school education from Lindblom Technical High School. While at Lindblom he participated in the school band, as well as the school swimming and football teams. On an extracurricular level he participated in the South Side Youth Branch of the NAACP as Vice-President. After high school, Brother Collins attended FAMU to major in accounting in the University's prestigious School of Business and Industry. Over the three years that Brother Collins has been at FAMU, he has maintained an honor roll academic standing â&#x20AC;&#x201D; while at the same time participating extensively in student politics. He is a member of Alpha Kappa Mu National Honor Society and a member of The National Dean's List. In the fall of his freshman year, he was elected VicePresident of the School of Business and Industry for the Freshman Class, and then elected President for the Winter term. In his sophomore year, he was
Brother F. Nathaniel Catlin
Gatlin organizes symphony Brother F. NATHANIEL GATLIN has successfully organized the Petersburg Symphony Orchestra, which has grown to become a celebrated musical group for Petersburg and Southside Virginia. Beginning in 1978, Dr. Gatlin used his energies to this end after a successful career as Department Head for Music at Virginia State University. The first concert was presented in the Petersburg High School to more than 100 persons. The musicians included persons from Petersburg and 14 surrounding areas. The orchestra has a continuing membership of 70 musicians. The Sphinx/Spring 1982
D r . Gatlin is a graduate of Oberlin Conservatory of Music, with a major concentration in Clarinet and Instrumental Music Education. He earned the Master's degree in Music at N o r t h western University School of Music. At Columbia University in New York, he earned the Professional Diploma as a Specialist in Music Education and the Doctor of Education degree with a concentration in music. In 1954 he w a s awarded the honorary degree, Doctor of H u m a n e Letters, by Iowa Wesley College, M o u n t Pleasant, Iowa. His teaching positions have included: Bennett College; N o r t h Carolina A & T State University; Elizabeth City State University; Lincoln University in Missouri; and Virginia State College. At Virginia State College, he served as Head of the Department of Music for 22 years; and Conductor of the College Symphonic Band for 25 years. Brother Gatlin has performed as a concert clarinetist, playing before Leopold S t o k o s k i , H a n s Kindler, Bohumir Kryl, and Vladimir Golschm a n n . He has also appeared as guest soloist with the Drake University Symphonic Band, the Iowa Wesleyan University Band, and the H o w a r d University Band.
Brother James Joseph
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Brother JAMES JOSEPH — former chaplain, corporate executive and government official — began a new and challenging job on March 1st. O n that date, the former Under Secretary of the Interior took over as the President of the Council on Foundations, a n umbrella group composed of over 900 grant-making foundations. Thus, he will be in the center of America's economic fray — working with philanthropic organizations at a time when the federal administration calls for "more" from the private sector to offset its slashing of domestic assistance programs. He brings a wealth of experience to his new position, having served as President of the Cummins Engine Foundation; President of the Black United Fund; and President of the Association of Black Foundation Executives. He also brings with him a dream of a better future for all citizens, articulated to Alpha Brothers in the Fall 1979 edition of The Sphinx. In his article, entitled ' T h e M o r a l Leader," he saw the challenge of leadership as one of restoring "a diminishing vision" and redressing "a historical imbalance." He noted then that a m o n g the tasks facing us was to "look at all institutions and demand that their resources be used in such a way as to benefit all of those w h o contribute to their legitimacy." He also declared that leadership must "clearly involve new forms of intervention into the economy to ensure that it works as well for those at the b o t t o m as it does for those at the top." His new job provides an excellent vantage point from which to impress business leaders with the seriousness of his vision, even though he has noted that he is not optimistic that the private sector can or will meet all of the social needs being forfeited by the government. Brother Joseph is a native of Opelousas, Louisiana and did his u n d e r g r a d u a t e w o r k at S o u t h e r n University (where he was initiated into Beta Sigma Chapter). He also attended the Yale Divinity School, receiving the Masters of Divinity degree. A frequent lecturer, he is the author of Has Black Religion Lost Its Soul; and, served as Co-Editor of The Ethnic Underclass. When chosen for the presidency of the Council of Foundations, he was serving as Vice President of the Cummins Engine C o m p a n y — a post he had previously held until his appointment to the cabinet by President Jimmy Carter.
THERE GOES AN ALPHA MAN There goes a man of high impulse Of princely mien and grace There goes a man of humble faith A credit to his race There goes a man of conscience vast with will to reach his goal There goes a man of lordly rank Of heroes' stock and soul— There goes a man of noble caste Whom hardship cannot break There goes a man in merit clad Whom duty won't forsake I'here goes a man in cultured verse Who holds a sportsman's creed There goes a man too vigilant To bow to lust or greed There goes a man whose life is spent in service not in scorn There goes a man whose majesty Shines like a May time
There goes a man who is a friend To love and duly truth I'here goes a man to help uplift I he lives of wholesome youth There goes a man with industry and faith at his command. There goes the best man in rind out Tor he h an Alpha Man. 5
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Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., has had, since its inception, a strong commitment to excellence in education and scholarship. The Fraternity has supported and sponsored many efforts to sustain this commitment via financial, moral, and motivational activities. The founding of the Alpha Phi Alpha Education Foundation, Inc. (hereafter referred to as the Foundation), was preceded by a highly successful and memorable program entitled "Go To High School — Go To College." This viable program was warmly supported by individual Brothers and Chapters and, in turn, was responsible for motivating many young men and women to further their education. The philosophy of this program continues to find expression through current programs of the Foundation.
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Education in America has approached a crisis stage and Blacks are squarely face to face with this crisis in all sectors of education: primary, middle, secondary and post-secondary. The crisis is ACCESS! This article was written in the Washington National Airport as I awaited my departure after attending the Annual Conference of the American Association for Higher Education. The prdictors, planners, and prophets who spoke at the Conference merely confirmed what most Black educators have known for sometime. 1982 and 1983 will be pivotal years in the charting of the future educational impact on Blacks. These are perilous days fraught with many pitfalls any of which can wipe out hard-earned gains, in a matter of days, which we have realized. What are the pitfalls which confront us? I will only list a few: Reaganomics; resurgence of the Ku-Klux Klan; congressional and presidential intent to limit the role and scope of the courts and Department of Justice in approving and enforcing busing orders; a greater reliance of educational administrators on achievement test scores for access to and exit from educational units; and the state of the economy. Our economy, without debate, is in a most severe state. With rampant inflation, as well as a recession, young persons will find it more and more difficult to attend post-secondary educational institutions because of a lack of funds. This is due to the employment scene or the necessity of families to divert such funds to other areas of high need. We are in, or rapidly moving into, the second "Reconstruction." We are losing many of the educational gains which we won through our civil rights struggles. These include access to various educational institutions, improvement of facilities, and additional resources. (I do not recognize, however, that such gains were won despite the fact that we lost the expertise of many Black principals and counselors). The re-emergence of the Ku-Klux Klan is just another manifestation of the face that blatant racism is alive and well. Although few persons approve of busing our young people, it has served as a means of providing access for many!
Congress and the President appear determined to turn back the clock of history with regards to the educational needs of Blacks. We must become vigilant and guard against the fact that many educators are now attempting to equate quality with equality. We cannot have the same quality output or programs if we are just gaining a measure of equality. In order to limit the gains of Blacks, many persons are advocating or using various achievement test scores to justify the denial of access to various educational levels or opportunities. We must not allow this to happen and, thus, we all need to be on guard against such an occurence. Students will find it more and more difficult to obtain financial assistance from the federal government. My college, for example, has over 92% of its students as recipients of financial aid and over 25% of those persons would be adversely affected if the Reagan budget is adopted as proposed. If this occurs, fewer and fewer Black students will find it possible to attend a college, graduate or professional school next year. Such disasters are unacceptable. I wish to emphasize again the need for Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity and others to assist young Blacks in the development of their mathematical and communication skills. This was reinforced by the fact that many sessions were devoted to the use of the computer in instructional efforts. The computer age is upon us and we must be prepared to cope with it. We do not have to major in computer science to understand that many daily activities are now dependent upon the use of the computer such as: electronic banking; electronic check approval; airline reservations and travel; store inventory, etc. Our young people will be the big losers in the work world of the future if we do not prepare them now. It is never too early to teach a person how to acquire computer skills along with mathematical and communication skills. Let us mobilize our chapter activities to ensure the future of our young people. Fraternally,
U^U^cJ. Walter Sullivan. Chairman Alpha Phi Alpha Education Foundation
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RECLAMATION AND MEMBERSHIP
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Alpha man's attitude should not be ' 'how much can I derive from the fraternity?" can I do for the fraternity?" In proportion to what he does for his chapter and for will a member receive lasting benefit from the fraternity to himself in the way of by duty well done and by the respect of brothers well served.
Are We Really Serious About Reclamation? The Committee on Reclamation and Membership has been busy laying the framework for an aggressive and comprehensive reclamation campaign. We've held workshops across the country; established our network of Regional Chairmen; and begun to try to ferret out the reasons many Brothers leave the fold. As we move forward with this project our efforts will, of course, be primarily directed toward the many "inactive" Brothers that we can identify in each of our communities. It should be evident, however, that the task of reclamation will be one for "active" members — those who continue to maintain their ties to and involvement with Alpha Phi Alpha at various levels. In this light, one of the things that we have discovered is an ambivalence on the part of active Brothers toward the idea of reclamation. It appears that there are degrees of pride — pride in being initiated into the world's greatest Brotherhood. Unfortunately, among those who share this same "Pride of Our Hearts," there appears a subconscious tendency to seek further gradations of achievement. This tendency is manifested in a number of ways — pride in the number of years we have amassed in the Bond; pride in the chapter in which we were initiated, or with which we are now affiliated; pride in the recognition of our achievements or contributions to the programs of the Fraternity; pride in being able (and willing) to make a commitment to "Alpha Phi Alpha For Life" through the Life Membership program. So when you attend an Alpha Phi Alpha convention, you hear Brothers introduce themselves as "Brother X, Life Member Number 111"; or give legitimacy to whatever point they're arguing by prefacing their remarks with "I've been an Alpha since 1925," and so on. Let me hasten to note that most of these actions have a positive effect. Competition is an integral part of the process of maintaining a quest for excellence; Life Membership is a tangible commitment to the Fraternity, creating a permanent endowment that will last long after we have perished; the active involvement of long-time members is indispensable in transmitting the values and mores of our Fraternity to successive generations. Indeed, the striving for higher levels within the Brotherhood elevates the entire organization. And, yet, I believe that we must honestly ask ourselves whether any element in this process might hamper another worthy goal — the reclamation of our members, the strengthening of the Alpha network. It seems that one of the first questions we ask when we learn that "Mr. Y" is an Alpha is "Is he active?" And, far too often, it seems that when the answer is "no" — our reaction is to assume a posture of righteous indignation and muted superiority. We've succeeded in pulling that Brother down a peg in our eyesights — "After all, I'm active and he should be" — and we dismiss the subject, and the Brother, for this The Sphinx / Spring 1982
shameful state of affairs. How often do we speak wistfully about the great times we shared with some Brother — never forgetting to add, "But, that turkey ain't been active in years. I don't know what's wrong with him." I am not suggesting, by any means, that we should glorify Brothers because they have strayed from the fold. But, I do suggest that the goal of reclaiming Brothers should take priority over maintaining our personal sense of superiority because we have been true to the cause. I do contend that, in addition to carrying our share of the load, the work of actively involving other Brothers — of bringing their talents into our common pool — is the obligation of every Alpha Man. Imagine our state if the Brothers of Alpha Chapter had merely gloried in their singular accomplishment and not labored to spread the word and get others involved in this historic undertaking. In short, reclamation can only be a workable idea when we decide that meeting our obligations is only the beginning, not the culmination of our contribution to the Fraternity. After that is done, we must work to bring other Brothers in — and Alpha Phi Alpha will be better for it. THE HITCH-HIKER"
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the epidemic of child abuse r\ n (c^ enator Paula Hawkins (R-FL) Qi) says the problem has become "a national epidemic." Pollster George Gallup, Jr., reports that a recent survey indicates that 15 percent of the adult population — 24 million Americans — say they know of at least one case of it in their neighborhoods. Alpha Phi Alpha's General President Ozell Sutton says it is a national problem "with specific uniqueness to vulnerable city youths." And the Justice Department's Community Relations Service (CRS) Director, Gilbert G. Pompa, says the problem must "be looked at as a giant equation with a complex set of interrelated factors which must be dealt with if we are to arrive at a solution." The reference is to the abuse that children suffer daily across the nation in the form of murder, sexual assaults, parental abuse, and exploitation for prostitution and pornography. The murder of 28 Black youth in Atlanta is but one graphic example of the abuse which is daily heaped on our young. n n Louisville, Kentucky, from U November 29 to December 2, 1981, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, the Community Relations Service, National Conference of Christians and Jews, National Coalition for Children's Justice, and the Louisville/Jefferson County Criminal Justice Commission joined to sponsor a national symposium to seek ways to combat victimization and exploitation of children. Some 200 participants took part in discussions on child tragedies in Atlanta, The Sphinx/Spring 1982
Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, and Birmingham, Michigan; the criminal and juvenile justice systems' response to child tragedies; inter-governmental and inter-agency cooperation; modern youth mobilization; and "streetwise" youth as easy prey for adult exploiters and violent criminals. Among the speakers were Senator Hawkins; General President Sutton; Atlanta's Public Safety Commissioner, Brother Lee P. Brown; Ken Wooden, Director of the National Coalition for Children's Justice; U.S. Congressman Paul Simon (D-IL) Bruce A. Cohen, Chief Counsel, Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Juvenile Justice, U.S. Senate; Jay Howell, Chief Counsel, Investigations and General Oversight Subcommittee, U.S. Senate; along with crime experts; local, state, and Federal officials; social workers; religious leaders; and researchers from around the country. A parental view of the exploited and victimized child was presented by Julie Patz, mother of still missing Ethan, of New York City; Camille Bell, mother of murdered Yusef, of Atlanta; Rosemary Kohm, mother of murdered Kanty, of Santa Claus, Indiana; and John Walsh, father of murdered Adam, of Hollywood, Florida. 21-point program was adopted to address the problem. Among its provisions were: D Calls on Congress to immediately pass the "Missing Children Bill" (notably S.1701 and companion legislation H.B. 3781 and H.R. 5003), and to continue a Federal role for services to runaway
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©MOIL® Continued D Instituting in all educational institutions, adequate, effective and operational record-keeping and up-to-date files on children that would preserve individual privacy and civil rights while promoting cooperation and communications between school and home; • Through the reallocation of state and local government resources, the creation of teams of police and social workers in counties across the country to specifically focus on the prevention, detention, intervention and prosecution of cases of child exploitation and victimization; • Taking of steps by the judiciary, law enforcement agencies and the rest of the legal community to avoid revictimization of children through specialized training of professionals working within systems; • Calls for tougher judicial sentencing and, if necessary, legislative action as well as restrictions on parole to safeguard the public against child offenders, pimps and sexual deviants; • The development of materials to train judges to ensure the fair handling of juveniles and tough sentencing of offenders; • Development of crime prevention
materials by the Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention, specifically directed at child abduction, abuse and sexual exploitation that can be used and distributed by the national Crime Prevention Coalition; • Development of prevention programs which identify victims and potential victims; which educate parents about the importance of maintaining fingerprints, X-rays, and upto-date dental records and photographs of their children; which teach children the differences between nuturing contact, and exploitative contact; which teach parents about the threat of exploitation; and which educate children about the skills they need as future parents to create an environment to protect their own children; • Urging medical and health organizations to support research, educational programs and information exchange related to child exploitation and victimization; • Seeking financial support to conduct statewide symposiums through individual State Advisory Groups to further the exchange of ideas and the discussion of issues regarding child exploitation and victimization; • Encouraging greater cooperation among agencies working at national and international levels to foster the effectiveness of the curative and
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Support for our threatened children The "New Alpha Thrust" program calls upon the Fraternity to "move swiftly toward the obtainment of new freedoms, new levels of human dignity and new horizons in the human experience of living, loving and learning." Citing the alarming pattern of child exploitation as a problem with special implications for "vulnerable inner-city youth" — many of whom belong to ethnic minorities — General President Ozell Sutton led the Fraternity's co-sponsorship of the colloquim on child exploitation held in Louisville, Kentucky. Brother Sutton, who is also Southeast Regional Director of the Justice Department's Community Relations Service, noted this as one example of how the Fraternity can join hands with others in combating social problems. Brother Sutton; Public Relations Chairman Harvey Brinson; and Brother Lee P. Brown, Atlanta's Public Safety Director, were three members of Alpha Phi Alpha integrally involved in 12
the sponsorship and implementation of the conference. Also present (and representing the General Organization of the Fraternity) were two members of the Board of Directors, Midwestern Vice President Jimmie Buford and Southern Vice President W. Mingo Clark. The participation of a fraternity of
preventative efforts of both in the child exploitation sphere; and • Urging that countries shift resources from the back end to the front end of the junvenile justice system, for example by retargeting funds toward intervention and prevention rather than residential treatment programs for non-criminal behavior. •TP he participants also agreed to U forward to the Congress and to all relevant organizations a copy of a report of the symposium, with a request that each respond and make a commitment to end child tragedies worldwide. To begin implementation of the program, Senator Hawkins and Representative Simon have sponsored the legislation required to authorize the Attorney to acquire and exchange information to assist officials on all levels effectively investigate cases of missing children. They ruefully note, as do all concerned, that such information is now routinely shared in tracing missing cars — but not in the anguished search for missing children.
Brother Harvey Brinson • is Director of Public Affairs for the justice Department's Community Relations Service. A member of lota Upsilon Lambda Chapter, he serves as Chairman of Alpha's National Committee on Publicity/Public Relations. college-trained Black men was especially helpful in soothing the sense of alienation felt by some in our own community, springing from the frustrations developed in the wake of the Atlanta tragedies. Just as many Alpha chapters — especially among the college ranks — had worked during the year to express support in this time of need. Alpha was again in the forefront — lending its resources to address a problem which concerns us all.
With Ms. Camille Bell (mother of Yusef Bell, one of the 28 youth murdered in Atlanta) are (left to right) Southern Region Vice President W. Mingo Clark; General President Sutton; and Mid-Western Region Vice President Jimmie Buford.
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Alpha's UNCF gift raised to $200,000 The support of Black institutions from the Black community has always been the philosophy of the Alpha Phi Alpha Million Dollar Fund Drive. This drive is an attempt to transcend rhetoric and lip service and to provide tangible support to the three recipient organizations (the United Negro College Fund, the National Urban League and the N A A C P ) . . . all of which have had pivotal roles in ensuring the continued progress of Black Americans. All members of the Fraternity were proud when, at the Diamond Jubilee Convention, Alpha Phi Alpha distributed $500,000 (one-half million) to these organizations. It is clear, however, that the need for this program is becoming even more critical. The Reagan administration's cutbacks in the area of support for higher education have posed a deadly threat to future generations of Black youth — many of w h o m rely heavily on financial aid programs in order to obtain a college education. Alpha Phi Alpha has again stepped to the forefront to ensure the education of our youth. At the recent annual meeting of the United Negro College Fund, an additional $33,333.33 was donated to the UNCF from the proceeds of the Million Dollar Fund Drive. This gift raised Alpha's total contribution to the UNCF during the past year to $200,000. General President Ozell Sutton, in
General President Ozell Sutton presented to the United Negro College Fund $33,333.33 at the Fund's recent annual board meeting in New York City . . . bringing the Alpha total contribution to UNCF to $200,000 in the past eight months. Sutton, left, presents the gift to Dr. Norman Francis, President of the Fund and President of Xavier University of New Orleans, and Christopher Edley, Executive Director of UNCF. At the far right is Dr. Isidore Lamothe, Campaign Chairman of the Alpha Million Dollar Fund Drive. making the UNCF presentation, declared that Alpha Phi Alpha has and will remain committed to the education of Black youth. Also present for the occasion was Dr. Isadore J. Lamothe, Chairman of the Million Dollar Fund Drive. Brother N o r m a n Francis, President of the UNCF (and Xavier Univer-
sity in New Orleans) and UNCF Executive Director Christopher Edley accepted the gift on behalf of the fund. General President Sutton also announced that additional contributions will be made to the N A A C P and the National Urban League at the time of their annual meetings this summer.
A. Maceo Smith Memorial Gift
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A gift of $1,000 was donated to the Million Dollar Fund Drive in memory of former General President A. Maceo Smith. The donation was made by his widow, Mrs. Fannie Smith, as an expression of Brother Smith's deep love for Alpha Phi Alpha and in support of the goals of the campaign. Brother Smith, a Dallas native, was an outstanding public servant in that city — serving many years as
a federal housing official. As General President, he was responsible for securing the Fraternity's first permanent headquarters building. Alpha's former First Lady also noted, in making her gift, that Brother Smith was a leader of the Dallas Urban League. The gift was received by Brother Roosevelt Johnson, Southwestern Chairman of the Million Dollar Fund Drive.
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istory — both distant and contemporary — displays an unfortunate tendency to categorize things in the simplest terms. Perhaps this stems from both the incredible complexity of the human experience and the limits on the ability and willingness of the human mind to grasp the intricate networks that make up any object. Consequently, Leonardo DaVinci — inventor, philosopher, theoretician of the human condition — becomes, to most, merely a gifted painter; and, to many Americans, communism is seen as the root of all the diverse struggles for self-determination among Third World peoples. The eternal questions remain "What is it?" and "Why is it?" — and we yearn for simple answers. But, just as the "good ole days" were not all that good, the truth is never simple. Charles H. Wesley seems to have always understood this phenomenon, as evidenced in even the first printing of The History of Alpha Phi Alpha. He was not content to rehash the minutes of the various organizational meetings; nor to sketch out a soap-opera script which would merely name the characters and record their inter-actions, without delving into their motives or influences. Rather, he traced their entire lives (within the limits of available information) and preserved for us three-dimensional men — men touched by their childhood and educational experiences, their opinions formed in relation to the raging questions of the day. The result is primarily responsible for the seventy-six years of growth and progress of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. Continued on Page 16 b y M I C H A E L J. P R I C E
A Model For A Mighty World "In that Fair Order of the Table Round, A glorious company, the flower of men Who rode about, redressing human wrong. They spoke no slander — no! — nor listened to it, Who served as a model for a mighty world. They loved one maiden only. And lived for her through years of noblest deeds." — Alfred Lord Tennyson — „ —
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lished, he therefore could not join this movement. Clearly, then, Dr. Wesley understood the vast network of experiential factors which shape and prompt human action. And, in writing of Wesley, the man, we must at least follow his model. For, Dr. Charles H. Wesley is much more than a historian; more, even, than the accomplished educator who has touched the lives of so many youth. His has been a full, and fascinating, 90 years of life; and, even now, new chapters are being written. While we can by no means capture all of its facets in this article (his biographer, Dr. Janette Harris, wrote a voluminous doctoral dissertation on Wesley), we can at least provide a glimpse of this modern Rennaissance man.
CHILDHOOD & COLLEGE "Better unborn than untaught." — John Heywood
In the latter part of the 19th century, December 2, 1981, life began for Charles Harris Wesley — son of Matilda and Charles Snowden Wesley. An only child, he was born and grew up in the comfortable two-storied, and devoutly religious, home of his maternal grandparents in Louisville, Kentucky — where his parents also resided. His father had attended Atlanta University
Charles Wesley at 14 years of age, entering the Fisk Preparatory School in his native state of Georgia, excelling in the classics as did young Charles during his college days. Charles S. Wesley, who worked as a clerk in a funeral home, died when his son was only nine years old. Still young Charles' childhood was rather typical, thanks in part to the strong influence of his grandfather, Douglass Harris. He completed studies at Louisville Central High School in two years. On the recommendation of his private music teacher, he entered the Fisk Preparatory School at age 14. When he later entered Fisk University, Wesley was an extraordinary student with a special interest in music. He studied the piano, developed a strong baritone voice, sang with tenor Roland Hayes, joined the famed Fisk Jubilee Singers, and performed in various operas and musical comedies. Overall the Fiskite exemplified "AllAmerican" qualities. In addition to strong academic achievement, he ran Continued on Page 17
The Fisk Jubilee Singers on tour in Boston. Wesley is on the back row, second from right; tenor Roland Hayes is on the back row, second from left. The Sphinx/Spring 1982
Continued from Page 16 track; excelled in baseball and basketball; and was the star quarterback of the football team — for which he was awarded a letter, the Varsity "F". A master elocutionist, he was a star debater; active in the dramatics; and involved in several clubs, serving as president of one of them. But, like any Ail-American, he was not too busy to maintain his popularity with the coeds. His biographer jokingly reminds him of one photograph of the football team, depicting Wesley in an unusually clean jersey (as if he hadn't played); but, she quickly adds that everyone knows he earned his letter because
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The Fisk Debating Team, 1911. Wesley is shown at top left. "after all, his cheerleaders were always there!" Just before he graduated from Fisk and before becoming a member of the Fraternity, Wesley studied Botany under Professor C. C. Poindexter — whom he would later describe as the "precursor" of Alpha Phi Alpha. In reminiscing now about the experience, Wesley wonders how Poindexter would have reacted toward him if he had known then that Alpha's future historian sat before him. During his senior year, Wesley was a student with Brother George Edmund Haynes, a graduate of Fisk, Yale and Columbia and later co-founder of the National Urban League, who urged Wesley to pursue graduate studies at Yale. Wesley was one of 34 members of the Class of 1911 — receiving a degree in the Classics with honors (which earned him the Phi Beta Kappa key retroactively when the society came to Fisk in 1953). At commencement, he presented a highly acclaimed solo performance of Wagner's "Oh Thou Sublime Sweet Evening Star" from the opera "Tannhauser." The Sphinx/Spring 1982
IVY LEAGUE & BEYOND "Knowledge is proud he has learn'd so much; Wisdom is humble that he knows no more." — William Cowper
At 19, Charles H. Wesley entered graduate school at Yale University on a tuition fellowship. When his beloved grandfather died during his first year there, he felt the responsibility to provide financial help to his mother and himself at Yale. He then went to work at a white fraternity house in exchange for board. Serving banquets in New Haven netted him additional income. One summer he joined a trio including Roland Hayes, and the new quartet earned money in engagements from Philadelphia to Atlantic City. They also cut a record with the Columbia Recording Company. At age 21, Wesley received the M.A. degree, with honors, in History and Economics. Three months before leaving the New Haven campus, he was one of 12 men initiated into a second Zeta Chapter charter group (Alpha did
not appear on the Fisk campus until 1927). Leaving Yale, he went to Howard University as an instructor of History and Modern Languages. He managed to save enough from his $700 annual salary to travel to Europe in 1914. While in Paris, he attended the Guilde Internationale and studied French history and the French language. The next year he returned to Howard and completed the first year of Howard's law school program in 1915. He then married Louise Johnson of Baltimore, Maryland — whom he met through Brother Carl Murphy, founder of the Afro-American newspaper. The Wesleys had two daughters, Louise and Charlotte. Louise died at age 34; Charlotte became a singer with the European Opera Company and is now teaching at the University of the District of Columbia; Mrs. Louise Wesley passed in 1973. After a seven-year teaching stint at Howard, Wesley took sabbatical leave during the 1920-21 school year to pursue studies toward the doctoral degree. He entered Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts on an "Austin Tuition Fellowship." Wesley was subsequently awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for study abroad in 1930-31. He traveled with his family to London where he studied "Slavery and Apprenticeship in the British Empire" at the British Museum and associated libraries. Continued on Page 19
Dr. Wesley firmly established himself as a Professor of History at Howard University; from here he was recruited to write Alpha's history. 17
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Continued from Page 17 When Charles Harris Wesley was awarded the Ph.D. in History in 1925, he became only the fourth Black person to become such a recipient from prestigious Harvard University. Preceding him were W.E.B. DuBois, Alain Leroy Locke, and Carter G. Woodson. From this point — firmly girded with the armor of rigorous academic training — Dr. Wesley would go on to shape and chronicle the Black experience in America for over half a century.
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One facet of Wesley's life which is not widely known (especially among the young) is his association with his family denomination, the African Methodist Episcopal Church. In addition to nearly a century of participation, his active leadership with the church spanned some 40 years. He began his Washington, D.C. involvement in 1917 — when he became choir director of the capital city's largest AME congregation, concurrently with his voluntary service as Director of the Howard Men's Glee Club. Wesley's versatile leadership abilities motivated his Bishop to encourage him to enter the ministry, which he did. For nearly ten years combined, he pastored two Washington churches and was Acting Pastor of a third for nearly a year. Later, he set a 10-year record as Presiding Elder overseeing about 25 local churches — a position he relinquished in 1938. He also served the church in numerous other roles, including Assistant to the Bishop, Church Historian, Leader of the Annual Conference, and candidate for the Bishopric. The latter provided one of the few known setbacks in his various careers. Although he was criticized by some church leaders as being too young to The Sphinx / Spring 1982
hold the high office of Bishop, other of his contemporaries were convinced that he would have been elected had he agreed to advertise and campaign for the office in the traditional manner. He is himself quoted as saying: "Friends told me I would have to put up some money. I told them, I would never become a Bishop if I had to do that." Nonetheless, Wesley's dedication to the AME Church continued undaunted, as it had been during the days when he would travel back to Washington each Sunday to preach in his pulpit during the year he pursued his residential requirements at Harvard. He would go on to provide leadership to the denomination and, much later, The AME Church Review would express its admiration for him as: "a real credit to the church . . . a leading churchman . . . an unusually good preacher . . . a man of the St. Paul type, who can move easily with Doctors in the Temple and with those who walk the streets, and yet supply the needs of both."
Rayford Logan recalls this event as follows: "At the memorable meeting of Howard University's Board of Trustees on December 10, 1925, he made one of the most effective statements that led to the resignation of President S. Stanley Durkee and the appointment of the first Negro President of Howard University. Dr. Wesley said that he regarded 'Dr. Durkee as more qualified for the pulpit than for Howard University.'"
TEACHER & LEADER "They not only taught them, they lived with them and their cultural attainments were object lessons to their untutored students." — Charles Wesley On arrival at Shorter Hall as President of Wilberforce University. 1942.
As noted earlier, Dr. Wesley began his teaching career in 1913 at Howard University. It was from this mecca of Afro-American education, an outgrowth of the Reconstruction, that he would operate for nearly thirty years — helping build the institution and shaping opinion throughout the country. Howard University's official history chronicles his pioneering role in developing the school and recently The Capstone, the school's faculty-staff publication, reminded the campus that in 1919 young faculty member Wesley called for a "second emancipation for Black people — a self-emancipation." This belief led to Wesley's pivotal role in ending the string of white missionarytype Howard presidents and the installation of a Black educator as the school's chief executive. Historian Dr.
From his initial appointment as instructor of Histdry and Languages, Dr. Wesley was elevated through the ranks to Professor and Head of the Department of History. He also served the university as Director of the Summer School, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, and Dean of the Graduate School. 1941 marked the first time in nine years that Wesley was not serving as General President of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity and, according to biographer Harris, "the educational community sent letters of joy — for they had plans for his time and proposals for his leadership." He was sought as head of a number of schools, including Howard, Fisk, and Morgan State; and, in 1942 he became President of Wilberforce University in Wilberforce, Ohio. He was President of Wilberforce from Continued on Page 21 19
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Continued from Page 19 1942-45, when the state-supportea departments of the school became a separate institution — the College of Education and Industrial Arts at Wilberforce (later re-named Central State University). The school's founding President, Dr. Wesley remained at Central State from 1947 to 1965, when he retired. During his 23 years of service in Ohio, Dr. Wesley also served as President of the Association of Ohio College Presidents and Deans, Chairman of the Inter-University Council of the State of Ohio, and a member of the Governor's Committee on Community Colleges in Ohio.
THE HISTORIAN "Historians ought to he precise, faithful, and unprejudiced; and neither interest nor fear, hatred nor affection, should make them swerve from the way of the truth." — Cervantes
many people are writing about our people, and subsequently are setting themselves up as authorities." And, for more than seventy years, he has labored to counteract the forces of apathy and revisionism in depicting the Afro-American experience. He received widespread acclaim in the 1920's for his work, Negro Labor in the United States — a pioneering treatise which documented the vital roles of Blacks in building the American capitalist empire. And, in 1929, the first edition of The History of Alpha Phi Alpha was published — a work he described as follows: 'Tor the first time in the history of the Western World, there has appeared a study of a selected group of Negro college men; and, also, the first comprehensive history of the oldest Negro college fraternity." Over the years, Dr. Wesley has published over 125 articles, 12 books, countless monographs and has lectured on the history of Black America for nearly three-quarters of a century. True to his belief that "we must write our own history," several of his works have focused on organizations with which he was associated. In addition to Alpha Phi Alpha, these include: the AME Church (Richard Allen: Apostle of Freedom); the Masons (Prince Hall: Life and Legacy); the Elks (A History of the Improved, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World); and the Boule (The History of Sigma Pi Phi, 1904-1954). His other works include The Collapse of the Confederacy; The Negro in the Americas; and, A Manual of Research and Thesis Writing for Graduate Students. He also edited the 10-volume series on The International Library of Negro Life and History.
Wesley still works in his home on a number of historical projects.
Along with these endeavors, Dr. Wesley has actively fostered the development of a cadre of trained Black historians. Rayford Logan, another past Alpha president who recently received the NAACP's Spingarn Award for his contributions to Black history, recalls that Dr. Wesley "recommended and obtained my appointment as Professor of History; I recomHistory, without question, is impormended and obtained the appointments tant to Charles Wesley; Black history of John Hope Franklin and Michael is, for him, even more significant. Like Winston as members of the department his mentor, Carter G. Woodson, Dr. (of History at Howard)." Thus, beginWesley knows that much as been disning with his own association with torted; much has been omitted; and, Carter G. Woodson, Wesley's hand perhaps an even greater sin, much is can be seen in the continuing Black yet unwritten. "Blacks need to write history movement which has spanned more about their own history," he is the entire 20th Century. quoted as saying, adding that 'Too From 1950 to 1965, Dr. Wesley was President of the Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History (founded by Woodson as the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History). He became Executive Director of ASALH in 1965, serving until 1972 when he entered yet another retirement. He continues in the role cf Executive Director Emeritus. Today, Wesley continues to see the recording of history as a primary goal. At the Diamond Jubilee Convention, he passionately urged Brothers, especially the young, to "preserve your records, correspondence, photographs. programs, artifacts and all memorabilia" in anticipation of his mo Wesley speaks at the National Archives for the Centennial of the Emancipation Proclamationcherished dream — a "fratemii Continued on Page 23 in 1962. The original document is in the case behind him; seated left is Robert F. Kennedy. archive. " The Sphinx/Spring 1982
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HIS BEST TO ALPHA "Sons of Alpha Phi are we, one in love mm and charity . . . Courage, Brothers banded we, all through life to eternity." I — J. B. Boags & R. H. Ogle
Although thousands of Black professionals credit him with inspiring them to reach for new heights; and his considerable talents have been shared with practically every important institution in our society, a pensive, firm-voiced Charles Wesley this year declared, "/ have given Alpha Phi Alpha my best. " Even those Brothers only remotely aware of his extensive and painstaking endeavors in the Fraternity would surely agree. Although he served longer than any other General President, and with great acclaim, he is best k n o w n for his authorship of the Fraternity's history, The History of Alpha Phi Alpha: A Development in College Life. Initially published in 1929 and now in its 13th printing, it has chronicled the organization's history and, at the same time, served as an important documentation of the educational development of Americans of African descent. For over five decades Brothers and would-be Brothers have studied it — using it as the principal mode of understanding and transmitting the group's history, traditions and meaning. It is interesting to note that, in developing the Fraternity's history, Wesley succeeded where even a group of the Jewels were unsuccessful. In an earlier attempt to prepare a written history, the personal reminiscences of several of the Founders were collected. However, these, often conflicting, accounts based upon memory convinced the organization that the services of a professional historian of the first rank were needed. Then-General President R a y m o n d C a n n o n was given this charge and he ultimately chose H o w a r d historian Charles H. Wesley for the task. The grass-roots level of Alpha has also been important to him, for there his leadership began. He reminds College Brothers and pledges alike that he The Sphinx / Spring 1982
remained continuously active with the Fraternity after leaving Yale and taking his first job, stating "In 1913, when I came to H o w a r d University, I immediately joined Beta Chapter, and there has never been a year when I wasn't active." Upon the establishment of Mu Lambda Chapter in 1923, Dr. Wesley joined as a charter member, later to become the chapter's third president. In that capacity, he became president of the Beta-Mu Lambda Corporation, which opened the nation's first Blackowned fraternity house in 1928. His service during the thirties as the Fraternity's top leader was in a period of economic and racial turbulence, which had the most dire consequences for Blacks. Yet, he and others like him persisted in their determination to make America live up to its creed and democratic slogans. During such a time, he led Alpha in breaking new ground — most notably in the areas of civil rights, equal opportunity, and education — which offered significant long-range payoffs for an emerging people.
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HISTORY OF ALPHA PHI ALPHA A DEVELOPMENT IN N E G H O C O L L E G E LIFE
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The title page of the 1st Edition of The History of Alpha Phi Alpha. The book had 294 pages and 58 illustrations. whenever called upon. His strong commitment to duty has often found him cast in such roles as convention speaker (even as a last minute pinchhitter), parliamentary expert, installer of officers, responder to welcomes offered by host city officials, presenter of important resolutions and awards and, moreover, as participant in numerous local and regional Alpha programs. In addition to the history, he is a u t h o r of another Fraternityrelated book, Henry Arthur Callis: Life and Legacy.
This shot of a smiling Fraternity legend is familiar to convention-goers. Contributing to his cornerstone position in the House of Alpha is the outstanding service he has so willingly performed in numerous other roles
His vast contributions, combined with his great dignity and easy accessibility, position him as a classic role model and example of Black pride and Alpha greatness. He continues, as he has done over the years, to autograph copies of the history, relate stories out of Alpha's glorious past, offer advice and encouragement to youthful Alphas, respond to their letters (now, sometimes, with two-finger typing), and just mingle and exchange fraternal greetings. He rarely misses a General Convention and continues to serve in the vital role of Fraternity Historian (the only person ever to hold this post). He is, at age 90, the grand patriarch of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. Continued on Page 24 23
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TOWARD THE FUTURE "To the Negro youths who march onward and upward toward the Light . . . " — Charles Wesley
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Dr. Wesley's age is by no means indicative of his spirit and vitality. He is often seen about the capital city with his wife, the former Dorothy Porter, retired curator of Howard's MoorlandSpingarn Collection and an expert on Black history archives. They are no strangers at such interests as concerts, art museums, lectures, and other special occasions. Both continue to travel out of town to present papers, participate in meetings, and receive honors. Each is completing works for publication — he has completed the
14th edition of the Alpha history and has also written 22 chapters of his autobiography. His biographer remarks of Charles Wesley that "He understood that no matter how high he reached or walked — he was never any higher than those common folks, with different strokes, who shared and nurtured his possibilities." He would be very happy if each of us would also understand that simple maxim.
A calm and reflective Charles Wesley displays his optimism for the future of Black youth. With him is Brother Dr Stephen Wrigt B President of Fisk University. ''
For the love of Alpha
Believe it or not, Alpha's history was almost written by someone else. At the 1926 General Convention in Richmond, Brother Garrett Morgan (inventor of the gas mask and the tri-color traffic signal) donated $50 to begin the history project. Enroute home to Minneapolis from the convention in January 1927 General President Raymond W. Cannon stopped over in Washington to confer with Wesley — then head of Howard's History Department. Busily engaged at the time in advising and registering students for a new term, Wesley initially indicated that he could not take on the project. Cannon persisted; but Wesley indicated that he could not
consider the matter until the day's end. As Cannon waited and observed him and his concerned interaction with the students, the General President became all the more set on the Howard scholar as the person best suited to develop the Fraternity history. After the last student had left, Cannon proffered the history-writing idea again and, finally, Wesley replied: "III do it — I'll do it for the love of Alpha Phi Alpha!'' This was just the commitment Cannon had sought. In reflecting on that meeting 54 years later, Cannon observed: "These were golden words which should be remembered by every member of this Fraternity. "
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Although Charles Wesley's service as General President ended over 40 years ago, its impact on Alpha profoundly endures. The nine-year stint (1931-1940), longest such tenure in Fraternity history, significantly bridged the past with the future, opened up new vistas and set precedents that stamped an indelible mark almost certain to be evident for many years to come. In shaping Alpha's thrust toward attaining equal justice under law, long a hallmark of Fraternity identity, the presence of Wesley's hand is clearly observable, especially through such actions as initiating efforts to integrate the University of Maryland Law School, including payment of the first Black student's tuition and cost of books from enrollment to graduation; raising repeatedly both the Fraternity's national voice and legal-defense funds toward attaining justice in the conviction by an all-white jury of the Scottsboro Boys (a group of poor Black youth accused of gangraping a young Alabama white woman); outlining a campaign to fight lynching and segregation based on a General Convention-financed survey of the status of Blacks in the South; and convening Alpha's first Special Convention primarily to explore remedies to discriminatory treatment of Blacks by New Deal agencies. With Convention-appropriated funds, the Fraternity made the first objective study of nonwhites and the New Deal, a critical analysis that was well publicized in a special issue of The Sphinx. Also initiated during Wesley's turn at the helm were the popular slogan, "A Voteless People Is a Hopeless People"; the Committee on Public Policy, which immediately became an influential activist body; and the first of many Alpha Life Membership subscriptions to the NAACP and the Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History. The Brotherhood's latent interest in Africa-related issues was activated, especially as symbolized through Wesley's appointment of an African Brother on the continent to serve as the Fraternity's Representative to Africa; his advocacy and later establishment in London of Alpha's first overseas chapter, mainly intended to serve Africans studying in England; and his successful advocacy of General Convention appropriations for independence-related work of the
International Committee on African Affairs. Education rivals community outreach as the area of the 14th General President's greatest contribution while in office. In addition to crafting the Education Foundation and selecting the scholarly and resourceful Rayford W. Logan (later 15th General President) as its first Director, Dr. Wesley initiated the creation of Foundation Publishers, Inc. as a Fraternity-controlled press to advance scholarship and letters at a crucial period when established publishers often rejected important works by Black scholars and other researchers. Significantly, the press has been a favorable arrangement for publishing all but the first edition of the Alpha history, as well as other valued works. His effective leadership broadened the successful "Co to High School, Go to College" program to highlight the rights of citizenship, which its re-naming, "Education for Citizenship," was intended to reflect. Monetary awards were provided, for the first time, for fellowships as well as for continued scholarship prizes. (Among the initial fellowship recipients were Historian John Hope Franklin, Morehouse President Hugh Gloster, Harvard's retired Chairman of AfroAmerican Studies Ewart G. Guinier, and non-Alpha Carlton Goodlett, President of the National Newspaper Publishers Association). In the area of Black business, a new standard of support was set. The Fraternity backed up verbal commitment with providing business opportunity when it contracted with a Blackowned company to supply its pins and other jewelry. Within the organization itself, new stirrings and beginnings also emerged. A solid financial foundation was laid, including establishing the Fraternity's first permanent reserve fund and investments in government securities. Although the 1930's were economically ten years, the first organized reclamation campaign was launched, which resulted in tripling Grand Tax payments and the cash balance. Additionally, 44 new chapters were charted, 27 alumni and 17 college-level, for a 34% increase in total local units. The successful Life Membership Program, a model for almost every other Greek group, was inaugurated. The National Housing Program was established and the first loans made. The Fraternity Prayer was adopted and broad Continued on Page 26
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An Indelible Mark Was Stamped On The Fraternity
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This photo of a 1940 3eta Chapter installation of officers ceremony was printed in The Sphinx at the request of General President Wesley, along with the address of outgoing Beta President Edward W. Brooke (standing), later a U. S. Senator. Wesley still encourages the efforts of young Alphas. Continued from Page 25 outlines emerged for developing the funeral rites (Omega Service). The organization's management and communication processes were also greatly strengthened. Examples were the creation of the Office of Western Vice President and development of a national system of Regional Directors to improve chapter liaison and assist reclamation efforts. Although the first Regional Convention was held just months prior to the onset of Wesley's term, he encouraged such gatherings, especially since regular General Conventions were then held only in alternate years. With his ardent support, such sectional meetings quickly became regularized throughout Alphadom. The 14th Chief Executive was especially supportive of college Brothers. He personally sought to elevate their role through ensuring that only College Brothers could occupy the seats designated for "lay members" on the Executive Council (forerunner of the National Board of Directors), an initial step leading two decades later to the establishment of the Office of Assistant Vice President, whose five incumbents are full-voting members on the Board. He also initiated the practice of designating a College Brother to serve as a key Convention speaker; established the precedent of devoting a specific Convention session to the concerns of studentAlphas; urged the development of a national pledge manual and handbook; advocated national uniformity in pledge training; and assigned important responsibility to college men, for instance, appointing would-be Senator Edward Brooke (then a member of Beta Chapter) as Director of a Central Bureau of Sphinx Clubs. Reflected in such initiatives was the spirit of the 1936 Convention which urged increased 26
interest on "undergraduate life" and "closer fellowship" between Brothers of both categories. Wesley carved "love for all mankind" deep into the organization in 1940 when his advocacy resulted in unanimous action to remove the racially-restrictive membership clause from the constitution. Past General President Cannon recalls the action and credits his successor for it. General President Wesley was both popular and respected as indicated by the numerous appeals Brothers made to him to seek another term in 1940. A further indication is that, on the eve of leaving office, he became the Brotherhood's first and only top leader requested by a General Convention to publish and distribute copies of the addresses he delivered to that body. A Wesley-led General Convention so impressed then neophyte collegian Lionel Newsom that the would-be 22nd General President vowed then "to stand one day in the same spot" where Alpha's long-serving Chief Executive stood as presiding officer. Brothers who witnessed close-up the results of his leadership termed it "magical." Some viewing it from a broader perspective see it as "Alpha's finest era." Because Wesley's legacy of leadership greatness is so towering, it has now and then tended to cast a long shadow obscuring some of the Fraternity's more recent and notable achievements. But, not one to "fade away" after reaching the top, Brother Wesley has been a staunch supporter of Alpha's programs since his tenure. Always present during the often arduous convention sessions, he stands as a reminder that all we do today must be in the noblest traditions of Alpha Phi Alpha. His resolute calm and towering presence do much toward that end. The Sphinx/Spring 1982
Dr. Wesley receives the Diamond Jubilee Award at the 75th Anniversary Convention.
THY GOOD NAME WE REVERE
The name Wesley, especially to those within the fraternal bond, is synonymous with the Fraternity's name. Whenever he enters a room of his Brothers — regardless of its size, the number present or the nature of the business under discussion — the group pauses and, to a man, rises in respect. His entry into convention sessions evokes loud applause as well. This show of affection has, in the past, been accorded only to the Jewels. In many ways, the Fraternity has long recognized the extraordinary contributions of Charles Harris Wesley. As a result, he recently observed reflectively: "Alpha Phi Alpha has been good to me!" Beyond offering him ample opportunities for leadership, service and self-fulfillment, tangible evidences of appreciation have also been presented. For example, in 1945, he was awarded Alpha's highest symbol of recognition given to a Brother — The Alpha Award of Merit. Eleven years later, in connection with the observation of the Fraternity's Golden Jubilee, he and Brother Thurgood Marshall became the first and only recipients of the special Founders' Award. And, during last year's Diamond Jubilee Convention, he was singled out as the only recipient of the special Diamond Jubilee Award. Regions and Chapters continue to honor him at every opportunity and, combined with his many professional awards, he laughingly protests that there's not an inch of space left on his walls for plaques or certificates. The The Sphinx/Spring 1982
Brothers of Delta Xi Chapter, Central State University, honored him a few weeks ago; Chicago's Iota Delta Lambda honored Dr. and Mrs. Wesley with a gala reception at the DuSable Museum of African American History; and, Iota Upsilon Lambda Chapter, Silver Spring, Maryland, picked him as the recipient of its highest honor — The Manly Deeds Award. The list goes on, ad infinitum. Depictive of Wesley's great meaning was the naming for him last fall of a 100-unit, $4.3 million apartment building for the elderly. Located in Akron, Ohio, the Charles H. Wesley Tower was dedicated in his honor by Eta Tau Lambda Chapter in that city. During the dedication ceremonies, immediate Past General President James R. Williams summed up the significance of the honoree in this manner: "There would be no building at this site today if it had not been for men like Dr. Wesley. He is a man for all seasons, the Ail-American man, the best that America has to offer. " Most recently, the Washington-area chapters of the Fraternity celebrated the Diamond Jubilee with a black-tie tribute to Charles H. Wesley at Howard University. Although planned as a local affair, it quickly escalated into a national celebration. Some came though fully aware that only closedcircuit viewing was available; remarked one determined out-of-towner, "fust to be in the same building where Brother Wesley is being honored is really an honor for me." Even a terrible snow-
storm kept only a few from coming. Attesting to the meaning of Wesley and his life of devoted service was the ease with which national personalities were committed to voice tributes. When Past General President Raymond W. Cannon was asked to serve as an Honorary Co-Chairman, he replied, "I'm coming!" Included were the top leaders of the major institutions with which Dr. Wesley has been connected — Howard and Central State Universities, the AME Church, the Association for the Study of AfroAmerican Life and History, as well as Alpha General President Ozell Sutton. Many others offered to speak but could not be accommodated. Hundreds of accolades were sent, both in the souvenir program and a leather-bound testimonial book. The scholar's professional colleagues, the 13,000-member American Historical Association (which, in earlier years, was hesitant to recognize either the accuracy or legitimacy of Black history) proclaimed him as one of their own, citing him as historian and educator whose "distinguished career needs no elaboration." Joining dozens of Fraternity officials were others such as HUD Secretary Samuel Pierce; Vice President George Bush; the Presidents of Harvard and Yale; historian John Hope Franklin; and many others. Philadelphia's Psi Chapter called him "the true essence of Alpha," while the Mother Chapter went a step farther; commented Alpha Chapter: "You are the embodiment of the history and goals of this Fraternity. You are Alpha Phi Alpha." Some Brothers who have known him over the years communicated personal sentiments. One of them was Dr. William Ross, former Wilberforce student and now a Philadelphia District Superintendent of Schools and national chairman of Alpha's reclamation program. He expressed gratitude for the inspiration his former University President had given him to teach, exercise leadership and "hold the torch of Alpha high with honor." And, of course, other groups continue to salute him for his many achievements. Dr. and Mrs. Wesley continue to be sought out to make major program presentations on Black history as well as to receive additional honors. Two such occasions occurred during the month of February. The first was a Washington luncheon, the official kick-off activity for the 1982 celebraContinued on Page 28 27
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cated as an important part of the school's new library. During the ceremony, a portrait of the honoree was unveiled. The room is being equipped to display copies of Dr. Wesley's books, manuscripts and memorabilia, including some Alpha materials. He is the founding president of the school, which already has a building named in his honor. Another such activity prominently involving the Wesleys is scheduled for mid-May 1982 in Columbus, O h i o . It is the "National Conference on Local Afro-American History," sponsored b y the N a t i o n a l Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center Project, which Dr. Wesley founded while serving as President of Central State University. He now serves as a consultant. In addition, Dr. Wesley, long an active 33° Mason, has been invited to serve as a delegate to the organization's United Supreme Council of which he holds the distinguished title of Grand Prior. The Council is scheduled to meet on M a y 6 in Freeport, Bahamas. Clearly, memories of Dr. Wesley's
Continued from Page 27 tion of National Black History M o n t h , sponsored by the Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History (ASALH). Wesley was picked as the luncheon's special honoree. The former long-time President and Executive Director of the Association was especially recognized for his pioneering w o r k in Black history, his close collaboration with ASALH founder Carter G. W o o d s o n , and his own contributions to the development of the organization. The second occasion in the month of February was the program officially establishing the University of Virginia's Carter G. W o o d s o n Institute for AfroAmerican Studies in Charlottesville, VA. Both Wesleys were honored guests, along with Black historians Benjamin Quarles and Lorenzo Greene, during the full weekend of activities which included a reception in their honor, a black-tie dinner attended by the University President and key officials and a symposium. The honored guests, including the Wesleys, contributed "reminiscences" during the symposium at which a portrait of W o o d son, a Virginia native, was unveiled. During March, Dr. Wesley was honored at Central State University in O h i o when the "The Charles H. Wesley Scholars' Room" was officially dedi28
The Wesleys confer with historian Edwin Salk at a reception honoring them in Chicago.
Dr. and Mrs. Wesley cut the dedication cake in Akron.
outstanding leadership remain deeply embedded in the minds of those he has touched . . . even though his top roles with some ended over forty years ago. Perhaps this reflects a longing for dynamic leadership today; surely it shows that Charles Wesley symbolizes the qualities of greatness in Black men. More importantly, perhaps, it indicates that his record will stand as a monument to all men. And all mankind will be better for that! The S p h i n x / S p r i n g 1982
A young 41 himself, Dr. Joe Boyer is the new President of the nation's youngest Black college. Dr. ]oe L. Boyer
Brother Joe L. Boyer has been elected President of Mississippi Valley State University, the nation's youngest historically Black institution of higher learning. Located in Itta Bena, Mississippi, MVSU was created by an act of the Mississippi legislature in 1946, opening for service to students in the summer of 1950. In 1964, the school was renamed Mississippi Valley State College; and was elevated to university status ten years later, in 1974. 1 oe Boyer is the 41 year old son of Reverend and Mrs. C. L. Boyer, Sr. of Eatonville, Florida. He is the sixth of eight children who graduated from the - J Robert Hungerford High School. He attended the Tennessee A & I State University in Nashville and was graduated, with honors, in 1962. He, along with each of his four brothers and two sisters, is a first generation college graduate of the Boyer-Williams family.
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Upon graduation from Tennessee State, Joe joined the faculty of Stillman College at Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where he remained for seven years. He had the responsibility of developing the instrumental music program and assisting with the establishment of a music education major. During his tenure at Stillman, Joe was promoted to Assistant Professor and, during his last year, served as music department chairperson. During the summers of 1964-67, he acquired a Master's degree from the University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign, Illinois. It was during this time that he began formulating his philosophy of education while studying with B. O. Smith, Foster McMurray, Charles Leonhard and other educational philosophers of the John Dewey school of thought. In 1969, Joe attended the Ohio State University at Colum-
Mississippi Valley State University draws most of its students from the Mississippi Delta region, which has a large Black population.
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Opening for service in 1950, MVSU is the youngest historically Black college in America. Dr. Boyer is the schools third chief executive. bus to study for the Doctor of Philosophy degree. Like two of his brothers before him, and with the financial assistance of the Ford Foundation and the Ohio State University Scholarship Fund, Joe acquired his degree in 1971. By the time his degree requirements were completed, he had chosen as his fields of study Foundations of Education, Curriculum and Instruction, and Higher Education Administration. In these fields, he studied with Edgar Dale, Jack Frymier, Kelly Duncan, John Hough, and Ray Larmee. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;1 e moved to Montgomery, Alabama, in 1971 with his wife Particia, their two daughters Lori and Kelli, and their son Kevin. The Montgomery move i was to join the faculty' as an Associate Professor at Auburn University's new campus located on the eastern edge of the city. Upon joining Auburn University at Montgomery faculty, Dr. Boyer became a part of the rapid growth of the University and made major contributions through his teaching, publications, and community services. He was elected by his colleagues to serve a term as President of the Faculty Council and was selected by the Chancellor to chair the University Self-Study Committee for accreditation
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by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Also while at AUM, he spearheaded the establishment of Omicron Alpha Chapter on that campus. ~"~| r. Boyer was involved in numerous professional and community services throughout the State of Alabama and his knowledge of higher education was expanded through his work with the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, which is the regional accrediting association for schools in the South. Dr. Boyer has been appointed to a three year term to the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. In another capacity with this organization, he serves on the special committee to review and re-write the Standards of the Association as they pertain to colleges. Dr. Boyer's knowledge of higher education, his experiences with colleges and universities throughout the South, and his commitment to equal educational opportunity in higher education provides him with a firm basis for success as the chief administrative officer of an educational institution in the South.
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COMMENTARY Viable Institutions: A Black Imperative Erwin A. France, Ph.D.
ERWIN FRANCE We need institutions able to carry out our ideas. Page 27
MAL GOODE Blacks cannot afford continued voter apathy. Page 28
HUEL PERKINS Is reading a lost art? Page 29
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Perhaps the greatest crisis facing Black Americans today is the crisis in institutional development. The sociologist Sumner defines an institution as "an idea surrounded by structure." Over the course of the last two decades, Blacks have repeatedly responded to the "rallying-cry" of movements, temporary organizations and highly transient leaders; each of which has generally been responding to some crisis situation. However, over the long haul it is not reasonable to assume that the best interests of Black people can either be pursued or achieved through these kinds of approaches. Important as they are as situationalresponses, they must be seen as just that. Among other things, they seriously lack the capacity to sustain whatever gains or progress may be achieved through the immediate response. Some would argue that Black America is anemic in terms of ideas and creativity and that this anemia accounts for the retardation in Black progress during this period; a kind of retreat from the aggressive stance of the sixties and early seventies. There are others, including the writer, who would argue that this is not the case. Black people have never been absent creativity, ideas, concepts or a basic operational theory. If anything, the presence of the above has historically been the genius of our survival. What we are absent is an effective machinery for consolidating our intellectual substance, galvanizing our leadership capacity and mobilizing our human, material and financial resources to work in an orderly, systematic and careful pursuit of our common objectives. Strong viable institutions then become the glue that binds the fabric of the Black community together. Thus the number one imperative on the Black agenda must be the development of
four types of institutions: Family Institutions; Social/Ethical Institutions; Political Institutions; Economic Institutions. The mere identification of four different areas will automatically lead the reader to ask what is the priority? There is none! Given where we are in the process of our development, we do not have the luxury to prioritize. We must work in all four areas simultaneously and recognize the extreme inter-dependence and inter-relationship of each to the other. For indeed, no one of these stands alone; each fuels the other. Not only does each fuel the other but all four have certain requirements in common. What are they? First, they must each have a clear, understandable mission that is rooted in some ideological and ethnical base and has long-range consequences. Second, they must have an implementation machinery that includes a plan, structure and the necessary resources to achieve that mission. Third, they must have the capacity to rise above individual/charismatic personalities. Fourth, they must constantly nurture and develop leadership within their ranks, delineate the roles of their various components and recognize the importance of continuity and succession. Fifth, they must demand substantive contributions from their constituencies and provide sanctions for those who fail to contribute. Sixth, they must develop the capacity to be economically self-supporting. Seventh, they must value and pursue excellence in all of their endeavors, and eighth, they must develop and maintain the capacity to change; that is to self-assess and renew themselves in relation to new challenges. The development of strong viable Black institutions then becomes the major imperative on the Black agenda for the eighties and beyond. 31
Lefs Revive the "Voteless People" Campaign Mai Coode More than forty years ago Alpha Phi Alpha initiated one of its most formidable campaigns to better the lot of Black Americans. It was called "A Voteless People is a Hopeless People." Unfortunately the results were never tabulated for posterity but we do know thousands of American Negroes (then) were inspired to register and to vote in those areas where they could vote. Unfortunately too, some of our Black Brothers and Sisters could not vote in parts of Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, the Carolinas, Texas, Louisiana and Florida; but many of the courageous did try and for it were jailed, beaten and this writer knows of one family that was driven from its home and forced to move to Kansas City from Brownsville, Tennessee for its determination to exercise the franchise. Needless to say many lost their jobs and were otherwise penalized for making an effort to vote. In the forties and the fifties and early sixties the NAACP never gave up its program of forcing the issue of voting. Those efforts, though a long time coming, led to the eventual passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Bill with the support of the late President Johnson. Since then there are few areas of the Southland where Blacks are not permitted to cast their votes and the result has given, for example, the state of Mississippi the largest number of Black elected officials of any state in the Union . . . a number which includes seventeen Black Mayors alone. I need not remind our Brothers that in the past fifteen years there has been a tremendous apathy among Black voters with some assuming the attitude . . . "Why Vote? . . . They're going to do what they want to do anyway;" and worse of all, an attitude in most Northern metropolitan sectors of "1 don't have time" or use of some other shameful excuse. I live in a township of New Jersey where the Black population is thirty percent yet the School Board of nine members has only one Black member; the Township Council of seven members has only one Black member, incidentally an Alpha Brother. The bottom line, however, is that less 32
than thirty five percent of the Black citizens, paying upwards of twenty five hundred dollars per year in property taxes, will even go to the polls on election day. I have personally wished someone would post a sign some election day morning at every polling place saying "No Blacks can vote here today" â&#x20AC;&#x201D; then all Hell would break loose. However, in my Township, as in Philadelphia, Chicago, Columbus, Cleveland, the so-called "great" city of New York a shameful apathy and disinterest has set in and we are paying a terrible price for it. Four years ago New York City Blacks had an opportunity to elect Percy Sutton as Mayor . . . only needing 360,000 votes to win without a runoff. More than 500,000 Blacks were eligible to vote but Mr. Sutton received less than 160,000 votes from Black, Whites, Chinese, Puerto Ricans, et al. To know what we are losing in effectiveness all one needs to do is check the Black Mayors of Atlanta and Augusta, Georgia; Birmingham; Richmond; New Orleans. Their Mayors are Black . . . all Alpha Brothers incidentally. Last year a White Mayor was elected in Houston, and in March a Black man (an Alpha Brother) was named Chief of Police in a city noted, like Philadelphia, for its police brutality against Blacks and the Spanish-born. Needless to say, this kind of behavior will soon be eliminated. But the elected Mayor knew she could not have won without strong Black voter support and was obligated. Moreover, Blacks today are sucking their teeth, crying, and complaining about Reaganism, Reaganomics, thousands of jobs lost because of the seniority system which has put us last
on the list. But sucking teeth, crying, and even praying will avail little under Mr. Reagan until he knows, and every politician knows, Blacks are determined to exercise their God-given right to vote. If there is to be a change, if men like Jesse Helms, Strom Thurmond and those Congressmen and even Governors who support Reagan are to be throttled in their efforts to turn back the clock on gains Blacks made in the sixties, there is one principle tool to use . . THE VOTE. It is my hope that my Alpha Brothers will heed the call of our General President and each chapter, North and South, establish a revived "Voteless People is a Hopeless People" campaign in your city or your township to remind our Black Brothers and Sisters that conditions will not change for the better economically, politically or socially until we use that one tool, that one great strength given to us by the Constitution, casting our ballots on election day. In June 1963, then-Governor Wallace stood in the doorway of the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa defying the Federal government to keep two Black students from entering that school, supported by all the taxpayers. Today that same Governor has changed, maybe not in his heart, but in his actions regarding Blacks in that state. Needless to say, nearly one third of the student body of that school is Black. But most important, Black Alabamians have dignity and full citizenship . . . the same citizenship that was denied by some like the late Bull Connors who stood on the courthouse steps defying Blacks as they tried to enter just to register for voting. The man charged with bombing the homes of Brother King, Brother Arthur Shores and the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, reportedly is dying of cancer in prison. These are some of the changes that came about because Blacks vote. Let us, as dedicated Alpha Men, revive our campaign initiated in the thirties . . . to remind the negligent, the apathetic, the lazy, the shiftless, that "A Voteless People is STILL a Hopeless People."
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Is Reading A Lost Art? Huel D. Perkins Does anybody read anymore? No, I am not talking about the newspaper, or Time and Newsweek Magazines, or Playboy and Penthouse, or Ebony and Jet, or even the required reading all students must do in "Introduction to Literature 101" or "Western Civilization 202." I am talking about the unusual books of this world — the kinds of books that the wise and the great have consulted so that they might become inspired and illumined. I am talking about books which cause one to think, reflect, ruminate, ponder. I have reference to the kind of reading which lies at the heart of the advancement of civilized peoples everywhere. I allude to the types of insightful, provocative, incisive material from which progress is forged. Granted that this is a tele-electronic, jet-paced, "get-it-on-the-run" age in which we live and that the video front page is beamed at us four to five times a day from television sets, and granted, also, that reading is sometimes slow, ofttimes tedious, certainly time-consuming and out of pace with this contemporary tempo which propels us — yet, something occurs in the process of reading which is not duplicated through any other sensory medium. And while the perfection of this skill is extremely complex — we still don't know why Johnny can't read — we can be fairly certain that this world will stand still in its tracks if this absolutely essential activity is allowed to slip from our arsenal of weapons by which mankind survives. Do not take the above statements prima facie. Let me share with you some very interesting allusions to the power of and the necessity for reading: Let us begin with Feodor Dostoevski, Russian novelist, who may be considered one of the five best novelists in the Western world. We learn that he compensated for the deficiencies he lacked in formal education by simply reading. Coming from an insecure middle-class background, and not possessing the breeding of his contemporaries — he decided to read. And because he read, we are now privileged to read such great works as The Brothers Karamazov, Crime and Punishment, and The Sphinx /Spring 1982
Poor Folks — all from his mind and his pen. Or take a charismatic figure like Malcolm X. He writes in his autobiography that he had often reflected upon the new vistas which reading open to him. "I knew right there in prison that reading had forever changed the course of my life . . . Not long ago, an English writer telephoned me from London asking questions. One was 'What is your alma mater?' I told him, 'Books.' You never catch me with a free fifteen minutes in which I am not studying something I feel might be able to help the Black man." Or let us turn to a dynamic black woman. Shirley Chisholm, in her autobiography Unbought and Unbossed, writes simply: "We (her sisters) had to read even if we did not want to. We all had library cards and every Saturday Mother took us to the library to check out the limit, three books each. Each of us had a dictionary, and our Christmas presents were books . . . " And among my favorite passages concerning reading is one which is attributed to the English writer George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans) who writes:
You can always tell a man who reads. First, he will have something to say. Secondly, he will say it more forcefully, more logically, more precisely, more convincingly than his non-reading counterpart.
"There is so much to read and the days are so short." And I like a great deal this passage which appears in the novel Martha Quest by Doris Lessing. Martha is seeking a job with a newspaper firm and while she does not get the job, the potential employer gives her some very sagacious advice. He says: "You must read. You must read everything that comes your way. It doesn't matter at first, later you'll learn to be discriminating . . . " But I suspect my favorite passage on reading is found in Langston Hughes' autobiography entitled The Big Sea wherein he writes about a really bright young man of the Harlem Renaissance who was his contemporary. He is writing about Wallace Thurman, one of the lesser known figures, but certainly one of the intellectual giants of the period. About Wallace Thurman, Hughes writes: "He was a strangely brilliant black boy, who had read everything, and whose critical mind could find something wrong with everything he read . . . Thurman had read so many books because he could read eleven lines at a time. He would get from the library a great pile of volumes that would have taken me a year to read. But he would go through them at great length with anybody. That was why, I suppose, he was later given a job as reader at Macaulay's — the only Negro reader, as far as I know, to be employed by any of the larger publishing firms." I have yet to encounter a man or woman who has made any significant contribution to civilization who was not an insatiable reader. The thinking man must never be at the mercy of television, or radio, or "rapping" as the sole sources of his ideas. If one succumbs to these sources only, then he is programmed for the remainder of his life. One must develop a love for and the capacity to read and to read widely — to read novels for the nurturing of the imagination, to read biographies for the building of character and to read non-fiction for the gaining of information. There is no substitute for the printed page. It must never be forsaken by civilized societies. And for minorities, it still remains one of the most efficacious means of upward mobility. You can always tell a man who reads. First, he will have something to say. Secondly, he will say it more forcefully, more logically, more precisely, more convincingly than his non-reading counterpart. Read on, Brothers. Books, anyone? 33
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Someone remarked to me this morning that I've been coming to so many Alpha conventions (I. think this is the sixth straight convention I've attended), that if I don't watch out, I'm going to get beside myself. And it looks like I might just do that. I'd either get beside myself or have a mammoth inferiority complex — one of the two! I had a friend in Memphis who was a good Alpha, a great Alpha in fact, and he would brag: "Alpha born, Alpha bred, and when I die I'll be an Alpha dead." But every now and then I'd remind him that when he died he'd enter Omega chapter! Alphas have, of course, been instrumental in the development of the NAACP. First, there was W.E.B. DuBois — one of the luminous characters, one of the great figures of our age and one of the founders of the N A A C P . Another great Alpha Brother, Channing Tobias, served for many years as Chairman of the Board of the NAACP. So, it's kind of fitting and proper that the Alpha fraternity has seen fit to be the first major Black organization to engage in this kind of fund-raising activity. Because it was Channing Tobias, in 1953 in St. Louis, who spoke about the need for a "Fund for Freedom" and moved on to establish that fund. And had it not been for that far-sighted move on the part of Dr. Tobias, doubtless the NAACP 34
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will see that Ronald Reagan is revolutionizing this country right in front of our eyes. I've met with the President three times, so let me give you my impression: If you try to fight Reagan on the theory that he's a racist, you're wasting time. With Reagan, I don't get the perception (in the normal use of the word) that the President is a racist, if that's what he is. But it really doesn't matter, in one sense, because what he's doing will have the same effect as if he were a racist. The problem is that Reagan has a viewpoint of American society, and economic problems and policies, that belies his statement of a few months ago: "Isn't it time we tried something new?" What he's really doing is trotting out the down-home, discredited economic and social policies of Warren Harding, Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover. They didn't work then, and they won't now. Yet Reagan is selling them as if they were new. In combating these policies, we must understand that, in gross numbers, there are more poor white folk in this nation than there are poor black folk. So, when you cut college student loan programs; food stamps; hot lunches in schools; when you tamper with Social Security, and Trade Readjustment Act payments, and unemployment compensation — it is an assault on the poor of this country, not just the Black poor. Unless we understand that, we'll be going our own way; and we'll have whites fighting us, because they'll mistakenly think that these policies are only directed toward us. And there remain persons in this country who will do anything if they think it's going to put Black folks in the back seat again. We must understand this and devise a strategy that will reach out and gain allies — so that, together, we can see that we constitute a majority; and we can, and will, overcome.
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S T R A T E G I E S Continued from Page 34 percentage to their population. I want you to understand that 43% of all the Blacks in this nation live at or below the level of poverty. And those of us who live above it, in my judgment, have an inescapable obligation to realize that there are Brothers and Sisters who are down there, where there is too little for too many. And if you don't help lift them up, believe me when I tell you, they're going to sure in hell pull you down! Even as we sit in the splendor of this beautiful hotel in Dallas, we had better understand that it's one or the other — you either raise them up or they'll pull you down. Let's look at the recent tax cut package that Reagan won so overwhelmingly. In it, a family of four making $10,000 (which is at the level of poverty, and by some standards, below it) would pay $600 in Social Security taxes and $392 in federal income taxes. That's a total of $992 out
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"If you take the federal budget and look at the things that are not being cut . . . you'll see that if Mr. Reagan is to balance the budget on the small part he's dealing with, he won't cut on it — he will have to cut it out completely! of that $10,000. In four years, under this new tax cut, this family would save the magnificent sum of $82. Yet, if you happen to make $200,000 and have the same family of four, you would save some $32,000. And they tell us that that's equity and equality. I may be dumb, but I'm not stupid! It is also essential that we know something else — and I want you to get this in your thinking caps real good. If you take the federal budget and look at those things which are not being cut; the interest on the national debt, which today is almost $100 billion a year; if you look at the entitlement programs, Medicaid and Social Security, which can't be easily changed; if you look at the military part of the budget; look at these and you will see that if Mr. Reagan is to balance the budget on the small portion with which he's dealing, he will not cut on it — he will have to cut it out completely! We must understand that with an $11 billion food The Sphinx/Spring 1982
him to commit himself to the passage of the extension of that act. He talked to us, then, about "nationwide application," which really won't work. You've got to understand that in the case that decided the constitutionality of the Voting Rights Act, it was held to be constitutional because it dealt with "real problems." We did not need a Voting Rights Act in South Dakota, we needed one in South Carolina. That's where the problem was! I left that meeting to meet with Attorney General William French Smith, in my capacity as head of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (and I'm proud to say that I've invited Ozell Sutton to become a member of the LCCR Executive Committee, because we need his wisdom and sagacity, ability and courage, sitting there in these difficult days). I spoke to the Attorney General and said, "Mr. Smith, it's alright in this sanctuary, in the cluttered sanctuary of this beautiful
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room, to talk about legal niceties and complexities; and (debate about) how many angels can dance on the head of a pin — but you should have been back there in Mississippi when I started practicing law, when black folks were beaten and run out of town; harassed and humiliated; and some were killed . . . simply for the right to try and vote. Don't fell me about all of these legal niceties, because there are folks in Mississippi and in the South and, indeed, in the North, who would roll it back there — if they could get it back there. Look all around this nation and you'll see the Ku Klux Klan on the rise. Look in Buffalo, where they cut a black man's heart out. Look over yonder in Salt Lake City, where they shot two young black men. Look over in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where they shot Vernon Jordan down. When you see that here we live in a country more concerned about who shot 'J.R.' than with who shot Vernon Jordan, you'll understand the type of problem we have." I believe that we may have moved President Reagan a little bit, but I don't know how far. It's like moving an elephant. You really can't tell how far you've gone; you only know how much effort you've exerted. And Orrin Hatch (Senator from Utah) has introduced a constitutional amendment that proposes to ban all forms of "affirmative action." I've got to say to you that one of the things that troubles me is the sight of so many blacks (well, maybe Negroes, or maybe even "Oreos") who have somehow made it and abandoned the struggle. Now, they're judges; or FCC Commissioners; and assistants to the mayor. They've moved out of the ghetto and they can pick up the Wall Street Journal and look at the latest stock quotations; they can park the Mercedes in the garage and drive the Pinto to work. They've moved into the middle class and, some few of us, have forgotten where we came from. Sometimes we get awed amid our own abilities and our ego gets the best of us; and if we don't watch out . . . I'll never forget the time I served as a judge in Memphis, when the white judges would come up and tell me, "If all the Negroes were just like you, we wouldn't have any problems." They knew that they were lying; / knew they were lying; Continued on Page 36 35
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"If you want a civil rights strategy, you've got to start by supporting your own institutions; because if we don't they will not be supported." Continued from Page 35 but, if you don't watch out, your head will get bigger than your hat size. I want to warn you that we didn't make it on our own. I didn't make it because I was the smartest boy in town; or the biggest boy on the block; or because, like Little Jack Horner, I knew how to pull the plum out of the pie. Doubtless, our grandmothers and grandfathers had more sense, accidentally, than we have on purpose! We made it because somebody paid the price to put us where we are; and we owe a debt to those who are still down there waiting to come up. Now, five things and I'll be through. First of all, we've got to have a renewed sense of dedication to the purpose of education. There's been a lot said about the NAACP and Black colleges, so (in the words of a very famous man), "Let me make it perfectly clear" — that the NAACP is firmly commited to the continuation, the excellence and the progress of Black colleges in this nation. There never has been a time when we have been opposed to this goal. I'm a part of a Black college and I would spit on the graves of those who started these schools — my bridge over the troubled waters of the past — if I were to turn my back on them. We believe in their continued progress because they have met a purpose and they meet that purpose now. Thus, a continued commitment to education must be one of our strategies in this civil rights movement. Look at all of this foolishness about "Black English." It bothers me that some of the black professors who glorify "Black English," send their children to Alcorn and Harvard to learn "standard English." Let us not become so concerned about the history of the Nile River and speaking Swahilian dialect that we forget that, when we take over, we're going to have to keep the buses running and the power coming down the line. There must be a renewed commitment to excellence in education and we've got to tell our children — whether they go to a segregated school on the backside of the street; or whether they go to Harvard, 36
Yale or Fisk; wherever they go — that they've got to do all that they can do. They've got to burn the midnight oil. Tell them that they've got to be able to compete, because it's as true now as when my mother told me fifty years ago that, "If you are Black and want to get ahead; you've got to be twice as good." Secondly, we've got to use the power of the vote. I was talking to a young cab driver yesterday, coming out to the airport, and my wife asked him if he wanted to be a member of the NAACP. He said, "I don't believe in it for myself; it's alright for other folks. Now, if you want to talk about going to Namibia and being a guerrilla, I'm with you." Well, I was in his cab and he was about 6'2", so I got quiet; although I wanted to tell him, so badly, that there was a plane going there
lead a march to the City Hall in Dallas; I'd lead a march to the ballot box. Then, we could change the City Hall in Dallas. We must use our right to vote. Our third imperative is to use our money wisely. I'm reminded of Jimmy Carter, who said, "What black people have got to do is to multiply the use of their money." He said, "In a white community, money turns over seven to ten times. In the black community . . ." and I stopped him and said, "It doesn't make a half turn." A lot of Brothers in Omega and Alpha get up and sing their fraternity songs; and tears run down their eyes; and they sing "God of our weary years;" and they talk about black this and black that; and end up like the Black Panther in my courtroom who told me he wanted a white lawyer. Then he got sick and wanted a white doctor. You know, I couldn't
"I've got seven lawyers and one lobbyist in Washington. I need ten lobbyists; and fifteen, twenty or thirty lawyers, meeting the onslaught of this conservative tide." every hour. But what got me was that, after he did all of this big talk about what he would do in South Africa and all of this, the fool didn't know the way to the airport. Driving a cab! I had to tell him how to get to the airportl That mentality is sad when you look at the strain and struggle that black folks have undergone. Talk to some of these people who come from Mississippi, Alabama and Arkansas, and they'll tell you about the problems they encountered in order to vote. Yet in New York, where the mayor insulted black folks daily, over half of the black people who live there don't even bother to register to vote. And half of those who register don't bother to vote. A voteless people is still a hopeless people. And, although it may not be spectacular, the vote is the single most important weapon we have, I think, at this height of our freedom fight. When asked to lead a march, I say that, if I had my way, I wouldn't
cuss out white folks and then turn my back on them and pull down my pants. I just wouldn't do it; I don't have that much nerve. I am proud of what I am. I didn't choose to be black — but I look back at my past and see the illustrious history of those who stood back in the dark night of slavery. I hear the voices of Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth and Frederick Douglass, crying down through the corridors of the ages, "We are somebody." I'm not ashamed of my heritage; and I'm not ashamed to use black doctors and lawyers; and to go to a black tailor and black grocer. We've got to support our own institutions. It's a shame that the NAACP exists on a budget of less than $7 million a year when black people, 27 million strong, control a national product of more than $127 billion. If you want a civil rights strategy, you've got to start by supporting your own institutions; because if we don't, they will not Continued on Page 37 The Sphinx/Spring 1982
AWAKENING THE PAST TO CHALLENGE THE FUTURE: RENEWING A CALL FOR ACTION BROTHER THOMAS D. PAWLEY HAS EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE AND EXECUTIVE SKILLS. HIS RESUME, BOTH PROFESSIONAL AND FRATERNAL IS INDICATIVE OF HIS OUTSTANDING TALENTS TO LEAD, TO MANAGE, AND TO ADMINISTER OUR FRATERNITY. THE GREAT LEADERSHIP OF ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY, INC., RECOGNIZES HIS VAST TALENTS, AND HOPES THAT YOU WILL CONSIDER HIS OUTSTANDING EXPERTISE AND VOTE FOR THOMAS D. PAWLEY FOR GENERAL PRESIDENT, ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY, INC. BROTHER PAWLEY IS DEDICATED TO THE FRATERNITY AND IS A PROGRESSIVE, CONSCIENTIOUS, EXPERIENCED ADMINISTRATOR AND EDUCATOR. HE WILL BRING TO THE FRATERNITY A SENSE OF DIGNITY, PRIDE, RESPONSIBILITY, MANAGERIAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS. SOME OF THE DYNAMIC PROGRAMS THAT BROTHER PAWLEY PLANS FOR THE FRATERNITY ARE: ...ALPHA SENIOR CORPS OF RETIRED EXECUTIVES: ALPHA SCORE PROGRAM: . UTILIZES THE SKILLS, ABILITIES AND EXPERTISE OF OUR RETIRED BROTHERS TO HELP THE BLACK COMMUNITY ON A VOLUNTARY BASIS. , AIDS BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES. . PROVIDES TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND KNOW-HOW TO SMALL BLACK-OWNED BUSINESSES. ...JOB SEARCH SKILLS AND JOB BANK DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM . TO AID OUR COLLEGE BROTHERS IN GAINING EMPLOYMENT . TO AID ALL BROTHERS WHO ARE UNEMPLOYED. . TO ESTABLISH A FRATERNAL JOBS BANK. ...HEALTH AND NUTRITION PROGRAM , TO PROVIDE BASIC HEALTH CARE TO THE ELDERLY. . TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE FOOD FOR THE ELDERLY AND THE YOUNG. . TO IDENTIFY AND SECURE SOCIAL SERVICES FOR THE NEEDY.
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The Fraternity joined with five other National organizations in sponsoring a National Colloquium on the Exploitation and Victimization of Children. The general President was Colloquium Chairman and addressed both the opening and closing sessions. With the Atlanta Missing and Murdered Children as a focus, the National problem was assessed. Because of certain circumstances Black Children are disproportionately victimized.
FRATERNITY'S CALL FOR A BLACK LEADERSHIP CONVENTION The general President in the recognition of the need for united action on the problems Black Americans now face, has called for a "Convention of Black Leadership" to assess the situation and adopt a National Black Agenda for the 80's. The call was sent to approximately 25 broad based National organizations to serve with Alpha as convenors.
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S T R A T E G I E S Continued from Page 36 be supported. God alone knows how far behind we are because of our failure to do this. I've got seven lawyers and one lobbyist in Washington. I need ten lobbyists; and fifteen, twenty or thirty lawyers, meeting the onslaught of this new conservative tide that's sweeping down on us. Next year, the minimum membership of the NAACP will move from $5 to $10 — and I can already see folks all across the country falling out. Where I come from, they no longer drink gin, it's Tanqueray; they don't buy bourbon, but Wild Turkey. Now, I'm not against drinking; drink all you want, if you can handle it. But how can we spend $10, $12, $15 in one night and think nothing of it, but back up when we say "$10 for Freedom." It's hard to convince Reagan, Jesse Helms or Orrin Hatch that we're serious about freedom when we are 27 million strong and can only get 450,000 members in the nation's oldest, largest and most effective civil rights organization. What's wrong with us? What has happened to our minds? I remember people, in my boyhood, who'd pay that dollar for the NAACP, when they knew that they'd lose their job if someone found out. We were outlawed in the state of Alabama; the Attorney General put us on the subversive list right here in Texas; and, yet, there were black people willing to pay the price. What's your excuse — doctors of philosophy, graduates of this nation's leading schools7 Our fourth strategy must be to build a sense of racial solidarity. I don't care whether you got your degree from Morehouse or no house; from Yale or by mail, we're here together now and we've all got to be involved in building a sense of community. Dr. King, one of your illustrious Alpha Brothers, used to say that Negroes, in a strange way, were God's warning to America to come back home. But we can't call America back home if we're holding out to strange gods ourselves. If we're nodding out on dope; if we've let violence overtake our neighborhoods; and divorces rack our community; if we don't come home ourselves, we can't call other people home. So education, the wise use of our money, voting and a sense of racial solidarity are crucial to our continued progress. In addition, we've got to understand that we must have allies. The Sphinx/Spring 1982
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There's very little that we want in this nation that we can get by ourselves. I spoke earlier about the Leadership Council on Civil Rights — 152 organizations, all unanimously supporting our fight for the extension of the Voting Rights Act. And if that act is extended, it will be because a lot of people came together. We'll also be planning some marches to let this nation know that we're not satisfied with what's happening. I know that some of you are not going to march now; some of you didn't march when we were marching before. But there will be enough. God is going to raise somebody willing to make that protest. So, these are some of the strategies we must pursue. You know, this is like a re-run to me. Go back and read the history of this nation from 1865. Then look at the Hayes-Tilden compromise of 1880 and you'll see what happened to us. The other night I was reading the recollections of Daniel Payne, one of the great bishops of the AME Church. It was almost unbelievable — as he talked about riding a train in Florida in 1872, when he resisted being put into a
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Even though these are dark days, I have faith and confidence that, when 27 million black people get their act together, there is no force from the top side of heaven to the bottom side of hell which can turn us around. If we really believe in ourselves; if we understand the lessons of history; if we use the strategies outlined here and by others, we can say to this country, 'We've heard of America." We can say, "We've heard of a land that bragged that it could feed the hungry and clothe the naked. We've heard of an America where every man can advance to the highest of his own ability; where race and creed and sex will not be values to advancement. And we want that day to come free and to come full in our lifetime." Come with me if you will, walk by the Statue of Liberty in New York City. Written on the base of that magnificent statue are these marvelous words, "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses, yearning to be free. I hold the lamp beside the gold door." I do believe that, with God's help, we can make those words
"Education, the wise use of our money, voting, and a sense of racial solidarity are crucial to our continued progress. In addition, we must have allies." Jim Crow car. Many of us have forgotten that there was a period in the South when there was no Jim Crow, officially. We could ride anywhere we wanted on the train; we served as United States Senators and members of the U.S. House of Representatives. Then, one hundred years ago, after the compromise of 1880, a night darker than a thousand midnights fell upon us. I'm saying to you — and I'm not biting my tongue — that, if we're not careful, we can go back. Wear your Alpha pin; your Omega, Kappa or Sigma pin; AKAs, Zetas, Deltas and Sigma Gamma Rhos, wear your pins; wear your Masonic pin, your Elks Lodge pin or your Pithian pin; wear your Ph.D. hood or your Phi Beta Kappa pin . . .but remember! Remember that if you were born black, you're going to die black; and understand that we are inextricably bound together. So it affects you if that man on the corner is still drunk or on dope.
ring true. And I do believe that God is still on the throne; that behind a frowning providence, he has a smiling face. I do believe that if we do our best, God can and will do the rest. I do firmly believe in that God that James Weldon Johnson talked about, who was the "God of our weary years and silent tears." With the help of God, with our white allies and with our own strength, we can somehow move that harbor; metaphysically move the Statue of Liberty — so that she faces to Watts; to Harlem; to the south and west sides of Chicago; to the wards and districts of black powerlessness all over this nation. We can move her so that she will say to our Hispanic brothers; to black men and women who are still struggling under a bad environment; to women; to all who are disfranchised in America . . . "Give me your tired, your poqr, your huddled masses, yearning to be free. I hold the lamp beside the golden door!" 37
ALPHA ATHLETES The initials tell the tale. Quinn Buckner, who cocaptained the Indiana University Hoosiers to the NCAA championship in 1976, now directs the potent offensive attack of the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association. With three-fourths of the season completed as of this writing, his "quarterbacking" skills have obviously paid off — with the Bucks comfortably in front of the pack in the NBA's Central Division. During the team's drive to the playoffs during last season, Brother Buckner showed the length and breath of his basketball skills, revealing his scoring potential consistently during that winning season. He averaged 12.6 points per game during the first 41 games of the season and, in the season's second half, Q.B. posted a 14.1 ppg average
quarterbacks Milwaukee's winning ways to finish the year with a career high average of 13.3 ppg. In addition to scoring 1,092 points during that season (for the first 1,000 point season in his five year career), Quinn shot the best of his career from both the field and the free throw line. He hit at a .493% clip from the field — compared with his previous season high of .468% (in 1977-78) and his career average of 38
.456%. From the charity line Q.B. hit on .734% for the year for a new season high — coupled with a career high in both freethrows-made and freethrows-attempted at 149-203. These records were set as Brother Buckner played a career high 29.1 minutes per game on the season. He was also one of only two Bucks to play in all 82 games on the schedule — marking the
second time in his NBA career that he had accomplished this feat. While broadening his horizons in the scoring department, Brother Buckner also was superbly filling his role as the team's floor general, leading the Bucks in assists and steals for the third straight year. Quinn passed for 4.6 assists during the regular season and averaged 2.4 steals per game to
lead the team and place third in that category in the NBA. He set a season high with 197 steals, surpassing his old high of 192 during his rookie season, and he now has 868 career steals as a Buck to lead the team's all-time list in that category. Quinn's vital contribution to the team's offensive flow is shown in last year's statistics. In March, he led the Continued next page The Sphinx/Spring 1982
Like another Milwaukee product, Q.B. always goes for the "gusto" Continued team in assists in 7 games out of 17, with the club posting a 6-1 record in those games; and, of the 29 season games in which he led the club in assists the Bucks record was 23-6. During the first half of this (1981-82) season, Q.B. upped his scoring to 14.2 ppg, averaged 4.8 assists per goal, and even managed to hit the boards for nearly 4 rebounds per game. Quinn went to Indiana as a high school Ail-American in both basketball and football from Thornridge High School in Dolton, Illinois. He split his athletic endeavors during freshman and sophomire campaigns between those two sports on the collegiate level — and was named All Big Ten in both. Q.B. led all Big Ten guards in field goal percentage J^ (.56%) as a junior and was C named to several A l l - A m e r ^ ican teams his senior j year at Indiana. The / business management major was also a member of the National Honor Society. In other amateur competitions, Brother Buckner served as captain of the U.S. World Games team in 1973 and was Co-Captain of the United States team in the Montreal Olympics, which captured the Gold Medal with a record of 6-0. Brother Buckner, his wife Rhonda, and The Sphinx / Spring 1982
their son Jason live in Glendale, Wisconsin. A member of Delta Chi Lambda Chapter in Milwaukee, he is active with numerous civic groups, most working with youth. Both his parents are edutors — his father is a high school athletic director while his mother is a principal — and Quinn plans to continue his education towards an MBA and/or law school. No story on the Bucks organization would be complete without mention of the four Alphas integrally involved in / the organization. These include Q.B.; Junior Bridgeman, the Bucks' super-sub who (last season) led all NBA sixth men in scoring for the third straight year; Wayne Embry, a member of the original Bucks team, who has also been player personnel director, general manager and now serves as Vice President and a member of the team's Board of Directors; and, Miller Brewing executive Thomas Shropshire, also a member of the Bucks' Board of Directors. But, as the Milwaukee Bucks prepare to chase the elusive championship of the National Basketball Association, the spotlight will be the man who'll lead the charge . . . directing the offense, setting up plays, and controlling the game tempo. The player who has successfully filled this very same role before — having reached the top in intercollegiate NCAA play and in Olympic competition — is Q.B., the Buck's quarterback; and, an Alpha Man. 39
Brother E. L. C. BROOMES, of East Chicago, Indiana, was awarded the honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Loyola University of Chicago at its May, 1981 commencement. The President of the university noted that Dr. Broomes was cited for "his outstanding achievements in the fields of medicine, civil rights and humanitarianism, both in this country and Guyana." Brother Broomes is a native of Guyana and practices medicine in East Chicago. He has received many awards for his civic activities and has participated in efforts to end racial discrimination. He is one of the founders and directors of the Industrial National Bank of East Chicago; Honorary Consul of the Republic of Guyana for the midwestern states of America; and, a member of the International College of Surgeons. Recently Brother Broomes was cited in the Journal of the American Medical Association for his cure for snoring; and is patenting his design of a collar to prevent snoring. Dr. Broomes is a member of Gamma Rho Lambda Chapter, Gary, Indiana.
Brother OTHA BROWN, JR., outgoing President of the Norwalk (Connecticut) Common Council and Deputy Mayor of the City, became the first Black to be elected District Commissioner of South Norwalk, Connecticut, in the 68-year history of the town.
Brother Otha Brown, Jr. Three commissioners have the responsibility for all of the assets of the district, which include an electric company, a water company, city hall and some land and property. In 1913, South
Norwalk merged with the surrounding towns of Rowayton, Norwalk and East Norwalk to become a city under a mayor â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but retained its assets, utilities and properties, separate from the city. Brother Brown is completing his tenure of ten years on the Norwalk Common Council. In November of 1980, he became the first Black person to be elected Common Council President and Deputy Mayor. He had formerly served as Majority Leader of the Council. He has also served six years in the state legislature, where he was the first Black to chair a standing committee of that body. He was appointed as a Trustee of the University of Connecticut in 1975 and is currently serving his fifth term as Secretary of the Board. He is also an elected Justice of the Peace. Brother Brown is married to the former L. Evelyn Permenter of Camden, New Jersey, who is the only Black serving as Deputy Sheriff of Fairfield County. They have two sons, Darrick, 3, and Leland, 1.
Brother JOHN G. BYNOE was honored at the Sheraton Boston Hotel, on January 24th, upon his retirement as New England Regional Director, Office of Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It was a gala event, with Mr. Percy Sutton (of New York) serving as one of the masters of ceremonies. Governor Edward King of Massachusetts and Mayor Kevin White of Boston proclaimed Sunday, January 24th, as "John G. Bynoe Day" for the Commonwealth and the City. Brother Bynoe is an active member of Epsilon Gamma Lambda Chapter in Boston.
Brother IVAN LOUIS COTMAN, Associate Superintendent in the Michigan Department of Education, was selected to present a paper on strategies for blacks in higher education settings to the National Association for Equal Employment Opportunity in Higher Education at its 7th annual conference in Washington, D.C., on Friday, March 26, 1982. In addition, he has also been appointed by Dr. Phillip E. Runkel, Superintendent of Public Instruction in Michigan, to participate The Sphinx/Spring 1982
Brother Ivan Louis Cotman in the 1982 Education Policy Fellowship Seminar along with other educators who have been nominated by their respective chief educational officers, school system union, or intermediate school district director or superintendent. Dr. Cotman currently serves as Midwest Director of Education and Education Foundation member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. He is listed in Who's Who Among Black Americans. His career interests include educational and rehabilitation opportunities for youth and adults. Dr. Cotman is a graduate of Kentucky State University (1962) and a recipient of its Distinguished Alumni Award. He also received a Master of Arts degree in social work from Atlanta University School of Social Work (1964). His doctoral dissertation at Wayne State University was on "Civil Liberties of the American Public School Student." Dr. Cotman also studied at Manchester University in England as part of his doctoral research under a grant from the Ford Motor Company Fund and the Institute for International Education. Dr. Cotman is married to the former Jeanetta Hawkins, a Detroit school teacher, who is from Mt. Sterling, Kentucky. The couple and their children reside in Detroit, Michigan.
m Brother ERWIN A. FRANCE was honored as the 1982 Man of the Year by the March of Dimes, Metropolitan Chicago Chapter, in ceremonies on February 23rd at the Palmer House Hotel. He is the first Black honored in this fashion by the March of Dimes/ The Sphinx / Spring 1982
Brother Erwin A. France Birth Defects Foundation. It is also worthy of note that his tribute was the second largest gathering of this type sponsored by the organization, following only a similar tribute to comedienne Carol Burnett. Dr. France is a land developer, management consultant, public servant, banker, educator, lecturer and community leader. He is presently Executive Vice President of Palmer, France, Green and King, Ltd., a Chicago-based consulting and land development firm. Brother France spent nearly twenty years in public service prior to entering private enterprise. He served as Administrative Assistant to Mayor Richard J. Daley of Chicago and Executive Director of the Model Cities/Chicago Committee on Urban Opportunity, now the city's Department of Human Services. He was Co-Chairman of Chicago's Community Development and Housing Coordinating Committee. He served as Director of the Chicago network of Youth Opportunity Center; Deputy Director of the Illinois State Employment Service in Metropolitan Chicago; and Assistant Executive Director of the Chicago Commission on Youth Welfare. Dr. France received his early education in the public schools of St. Louis, Missouri. He earned a B.S. degree from George Williams College; M.A. degree in Urban Studies from Loyola University in Chicago; and a Ph.D. degree in Public Management and Human Development from the Union Graduate School. He has been adjunct professor at George Williams College, Loyola, Roosevelt, and Chicago State Universities. Formerly a member of the March of Dimes National Board of Directors, he serves now on the Executive Commit-
tee of the Metropolitan Chicago Chapter. He is also a member of the National Task Force on Perinatal Health Care in the High Risk Community, which seeks to provide critically needed service programs for babies before and after delivery, and for pregnant women. A Life Member and member of Iota Delta Lambda Chapter in Chicago, he serves as the Chairman of the chapter's Program Committee. Under his leadership, the chapter made history by sponsoring this nation's first teen pregnancy conference focusing on the values of Black males. Some 100 intercity youth attended this conference at George Williams College, last September. This is but one example of Brother France's work in improving the outcome of pregnancy, both for mother and baby, in disadvantaged communities; and, in working toward reducing the tragic rate of infant mortality in some of these communities.
Brother LEROY JEFFRIES was one of eight persons appointed by President Reagan to serve on the Presidential Advisory Committee on Small and Minority Business Ownership. The Committee will assist in monitoring and encouraging the placement of sub-contracts by the private sector with eligible small business concerns, particularly with small socially and economically disadvantaged businesses. The group will also study and propose the incentives and assistance needed by the private sector to help in the training, development and upgrading of these businesses.
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Brother Jeffries is founder and President of LeRoy Jeffries and Associates, Inc., a marketing and public relations firm in Los Angeles. Previously, he was Senior Vice President and Director of Advertising with Johnson Publishing Company. He also held positions with the Urban League of Greater New York, the National Urban League and served as a consultant to the Chairman of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. A Life Member of the Fraternity, he was the founding Co-Chairman of the Alpha Phi Alpha Commission on Business Encouragement — along with publisher Brother John H. Johnson.
ML Brother KEN RILEY was the center of attraction in his hometown on January 28, 1982 — when the City of Bartow, Florida honored the NFL star by proclaiming "Ken Riley Day." Brother Riley, who for the past thirteen years has been a permanent fixture (at right cornerback) with the AFC Champion Cincinnati Bengals, returned home for this occasion following the
Brother Ken Riley Super Bowl. As the Bengal's elder statesman and defensive captain, he (and his hometown) had been in the national spotlight leading up to this event. A "Ken Riley Day" Parade traveled through the city's downtown area and ended at the stadium where Brother
Riley starred in high school. The overflow crowd was then treated to a program honoring Ken's many achievements and civic contributions to the City of Bartow. Following the program, a free barbecue dinner was served to everyone in attendance. Among the platform guests who paid tribute to Brother Riley were: the Mayor of Bartow; members of the City Commission; his high school coach; the Pastor of his church; the Polk County Superintendent of Schools; the President of his alma mater, Florida A&M University; and others. Many local organizations presented him with plaques and tokens of appreciation — including Mu Zeta Lambda Chapter, of which Brother Riley is a member. The Chapter was represented by its President, Brother Lorenzo Robinson. As Brother Riley addressed the crowd, expressing his thanks and appreciation, he reminded the youth in the audience that a quality education was necessary for the attainment of their personal goals. The members of Mu Zeta Lamba Chapter — and all members of Alpha Phi Alpha — join Bartow, Florida in saluting Brother Ken Riley.
HISTORY CAN REPEAT ITSELF! This era is not the first in which Black Americans have made substantial progress toward equality . . . only to be stripped of their rights. In 1862 Republican voters in South Carolina (practically all of them Black) cast 91,870 votes. Yet in that state's election of 1888, only 13,740 Republican votes were cast. There were 130,334 Blacks registered to vote in Louisiana in 1896. By 1900, after a new State Constitution had been adopted, this number dropped to 5,320.
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REMEMBER THE JEWELS Members of the clergy, President Sutton, wives, sweethearts and friends of Alpha Phi Alpha and my Brothers of our great Fraternity: In everyone's career there are high points and, today, this moment is one of those high points in mine — a career spanning seventy-three years. 1 am the grandson of slaves, whom I knew and spent many hours with when I was just a boy. Then, too, I've had the privilege of interviewing presidents, governors, senators, prime ministers, key diplomats from more than one hundred-fifty member nations of the United Nations. I have had the privilege of knowing and interviewing great Brothers like Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Congressman Adam Powell, Whitney Young, Jesse Owens, Ralph Metcalfe; and of visiting with African leaders like Kenneth Kuanda, Obasanjo, Haile Selassie, Tos Benson. I've known personally men like former Governor Bill Scranton and Dave Lawrence of Pennsylvania; George Wallace of Alabama; and today's Vice President, George Bush. And, above all, I have had the privilege of knowing Black patriots like Rosa Parks, Fannie Lou Hamer; the privilege of addressing two NAACP National Conventions; and speaking at the 50th Anniversary of the preaching career of my long time friend and our brother, Rev. Cornell Talley of Detroit. But few honors have given me more pleasure and joy than this one — to talk with you about the 75-year history of Alpha Phi Alpha and about seven great men . . . our Founders . . . our Jewels. I knew all seven of them and sang the hymn with them at our Silver Anniversary Convention in Cincinnati in 1931. There were three still living when we met for the The Sphinx / Spring 1982
Golden Anniversary in Buffalo, New York in 1956; and now, here in Dallas for our Diamond Anniversary, the Jewels are all gone . . . BUT WE REMEMBER THEM. We remember those seven Black male students . . . frustrated, discriminated against, denied living quarters in the dormitories of Cornell University; denied the opportunity to take part in extra-curricular activities (the band, the orchestra, the debating club, the athletic teams) . . . Brothers Callis' Chapman, Jones, Kelley, Murray, Ogle and Tandy. Moreover, we recall what they meant by "Manly Deeds, Scholarship, and Love for all Mankind." One of the reasons I went to college from a small steel town called Homestead, Pennsylvania was because Brother Billy Randolph (now a physician in Yonkers, New York) came to my church one Sunday morning in 1927 to talk about the "Go-To-High School, Go-To-College" campaign. I have been a member of Alpha Phi Alpha under the Presidencies of Brothers Rose, Wesley, Logan, Lawson, Maceo Smith, Frank Stanley, Myles Paige, Bill Hale, Cole, Lionel Newsom, Ernie Morial, Walter Washington, Jim Williams and today, with honor, I serve another great President, Ozell Sutton. Further on a personal note, I have been through every phase of this nation's Black life, except boats, Cadillacs, townhouses and millionaire status. I've gone from the shoe shining job; the steel mill; store porter; Juvenile Court; YMCA Secretaryship; Public Housing; 14 years with the finest Black newspaper in the world, the Pittsburgh Courier; from local radio stations to the network at ABC; and now Continued on Page 44 43
Continued from Page 43 with one of the truly great Black mediums of our time, the National Black Network. I have tried to be active in the church, in communities where I have lived. And I went to jail several times because I believed what my father once told us as children, "You are no better than anyone else and no one is any better than you. Now go out and prove it." For most of these years I have been hearing, "We've Got to Get Together." During these past seventy-five years, we Alpha Brothers have had in front of us the example set by seven fine young men from Cornell. They did get together. Since then, we have not only given thousands of dollars in scholarship money to enhance the "Go-To-High School, Go-To-College," program; but, forty-three years ago Brothers Belford Lawson and Thurgood Marshall fought the
Jackson, Memphis, Knoxville and Chattanooga, Tennessee; or, Richmond, Roanoke, Danville, Petersburg and Staunton, Virginia. I remind you that, of the more than 5,000 Black elected officials, almost 4,000 are in the eleven Southern states. Then my experiences with Black highway patrolmen in Alabama, South Carolina and Mississippi are legend over against the minimum number in my state of New Jersey, or New York, or Pennsylvania. And you know only too well the tremendous increase in representation in the state houses of Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, here in Texas, and the Carolinas. Some of those reminders are here today in person — Mayors Morial of New Orleans and Jackson of Atlanta; and Arrington of Birmingham was with us last year in Chicago. To our sisters and wives, you need to know that seven of the seventeen Black mayors in Mississippi are Black
Five of the Seven Jewels were in attendance at the 25th Anniversary Convention — held December 29-31, 1931 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Shown are (left to right) Jewels: George B. Kelley, Nathaniel A. Murray, Henry A. Callis, Charles H. Chapman, and Robert H. Ogle. legal fight and Alpha put up the money to get Donald Murray in the Law School at the University of Maryland. A few years later these same fine lawyers, along with Jim Houston, fought to eliminate discrimination in railroad dining cars and Alpha Phi Alpha helped to finance those cases through the courts. Time will not permit detailing results of our campaign — "A Voteless People Is A Hopeless People." Even today we are saying, "A Voteless People Is STILL A Hopeless People." We can feel some measure of accomplishment because, today, millions of our brothers and sisters, particularly in the South, are voting; when twenty years ago they feared going near their courthouses to register. I wish there was time to review my travel experiences the past ten years in Lancaster, Columbia, Sumter, Georgetown and Manning, South Carolina; and Jackson, Tchula, Tupelo, Meridian, Greenville, Holly Springs, and Gulfport, Mississippi; or 44
women; plus the great lady who served a term in Compton, California. The "A Voteless People Is A Hopeless People" campaign of Alpha Phi Alpha has paid off. But I come today to remind you ALL IS NOT WELL! There are only 189 Black mayors out of 18,000; only 5,000 Black elected officials out of 500,000; only 18 Congress men and women out of 435; and now, not one senator out of one hundred. My message, then, on this Anniversary, is that there is still work to be done; to add to what the Jewels helped to initiate seventy-five years ago. For further verification of the need let us take a quick look at the "dollar bill" . . . the economic picture. Reagan said our income is $140 billion a year. This breaks down to about $5,000 per family, which isn't very much in today's economy for many of our Brothers and Sisters. So we need to find out what to do with that 140 billion. Let me pose Continued on Page 45 The Sphinx /Spring 1982
Contined from Page 44 some examples . . . there are more than one million Black men and women in the Deltas, Zeta Phi Betas, Sigma Gamma Rho and A K A sororities; the Kappas, Alphas, Omegas and Phi Beta Sigmas. We represent, one million of us, the best educated Black men and women in the world. Suppose we decided, under the Pan-Hellenic umbrella, to raise ten million dollars; we would only need ten dollars a year from each one. N o w multiply when you think of raising one hundred million in one year. Suppose the five million Baptists under Rev. Joseph Jackson; the one and one-half million Baptists under Rev. William Jones; the strength of the 3Vi million Methodists; the 450,000 Elks; and the three million Masons — decided to unite on just one program to aid the Black community? At least twelve million Blacks were in some church this morning! What if we decided to d o something in the market place with a contribution of one dollar per Sunday, from each one, for fifty two Sundays? W e are talking about 624 million dollars! I realize this is all imagination, but it's a realizable possibility . . . a perspective, if you will. Remember that the tallest building in D u r h a m , North Carolina (until last year) is owned by the North Carolina Mutual Insurance C o m pany; and they started in a barber shop in 1899. O n e of this nation's finest office buildings is owned by Brother John Johnson in Chicago; and he started less than forty years ago with five hundred dollars borrowed on his mother's furniture. This is what the Jewels had in mind . . . organization, determination, dedication . . . to move Black people forward. T o move a w a y from the denials they were suffering at the hands of Cornell University's administrators, instructors and professors; those demeaning tactics designed to make them feel "less than." Jewel Brothers T a n d y , Ogle, Jones, C h a p m a n , Callis, Kelley and M u r r a y determined to prove their worth; and to also prove Black Americans had every right to share in all the good things this nation had to offer. Because we helped to make it possible, if for no other reason than the fact that we gave more than two hundred years of free labor, some before this was a nation, to make America w h a t she is today. A n d we need to share it, every facet of America's existence. If "Manly Deeds, Scholarship, and Love for all Mankind" has any meaning at all . . . it will tell us there's a challenge out there for us, the lucky ones. Each one of us ought to take some youngster by the hand — a Big Brother type program; a Big Sister program for the Deltas, AKAs, Zetas and Sigma G a m m a Rhos — take some girl by the hand and guide them toward a real t o m o r r o w . This is no illusion, n o fantasy, but a reality. Let us stop believing, "I made it on my o w n . " Get a copy of Jackie Robinson's last book called "I Never Had It Made." Get the story first-hand from one of the greatest Americans of this century, w h o went to an early grave unheralded for his achievements — not only on the baseball field, but his never-ending fight to see that Black Americans shared. Shamefully, there are ballplayers today earning more for playing one game than Jackie did for a whole season; and these players hardly know Jackie Robinson's name. I recall his credo, "You don't have to love me but you'd better respect me"; and respecting, to Jackie, meant remembering that Black Americans had a right to share in this nation's goods. Frederick Douglass, another truly great American, urged us to get into the struggle. Douglass said " . . . wanting Freedom without struggle is like wanting rain without thunder." Recall too, the words of Brother Paul Robeson, The Sphinx / Spring 1982
Three living Jewels at the 50th Anniversary Convention: George B. Kelley, Henry A. Callis, and Nathaniel A. Murray. w h o told the M c C a r t h y committee: "No matter where else I might travel, my home ground must be America; because my father was a slave and my people died to build this country and I'm going to stay here and have a part of it. And n o fascist-minded people like you will drive me from it. Is that clear?" I ask, where are the Paul Robesons and Frederick Douglasses and Jackie Robinsons in 1981 — those without hidden agendas for themselves personally? Brother Martin Luther King, Jr. said in the sixties, during the Civil Rights struggle, "For some reason I am not what I ought to be until you are what you ought to b e . " If we will just remember these challenges — if we just recall from time to time w h a t the Jewels had in mind that
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Friday night in December, 1906 — no personal agendas, no special desires for themselves, but a desire to set in motion a program that would bring a b o u t change on Cornell's campus; if, I say, we just remember; if we get a New Agenda (one that calls for seeking the real p o w e r we hardly realize we possess, at the voting booth, in the legislative halls, and in the market place) — there is no telling what we can become by the time, hopefully, Alpha Phi Alpha celebrates its Centennial in 2006 A . D . For the record, since 1906 more than 70,000 Brothers have been initiated into our great Fraternity. I have heard the complaints from some w h o fell Continued on Page 46 45
Continued from Page 45 by the wayside with the question, "What are they doing?"; and I reply with another question, "What are you doing or what have you done?" At the risk of embarrassing my Brothers before our friends and wives — let me say that in all my fifty-one years in Alpha I have never yet heard one complaining Brother say, "The shortcomings of Alpha Phi Alpha are my fault!" When you leave here next Thursday, go with a determination that your chapter will be a more aggressive chapter in the coming year — aggressive to make life better for your Brother and Sister in Portland, Houston, Oklahoma City, Pittsburgh, Boston, Greenville, Roanoke, Richmond, Birmingham, Los Angeles, Seattle, and Charlotte. Let us stop worrying about Reagan; Ronald Reagan is not God. As I told George Bush in a letter last November 5 — just like we
the dollar bill and the ballot box. We need to understand, too, that no group, no segment of this nation's citizenry, is entitled to more of America's goods than Black Americans, unless it is the Indian. But then I recall, even the Indian was never a slave, so we can rightfully demand more than him. Yes, today . . . we remember The Jewels. We recall the boarding house meeting that first Friday of December 1906 at Cornell University; and may we also recall the challenges they handed down to each one of us. Down through the years we have heard these challenges echoing over and over again by Alphamen . . . W.E.B. DuBois; General Presidents of Alpha, Dickinson, Cannon, Smith, Wesley, Lawson, Newsom, Washington, Morial, Williams; by Brothers Bob Vann, Homer Brown, Adam Powell, Whitney Young, Arthur Shores, Jesse Owens, Martin Luther King, Jr., Tommy Young. From every generation since 1906, someone has picked up the Torch and now, in 1981, our seventy-fifth year, it is passed on to you, Brother Sutton; to Brothers Trent, Harvey, Blanton, Jackson, Miles, Dellums, Ford, Marsh, Arrington.
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' >•*** General President Frank Stanley (front, center) presents a check for $1,000 to Brother M. L. King, ]r. as a first donation in Alpha's "Dollars for Freedom" campaign. Fraternity officers were in Montgomery, Alabama to be with Brother King — on trial for civil rights activity. put you in yesterday (even if it was done inadvertently on the part of some Blacks) in 1984, we can put you out! By inadvertently 1 mean that some did not vote at all; while some others voted for Reagan, believing that another four years of Carter would represent a disaster. For, he only took care of a handful of Blacks, plus a few Black judges; but less than ten of the 112 key positions in U.S. government (policymaking positions) were granted to Blacks. Yet 95% of the Black voters of this nation put him in office in 1976. Let us stop begging and start demanding . . . to share in this nation's goods, its facilities, its government; yes, its future! Share in it all — not on our knees, not crying not pleading, but by letting the merchant know if he cannot be fair, then he will not share that which is mine. Let political leaders — be they Reagan; or Texas Governor Clements, of this state; or your congressman or legislator — know that if they don't count in in, we will meet them at the ballot box! Frequently when asked, "What do YOUR people want?" I have a stock answer: "Make a list of all that you want — for yourself, your children, your grandchildren — and sign my name at the bottom!" America understands power, political and economic power, and this kind of power comes from two sources — 46
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MEDIOCRE! This 1960 promotional poster was a part of Alpha's continued effort toward educational uplift. Brother Dubois said in 1909, three years after Alpha Phi Alpha was born, "We claim every right that belongs to a freeborn American — political, civil, and social; and until we get these rights, we will never cease to assail the ears of America." Brother Whitney Young said, "If we would not have angry men in the streets, let us make those streets avenues of hope and not despair." Our Jewels said, "Manly Deeds, Scholarship, and Love for all Mankind are the aims of our dear Fraternity." Let us not forget, let us never forget, the seven men who made those words immortal. God Bless you, my friends and Brothers! = The Sphinx /Spring 1982
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In July, 1969, the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning in the state of Mississippi appointed Dr. Walter Washington the sixteenth President of the oldest predominantly black landgrant institution in America . . . Alcorn State University. Alcorn State University ( s i t u a t e d in C l a i b o r n e County) was established by a n . act of the Mississippi Legislature on M a y 13,1871 — thereby making it the second oldest state supported institution of higher learning in the state of Mississippi. Contrasted to its first t e r m of e i g h t faculty members and 97 students the University presently has 550 f a c u l t y a n d staff members and a student b o d y of a p p r o x i m a t e l y 2,500. Seventy-nine of the state's 82 counties, twentythree of the fifty states and five foreign countries are represented in the student population. Fifty-one percent of the teaching faculty hold earned doctoral degrees. The Alcorn faculty is both international and cosmopolitan. Thirty-four percent of the faculty is non-black. T h e instructional p r o gram is divided into six divisions: agriculture and applied sciences, arts and sciences, business and economics, education and psychology, graduate studies, and nursing. The University presently offers majors leading to baccalaureate degrees in fiftythree areas including arts, preprofessional, educational and technical programs. The University is The S p h i n x / S p r i n g 1982
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The state of Mississippi has a tremendous investm e n t in A l c o r n . The University has an excellent physical plant situated on more than 1,700 acres. The university's physical plant is valued at approximately $30,000,000. The Alcorn library occupied a new facility in 1970. It has a capacity of 175,000 volumes and subscribes to 1,400 p e r i o d i c a l s . The library contains an audiovisual center, a large and varied m a p collection and serves as a depository for all state documents and selected U.S. G o v e r n m e n t publications. Alcorn perceives its mission as being the preeminent state university in southwest Mississippi. T o this end, it is strengthening a n d expanding p r o g r a m s and has increased emphasis on quality — raising its standards for admissions, as well as for graduation. While all of Dr. Washington's civic and c o m m u n i t y activities are i m p o r t a n t , quality education is where he places the highest priority. Therefore, as Alcorn moves toward the twentieth century, one of the unique and thoroughly positive aspects of black college life has been and must continue to be a steadfast emphasis upon making the most of each student's talents and qualifying students to be of some substantial service. Black Americans have never been able to afford the luxury of idleness; ours has been a world where personal survival and the continued progress of our race have given us the watchword: "Let us then be up and doing." 47
EAST Syracuse university 1980's Top Chapter continues "Onward and Upward" The Brothers of Delta Zeta Chapter, at Syracuse University, extend greetings throughout the House of Alpha. The past few years have been very good for our chapter. Working hard together, in the chapter's tradition, to make accomplishments and achieve our fraternal objectives has paid off. We were chosen Eastern Regional Chapter of the Year for two consecutive years (1979 and 1980), and attained the much coveted "College Chapter of the Year" award at the 74th National Convention in Chicago. Delta Zeta is continually striving to uphold the ideals of manly deeds, scholarship, and love for all mankind which constitute the very foundation of our House. Bringing in good Brothers (since our reestablishment in 1973 on the S.U. campus), and preparing them to assume leadership roles has been and will continue to be our tradition. In keeping with our fraternal goals of scholarship and service, the Brothers of Delta Zeta implement a comprehensive calendar which reflects the same. First, summer activities included voter's registration drives, car washes, conventions, etc. The Fall semester brought the "Oh! Alpha Day" Block Party. The Block Party, held in opening week of the school year, is an event used to welcome incoming and returning students alike. It features live entertainment and exhibitions, along with displays by various student organizations. On Parents' Weekend there is the
annual Fashion Show. Last year's show titled "Spectrum International â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A Bazaar of Fashion & Dance," proved to be a success. The show revealed stunning fashions created by designers from Syracuse University, the Syracuse community, the Boston area, and area stores. The show also introduced talented individuals from the campus and community who modeled clothes from the various sources, as well as members of a creative dance troupe. The Spring brought our third Minority Career Conference. The major purpose of the conference is to provide career-seeking minority students from Syracuse University and other area campuses an opportunity to interact with recruiters from various companies. Workshops are also provided to orient students to campus services, career preparatioin and career awareness. The Conference is then followed by a Cultural Night featuring performances of cultural significance. Spring will also bring our tenth annual Founder's Day and Sweethearts Ball (in April) at the Hotel Syracuse. The Ball is the highlight and culmination of our activities for the academic year. Here, the annual Paul Robeson Scholarship is awarded to a Syracuse high school senior. Other awards are given to Brothers and sweethearts in recognition of academic achievement and their sacrifice to the Alpha spirit. Throughout the year the Chapter usually gives several benefit parties and other fund raising projects. Individually, the Brothers of Delta Zeta are also involved in numerous community services and activities. The social and service activities sponsored by the Chapter throughout the years and those still to come, demand an untiring commitment on the part of the Brothers. Yet, the
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reward lies in the satisfaction of our a s p i r a t i o n s and fulfilling the fraternity's basic precepts, as we move "onward and upward."
maryland Kappa Phi Lambda focuses on the elderly The Brothers of Kappa Phi Lambda (the biggest little chapter in the East) would like to extend their sincere best wishes for the coming year to all Brothers in Alpha. Kappa Phi Lambda (Columbia, Maryland) is in the midst of another very active chapter year with outstanding leadership and participation being displayed by all the Brothers. Chapter officers for this year are as follows: James E. Fitzpatrick, President; Kenneth M. Jennings, Jr., VicePresident; Joseph W. Collins, Financial Secretary; William M. Floyd, Treasurer; Paul E. Waters, Recording Secretary; Frederick E. Moss, Corresponding Secretary; Douglas D. Bowe, Dean-of-Pledges; Noel E. Myrick, Parliamentarian; Harvey Moran, Historian; William D. Riley, Associate-Editor-to-the-Sphinx; Rodney P. Savoy, Chaplain; Sherman P. Rogers, Director of Educational Activities; and Robert L. Fenner, Sergeant-at-Arms. The Driving Assistance to the Elderly program now in its fifth year of operation is running smoothly and, again, has the support and participation of all the Brothers in the Chapter. The Driving program assists isolated elderly residents on Saturday mornings with their shopping and also allows for some healthy interaction among our senior citizens. Kappa Phi Lambda began its social calendar with the annual Racquetball Disco on October 17. The Disco was again a success and guests and friends in the Baltimore-Washington area enjoyed the rackets, saunas, a fantastic buffet and a little "boogey down." Kappa Phi Lambda's Project Cornucopia, in its second year of operation, is an effort to ensure that the elderly residents of our community have a traditional Thanksgiving dinner. The Brothers of Kappa Phi Lambda believe that the essence of Thanksgiving is the idea of sharing. The Brothers, working with other community organizations, made Project Cornucopia a success this year and plan on an even bigger The Sphinx /Spring 1982
"Project" for next year. This project is well received and supported by other organizations. Kappa Phi Lambda's Founders' Day ceremony, always moving and reflective of the goals of our Seven Jewels, was well attended and inspirational. Many of our Alpha Brothers and their families from neighboring communities joined with the Brothers and their families of Kappa Phi Lambda to make this year's Founders' Day ceremony a huge success. The ceremony this year was held at the First Baptist Church of Guilford (Maryland). Our featured speaker was the interesting and dynamic Alpha Brother, the Reverend Frank Ellis. The stirring and uplifting message brought to the Brotherhood by Brother Ellis has definitely rekindled and reaffirmed for each Brother what it means to be an Alpha. The Alpha families of Kappa Phi Lambda began a delightful Christmas season with our annual party, given this year at the Fort Meade Officers Club. The party was, indeed, a smashing success and allowed the Alpha Brothers time to relax with family, friends and neighbors. Kudos are in order to all the Brothers of the social committee who were outstanding in their selections of location, music and cuisine.
university of buffalo Delta Epsilon holds up the name Delta Epsilon Chapter at the University of Buffalo (UB) and Buffalo State College (BSC) extends its fraternal ray of warmth and light to all of Alpha. Delta Epsilon, founded in 1949, was re-
activated by 'The Gold Jewel Line of 2/79" after twenty years of silence. Three lines totaling twelve Brothers have entered Alphadom since: Abhansi — 1/5/80; Umoja — 4/16/81; Phoenix — 12/8/81. During the past two years we have brilliantly kept the light of Alpha shining. Numerous donations of time and money have been made to the Buffalo Children's Hospital, the Oxfam World Relief Program and the UNCF through the Lou Rawls Telethon. We completed our pledge to the Million Dollar Fund Drive in 1980. To help keep the communications and unity strong among the Western New York black student populace, we co-sponsored the Nationalist African and Afro-American Student Conference. We have also sponsored petition drives for the Brother M. L. King, Jr. national holiday; blood drives; get-out-and-vote campaigns; sickle cell educational programs and testing clinics; and, Founders' Day activities. In community leadership Delta Epsilon is committed — on and off campus — as follows: Brother Eugene Peters, the first black Public Safety student officer on BSC campus; Brother Byron Brown (Chapter President), BSC Student Senator; Brother Robin Thompson, former President of the Canisius College Black Student Union; Brother Kevin Burns, President of the Buffalo Area Independent Service Employees Union; Brother Frank Westbrook, recently nominated to Who's Who Among Students in American Universities & Colleges. All the Brothers of the chapter are very successful in academics, with seven of our Brothers now attending graduate or medical school. 1982 brings many new challenges to the Brothers. In conjunction with Rho Lambda we will join their "Go To High
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School â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Go To College" program, entitled "A Job In Your Future." We will continue our campus tutorial program and will begin an instructor information/exam library. We will also be joining community programs at the 1490 Jefferson Elderly Citizens Center. Delta Epsilon (along with Rho Lambda, Eta Rho Lambda and Mu Sigma) is cosponsoring the 1982 Eastern Regional Convention. We invite all Alphas to the Eastern Region's Diamond Jubilee Regional Convention. It promises to be a gala affair. A Phi!
u of rochester Mu Sigma celebrates five years Greetings to all Brothers from the Mu Sigma Chapter at the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York. The chapter was founded on January 22, 1977 by Brothers Terence Connor, Jeffrey Gardere, George Jenkins, Al Newell, Raymond Oliver, Lloyd Ormon, Christopher Richardson, Stanley Watkins, and Vincent Whitelock. As a young chapter on a predominantly white university (minorities total 4% of the undergraduate population), we have been persevering in upholding the ideals and standards founded by the Seven Jewels on the predominantly white Cornell University campus 75 years ago. O u r activities have included memorial services for Brother Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Brother Hubert Humphrey; Greek Shows to introduce the campus to Alpha Phi Alpha and its proud tradition; an annual Fashion Show-Disco each spring; and, most notably, we have been involved in the bookkeeping and data collection for
the Million Dollar Fund Drive (our participation earned us a commemorative plaque at the 1980 General Convention). In the future we hope to continue expanding our activities and influence in the western New York area. There is a great opportunity for Alpha Phi Alpha to render service in this area. We heartily encourage all Brothers to join Delta Epsilon, Rho Lambda, Eta Rho Lambda, and our chapter, April 14-18, 1982 in Buffalo, NY for the Eastern Regional Convention to see just what we are talking about!
rutgers university Delta lota hosts dynamic Founders' Week The Brothers of Delta Iota extend their warmest greetings to all Brothers guided by the light. We are happy to say that the light of, the world has burned brightly in the name of Alpha Phi Alpha throughout a most successful 1981. On November 13, Delta Iota held its second annual Stepshow Jamboree. It was by far one of the biggest Greek events on the eastern coast in 1981 and it proved to be more successful than the first show (held in honor of Brother Mai Goode, famed journalist) in 1980. The show was the highlight of the year for Delta Iota and the proceeds from the show made many worthwhile contributions possible. The majority of the proceeds have been given out in donations to various charities. These include: the Million Dollar Fund Drive; cystic fibrosis; sickle cell anemia; multiple sclerosis; and, muscular dystrophy. Monetary contributions were also made to various student
organizations on the Rutgers University campus; New Hope Church; Black Voice newspaper; and, the African Student Congress. The spring semester for Delta Iota was chiefly devoted to the crossing of nine initiates into Alpha. With the addition of the "Mark of the Disciple" line (known as the "Marks"), the chapter membership reached a healthy nineteen. Possibilities for future advancement came into view. The spring semester also saw Delta Iota present its "Black and Gold Cabaret," along with helping coordinate other activities during the Black History Month celebration in February. The chapter also organized a letterwriting campaign in protest of the massive budget cuts to social services across the country. The fall semester began with Delta Iota participating in the minority orientation prdgram on September 1, 1981. This program was set up to educate freshmen about the various student groups on campus. Then the preparations for the Stepshow Jamboree were set in motion. Prior to the Jamboree, Delta Iota sponsored a mini-stepshow for all fraternities, sororities and social fellowships at Rutgers. The Brothers also stepped at Seton Hall as entertainment during an Iota Rho Chapter function. For Halloween, Delta Iota visited the First Baptist Church in New Brunswick. The church has a day-care center and the Brothers made sure that there was plenty of ice cream, candy and Halloween fun for all. After the Stepshow Jamboree, the last major event was the week-long Founders' Day celebration. Paraphenalia Day led off the activities on December 1st. December 2nd was Cake Day, where the chapter displayed cakes representing all the Greek and social fellowship organizations at Rutgers. The cakes were given to the organizations as gifts at the end of the day. The Fall Smoker and the Rededication Ceremony were held on December 3rd. Founders' Day saw a beautiful dinner with Theta Psi Lambda Chapter and invited guests, including Brother Elbert Wisner, District IV Director. On December 5th, Delta Iota held a "7 Cents Party" in honor of the Seven Jewels. Admission to the party was seven cents and a canned good and the goods were donated to the needy of New Brunswick. A voter registration drive was conducted on December 6th
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Brothers of Beta Chapter, Howard University, greet General President Ozell Sutton at the home of Brother James Cheek, President of Howard University. Pictured are Brothers Andre Owens, Courtney Houchen, Jerry Williamson, Jacob Walker, and Donald Johnson. Brother Cheek each year in December sponsors a "gathering" for Alpha men and their wives as a source of inspiration and fraternity.
Peas In Tubs Shrimp Salad Olives Twinkies Wild Apple Jelly Rolled Bread Pickles Neopolitan Ice Cream Chocolate Cake Demitasse Crackers and Cheese APA Punch Brotherhood Smoke O u r fund-raising functions included 1) a Winter Disco at the Neighborhood Lounge, and 2) a June Scholarship Dance in honor of late Brothers Emerson James and Richard Sands. The proceeds went towards our two (2) fivehundred dollar Scholarship Awards for scholastic and athletic achievement. The two a w a r d recipients were Jeffrey B. Ross and Albert Robinson, Jr. Both are from Franklin High School and are continuing their education in college. In April, the Brotherhood escorted their wives and guests on an evening of dining and a Broadway play in New York City, as a small token of our appreciation for their support throughout the year. Some of this year's fiscal events include: 1) November — T e n n i s / D i s c o Party; 2) December — Second Annual Founders' D a y Banquet with the underg r a d u a t e c h a p t e r , a l o n g with a Christmas party; 3) February — Alpha Unity Affair; 4) Spring — Mardi Gras Party; and 5) a June Scholarship Dance. We hope that this year will be as successful, inspirational, and prosperous as last year. This is not the last you've heard from us. Like all Alphas, we're Moving O n w a r d and Upward Towards the Light.
Greetings . . . from the Brothers of Theta Psi Lambda, located in Somerset, N.J. It's been a while since you've heard from
us, but that does not mean we have not been busy keeping up our responsibilities as Alphamen. Last year, we began our fiscal year by sponsoring a T e n n i s / D i s c o Party in November. O u r wives and lady friends prepared refreshments for this successful and prosperous event. O u r community activity for the Fall involved distributing food baskets, prepared by the Brothers and their wives, to needy families in the nearby communities. During Founders' Week we united with the undergraduate Brothers of Delta Iota Chapter (Rutgers University) and re-enacted the First A n n u a l Banquet (held by our Founders at the Masonic Hall on October 30, 1906). O u r menu consisted of the following: Cream Tomato Soup Salted Wafers Roast Beef Hashed Brown Potatoes
Theta Psi Lambda Education Chairman Dr. Don Harris (center) with the chapter's scholarship recipients: Jeffrey Ross (left) and Albert Robinson, Jr. (right).
Theta Psi Lambda and Delta Iota Brothers at the chapter's re-enactment of the First Annual Banquet, held on December 4, 1980.
and the week ended with a stepshow on the 7th. For Christmas, Delta Iota visited the New Brunswick Home for Battered Wives and an orphanage in the New Brunswick area. Fruit baskets and toys were given in hopes of spreading a little joy during the Christmas holiday. The Brothers of Delta Iota will strive to provide service to all in the name of Alpha Phi Alpha.
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massachusetts Founders' Day celebrated in Boston Fifty-two Brothers and guests attended an elegant Founders' Day Luncheon given by Sigma, Nu Xi Lambda and Epsilon Gamma Lambda Chapters at the Professional and Businessmen's Club in Boston. The December 5th event was a sit down affair complete with programs and scrolls emblazoned with the House of Alpha. The main speakers were Mrs. Jean McGuire, member-elect of the Boston School Committee (the second Black ever elected to that post) and Brother Ewart Guinier, retired head of the Afro-American Studies Department at Harvard University. Brother Willie C. Williams was given Epsilon Gamma Lambda's Meritorious Service Award for the year. The award is given annually to those who have inspired youth to "March Onward and Upward Toward the Light." Brother Vernon Polite and his committee — composed of Brothers Rod Blair, Perry Smith, Larry Sudbury, Eric Small and Calvin Wilson — are to be commended for a job well done. The luncheon was truly an inspiring occasion.
metro brooklyn "Midnight Conductors" join Delto Chi Harriett Tubman's Underground Movement gave an idea to five pledgees while on probation to name themselves
"Midnight Conductors." Pledging at Delta Chi Chapter, these five have been deep into their scholastic studies and into the history of Alpha Phi Alpha. The five were together even into the midnight learning, and doing what Alpha stands for. They have crossed the burning sands and are continuing in Alphadom, striving for high scholastic and moral achievement throughout the New York metropolitan area. It was on Sunday, May 24, 1981, as the evening sun sank into the horizon and the shadow of the night begun to spread, that these five — Frank Maynard, Michael Brown, George Smith, Tyrone Ashe and Wayne G. Anderson — were made into the Fraternity at the Alpha House in New York City. While pledging, these young men exemplified the true attributes of all Alpha men: scholarship, manly deeds, and love for all mankind. Brother Gary Simmons, Dean of Pledgees, and Brother Jeff K. Boyd, President of Delta Chi Chapter, welcome these five into the ranks of Alpha Phi Alpha.
metro Springfield Alpho Kappa initiates "Leviticus" and "Numbers" First of all . . . Greetings to the Brothers of the mighty Black and Gold. Since our last correspondence, Alpha Kappa Chapter has been steadily progressing in the Alpha tradition. We have initiated two lines: the first, "Leviticus," consisted of Brothers Aaron O'Quinn, Maurice Munson and Tony Taylor; while the line "Numbers" was composed of Brothers Ken Johnston, Steve Colon, James Davis, Thomas Brown, Jr., Alfredo Rosado and
Timothy Godbolt. Brothers in the chapter have been very successful in their individual endeavors, while pursuing their studies. Brother Maurice Gibson, President of Alpha Kappa, serves as both Senior Class Treasurer and Secretary of the Organization of New England Alpha Chapters (ONECA) while holding down a part-time job at Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company. Brother Derek Murray, chapter Secretary, is Senior Class Secretary and Treasurer of the Big Brothers Program in addition to his part-time job at Sears, Roebuck and Company. Other active Brothers are: Maurice Munson, Student Government Treasurer and WAIC-Radio disc jockey; Dean of Pledges John Rolland, Assistant Director of Housing and Vice-President of PRIDE; Assistant DOP LaValle Smith, President of PRIDE and member of the Board of Trustees of Johnson Life Center; and, Philip Pasley, Co-Coordinator of the Black Mass Communications Project at American International University. The chapter has been very active on the campus and in the surrounding metropolitan area. We were commended by the Red Cross for a very successful blood drive held on the American International campus on December 1st. The drive netted fifty-nine pints of blood, including thirty-three pints from the important first-time donors. The chapter will hold its Black and Gold Ball on April 16th and we invite all Brothers to join us for a good time. The "Leviticus" pledge line is also to be credited for holding a successful recruitment drive for the NAACP. As you can see, our chapter continues to progress. We, as a chapter, would like to extend our thanks to all who have supported and continue to support our efforts. Alpha Kappa . . . Striving Toward the Light!
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Joint project by Baltimore Chapters Greetings to Alpha Brothers everywhere. During the weekend of July 24-26, a conglomeration of Alpha Brothers who reside in the Baltimore area (affiliated with various chapters) executed successfully a large scale service project. The Alpha family operated a booth The Sphinx /Spring 1982
Area Brothers give step performance during Baltimore's AFFRAM Festival. at the Baltimore AFFRAM Festival, held at the city's new attraction site, The Inner Harbor. The AFFRAM is a black ethnic festival, Baltimore's second largest.' The purpose of the activity was to register individuals to vote; attempt to increase the membership of the NAACP in the city; display brief history, pictures and informative materials on fraternities; and conduct a signature petition drive geared in the effort to declare Brother Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday a national holiday. Also, a step exhibition was performed for the public. As a result of the collective effort, more than 700 people registered with either the NAACP or Baltimore City; and over 5,000 signatures were received for the King petition. Chapters represented in the service project are Eta Zeta; Mu Rho; Mu Upsilon; Iota Zeta; Beta Alpha; and Charter Brothers of Farleigh Dickerson. Special recognition is extended to Brother Eric W. King (Dr. E. W. Rock) and William Stewart (Mr. Bill) of Bowie State College (Eta Zeta Chapter) for organizing a most successful event. This is the first of many organized efforts to be executed by the Baltimore Brothers to demonstrate the high moral precepts, standards, and worth of Alpha Phi Alpha. Our actions clearly emphasize that we are the "superincredible, unforgettable, most magnetic fraternal force in the world today." At this time we shall all rise and multiply in the image of the chosen one . . . A Phi.
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brown university Alpha Gamma is Brown's Best Greetings to all "Guardians of the Light" from the Brothers of Alpha Gamma Chapter. Located at Brown University in the haven city of Providence, Rhode Island, Alpha Gamma has been striving to uphold "Our high ideals" since its reactivation in 1974. The latter portion of 1981 proved to be a busy but fulfilling time for our chapter. In conjunction with Mu Theta Lambda, Providence's illustrious graduate chapter, the Brothers pledged $1,000 to John Hope Settlement House, with Alpha Gamma providing $300 and Mu Theta Lambda contributing $700. A grace period of three years was allotted â&#x20AC;&#x201D; however, following the true "Alpha Spirit" of never procrastinating, the Brothers completed the pledge within the first year. The John Hope Settlement House provides development programs and constructive activities for Providence's underprivileged youth. Our major fund raiser for the first semester of this school year was a party at Chateau de Ville in Warwick, RI, held October 11. Chateau de Ville is regarded as one of the plushest clubs in Rhode Island. The profit from the event was the highest for a single function in recent memory. By providing a price that was lower than any admission for a similar club and providing a shuttle service from Brown's campus, the Providence community had a brief relief from the area's high cost of "good" partying. In commemorating the birth of our beloved fraternity, the Brothers planned
an active Founder's Day Weekend. A forum on the plight of Black Colleges was termed "very informative" by all who attended. On a more festive note, Alpha Gamma invited Brothers from neighboring chapters to come down and perform in a step show. A nice time was had by all. Some members of Alpha Gamma accepted a most gracious invitation by the Brothers of Dartmouth College to come and step. The members of Alpha Gamma were treated with a heaping share of that Alpha hospitality and, for that, we thank them. A week after Founder's Day, all of the Black Greek organizations banded together and orchestrated Brown's first Greek Show. The Brothers dazzled the audience with a phenomenal performance. In perpetuating the presence of Alpha Phi Alpha, the Brothers held their annual Social. The topics covered were the national aspects of Alpha Phi Alpha, both past and present; as well as views on Alpha Gamma Chapter, both past and present. The event proved to give great insight on Alpha Phi Alpha and Black Greek organizations in general. Also in the interest of procuring prospective pledgees, the Brothers held their annual Smoker. Excitement always runs high after a Smoker and the upcoming pledge period looks very bright. Always looking to work with the community's young, the Brothers are very proud of the fact that nine of the 14 men of Alpha Gamma are also members of the Rhode Island Big Brother Association. Additionally, some of the Brothers can be found coaching and refereeing youth basketball at the Salvation Army Youth Center. In an effort to branch out and work with other worthwhile organizations, Alpha Gamma held a party with the Black Student Union of the Rhode Island School of Design at RISD. The proceeds of the event went to a Thanksgiving fund for food baskets for the underprivileged. And speaking of worthwhile organizations, it was a pleasure to hold a function with our lovely sister sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha, as part of our Founder's Weekend. The proceeds were directed to the Children's Christmas Toy Fund. Another fact that the Brothers are proud of is that no one ever paid to get into an Alpha function on Brown's campus. With the ever-rising cost of having a "good" time, and the ever53
shrinking college person's budget, the Brothers are attempting to show their consideration of the plight of their college peers. Over the next few months, the Brothers have a busy schedule of events in the workings. We are already planning our annual Spring Cabaret, which is looked forward to by the entire Providence community. Additionally, a skating party and movie are planned. In reviving an idea that hasn't been implemented in some time, a talent show is going to be orchestrated for the Brown University population. With the success of the forum on Black Colleges, the thought of doing others is a definite possibility. In closing, the Brothers of Alpha Gamma would like to sincerely invite any fellow "06'ers" to stop by and see what we are all about. Keep the Light alive!
MIDWEST Illinois lota Delta Lambda and Nu Delta hold Spring Smoker Nearly one hundred persons were in attendance at the famed DuSable Museum of Afro-American History for the 2nd Annual Spring Smoker sponsored jointly by Nu Delta (Chicago State University) and Iota Delta Lambda (Chicago) Chapters. The Smoker told the "Alpha story" to both college and alumni prospectives alike, with full participation by both chapters. The decision to hold a joint affair came in the wake of last year's successful event, on the same fashion, featuring General President Ozell Sutton. Black history and Alpha history were, naturally, merged because of the setting. This was appropriate, as both chose "Black History Month" to educate interested persons on the Fraternity's contributions to the progress of Black Americans, and society in general. Brother Bradford Spencer of IDL served as the master of ceremonies; and those present heard dynamic addresses from two outstanding Brothers. Guest speakers were Brother Ronald Flowers, a former President of Chicago's Xi Lambda Chapter and Associate Vice-President of Chicago State University; and Brother Erwin A. 54
Nu Delta Brothers are joined by Regional Director Allen Knox (front, far left); guest speaker Ronald Flowers (front, second from left); and Chapter Advisor Earl Bell (front, far right).
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umkc Delta Rho publishes "Alpha's Report" Delta Rho Chapter, University of Missouri - Kansas City, extends a warm greeting to all Brothers of Alpha. The ever-present spirit of Alpha dwells in the hearts of those in our chapter. Delta Rho is actively involved in community affairs and continues to pursue the goal of black cultural advancement. The 1981 summer months provided us with the opportunity to tutor children with learning disabilities at a local Kansas City church. The 1981-82 school year will prove busy with the schedule of activities planned by the Brothers. During the month of November a holiday food drive for the needy families of the area was a project acted upon by Delta Rho Chapter. A letter-writing campaign to legislators for support of the Voting Rights Act is in its developing stages, along with the collection of empty cigarette wrappers for the funding of children on a kidney dialysis machine. The Brothers protested in front of the Hilton Plaza Hotel against the "brutal" segregation of Blacks in South Africa and America's support of white minority rule. The Brothers were featured on a local TV news station because of their actions! Delta Rho has published a biweekly newsletter, titled the "Alpha's Report," that is distributed on the campus of UMKC and Rockhurst College. The intent of the newsletter is to promote Alpha's active involvement in college life. Delta Rho Chapter co-sponsored a social function with Alpha Delta Gamma, a large white fraternity. The activity was the first of its kind on campus and was an attempt to foster better racial relations. The event was a success! Founders' Day was commemorated in grand fashion at the famous Raddison Muelbach Hotel located in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. The Brothers sponsored on January 16, 1982 a Red Cross Community Blood Drive. During February, Black History Month, Delta Rho hosted numerous cultural affairs, including a formal salute to the "Black Woman." Delta Rho is proud to recognize the Brothers initiated on December 14th. Bryan Braxton is a junior at UMKC School of Pharmacy. Harrel Johnson is also a junior at UMKC, majoring in The Sphinx / Spring 1982
business administration. Kent Robinson is an engineering student. Kenneth Ellis is a pre-dental student. Vincent Frazier now attends Texas College in Tyler, Texas. The Brothers of our chapter continue to brighten the light of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., and uphold the ideas that are responsible for 75 years of knowledge and achievement!
west Virginia Founder's Day at WVSC The Brothers of Alpha Zeta Chapter at West Virginia State College and Alpha Iota Lambda of Charleston and Institute, West Virginia are proud that the leadership of our great fraternity has taken bold and decisive steps to secure the future of black men and women in the decade of the 1980s, and we are committed to the goals and objectives articulated at the Diamond Jubilee Convention in Dallas, Texas. Toward the long range goal of securing the future, we have embarked upon a program designed to inform, inspire and induce us as an organization and individually. We share with Alpha men everywhere a deep and abiding concern for the future of black people in business, education and politics. We began this year with a pledge; a pledge to turn our concern into commitment and our commitment into deeds. We have not, however, neglected to salute the past. On December 6, 1981,
the Brothers of the two chapters, together with their sweethearts and wives, enjoyed a joint Founders' Day observance on the campus of West Virginia State College. The mood of the Founders' Day dinner was festive, yet solemn: the candles were lit; the birthday cake was cut; the founders, fraternity and chapters were toasted; and, Alpha poems of inspiration were recited. All present felt the warmth and sense of accomplishment that flows from our distant and mediate past. As to the recent past, each chapter presented awards to its Man of Merit and Man of the Year. The Alpha Zeta awards went to Brothers Robert Gathers and Stanley Jenkins. Both are seniors at West Virginia State College and natives of Charleston, South Carolina. Brother Lt. Col. Charles T. Ledbetter, Professor of Military Science at West Virginia State College and second term President of Alpha Iota Lambda Chapter was chosen Man of Merit. Brother Douglas Miller, Chairman of the Political Science Department at West Virginia State College and a local attorney, was chosen Alpha Iota Lambda Chapter's Man of the Year. He served three terms as Chapter President and was Regional Director for West Virginia for three and a half years. This year's honorees join with those of 1980 (Brother John E. Scott, Head Librarian at West Virginia State College, and Brother Dr. William J. L. Wallace, President-Emeritus, West Virginia State College) in urging the national leadership and the Brothers at large to continue to formulate and im-
The Brothers shown at the West Virginia State College Founders' Day are from left to right: seated, Brother Julius McLeod, John A. White, Charles Ledbetter, John Scott, Joseph Gride Virgil Matthews, and Douglas Miller. Standing, first row, Robert Gathers, Eric Thomas, G. Howard Mitchell, William Mickey, William J. L. Wallace, Fred Gibson, "Step" Preston. Standing, second row, Derrick Payne, Jimmie McKnight, John Ellis, Ronnie Ward, Clemoth Prewitt, Daryl Bandy and Byron Wilson. 55
plement those programs which will allow us to enjoy the sweet and heady wine of a secure future without sacrificing our recollection of the vineyards of the past.
u of Illinois Chicago circle Theto cited for community service It's been three years since the Brothers of Theta Chapter have reported our activities to The Sphinx. We would like the Brothers throughout Alpha to know that the "Eighth Wonder of Alpha" hasn't been sitting still. We've been working hard. In 1980 Theta crossed two successful lines: Midnight Express Phase Four (2-28-80) and The Nine Nocturnal Nomads on a New Wave (9-1-80). We received recognition for co-sponsoring the 74th National Convention in Chicago, along with Xi Lambda Chapter. During Halloween, we gave a party for the neighborhood children surrounding our Alpha House (4432 South King Drive). Chicago's public television station, WTTW, sent us a letter of recognition for collecting money for its pledge night. We gave twenty-five turkeys to needy families for Thanksgiving and ended the year with our Annual Christmas Dance. In 1981, Theta led ten brave men "cross the burning sands" into Alphadom. These men are known as the Ten Turbulent Titans (4-11-81). The United Negro College Fund presented Theta Chapter with an award for collecting more than $900 for their organization; and The Crusade of Mercy sent us an award letter for collecting over $500 for them. We made a donation of $100 to La Rabida Children's Hospital and Research Center, and showed films to the children in the hospital. We had another successful Halloween party and Cook County Hospital was very grateful for the blood we donated on November 21, 1981. Theta received another letter from WTTW, for their pledge night, held on December 7, 1981. At Christmas, 1981 we gave turkeys and canned goods to the needy. During the close of the year the chapter donated over $600 to the NAACP; donated $250 to the Paul J. Hall Boys Club; played basketball in a charity tournament for the South Cen5b
tral Community Services Center; and donated $250 to the Lou Rawls Parade of Stars to benefit the UNCF. Theta Chapter is known in Chicago for such social events as last summer's Alpha Week; our parties during the school year; our 1st Annual Greek Scene, hosted in conjunction with the other Chicago area chapters; Founder's Day Weekend; and our 41st Annual Christmas Ball, featuring presentation of our First Annual Sweetheart Court. The year 1982 promises to be a very productive year for Theta Chapter as we prepare to perform as many, if not more, community service projects as we have social events. Already we have held a Rape Awareness Seminar with the Chicago Police Department at UICC; and showed films at the University of Chicago, Loyola University, and University of Illinois - Chicago Circle for Black History Month. Also in February were our Voter Registratioin Drive and Minority Career Day at Circle. The current officers of Theta Chapter are: Earl Williams, President; Anthony Irvin, Vice-President; Robert Brothers, Treasurer; Keith Hill, Recording Secretary; and Howard Crawford, Jr., Corresponding Secretary and Editor-to-the-Sphinx.
indiano university Gamma Eta is second to none Gamma Eta Chapter extends fraternal greetings to all Brothers in the spectrum of Alpha Phi Alpha. Presently administering for the 1981-82 academic year: Waymon Nunn, President; Alpha M. Dixon, First Vice-President; Kewin
Gales, Second Vice-President; Lewis Boyden, Secretary; Jeffery Jordan, Treasurer; Errol Staton, Financial Secretary; Johnnie Jackson, Dean of Pledges; Gerald Manuel, Assistant Dean of Pledges; Elbert Hearon, Historian/Parliamentarian; and Perry Brisbon, Social Chairman. On April 4, 1981 three young men were initiated into the fraternity under the model pledge program: Gerald Manuel, Edgar "Dart" Ramsey and Errol Staton. The fall semester began with a sports night and "Alpha Wave" disco which captivated the campus. On Sunday the Annual Fall Smoker and Champagne Reception was held at the Black Cultural Center. Over thirty young men were in attendance, along with both State Directors â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Brothers Ira Clemmons and Theo Hamiter. On the Annual Founders' Day weekend, alumni members were on hand to make the occasion a huge success. On Sunday, December 6, 1981, a formal banquet was held with the Nu Nu Lambda Chapter. The keynote speaker, Brother Frank Motley, spoke on "Reaganomics and the Voting Rights Act of 1965." Also during this weekend, five young men marched into the ranks of Alpha Phi Alpha. They included: Perry Brisbon, Michael Farlow, Jerry Peteet, Charles D. Smith and Jeffery L. Williams. Among our civic projects, the Brothers awarded a $100 scholarship to a Black journalism student, during an essay contest; held the annual Halloween Party for under-privileged children; sponsored a NAACP membership drive; launched a letter-writing campaign to make Martin L. King's birthday a national holiday; and, wrote to the Senators of Indiana urging them to publicly support the Voting Rights Act of 1965. On Brother Martin Luther
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King's birthday, the chapter participated with the Black Student Union in a candlelight march in honor of Dr. King. During the month of February, the alumni and college chapters sponsored two programs â&#x20AC;&#x201D; one entitled "Black Economic Opportunities" and the other "The Relationship Between Black Males and Females." Each program consisted of six Brothers, three alumni and three college. After the presentatioin, a discussion featured questions from the audience. Both programs proved highly o u t s t a n d i n g among the students, faculty, and the community as well. The neophyte weekend brought the campus out to socialize with the men of Alpha Phi Alpha. Friday witnessed the "Black and Gold Extravaganza," with the play "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf" on Saturday in conjunction with the Black Greek Council. On campus the Alphas are foremost in the various leadership positions. Brother Kewin Gales is currently serving as Assistant Director of Minority Affairs, as well as Vice-President of the Black Greek Council. Brother Wayman Nunn is serving on the Interfraternity Council Committee. Brother Alpha M. Dixon is currently the President of the NAACP campus chapter, Interfraternity Council Representative and member of the Black Student Union Advisory Board. Brother Elbert Hearon has helped freshmen and sophomores in the tutorial program in the field of mathematics. During March the chapter attended the State Convention in Gary, Indiana and served on many of the committees. Brother Michael Dowell has been the liaison between the alumni chapter and undergraduates here on campus and has done an excellent job in bringing these two chapters much closer in the name of Alpha. Brother Matthew Seward, a May 1981 graduate in Political Science, has returned several times this year to help with various activities on campus. Brother Lamont Williams, a very dedicated Alpha man with Gamma Eta, is now with Gary National Bank in an executive position. In closing, the Gamma Eta Chapter members are currently working on a dance with members of Zeta Beta Tau (a white fraternity) for the weekend of April 17-19; with the annual Alpha and "Alpha Court" picnic in the park. So we extend a warm and fraternal welcome to all Brothers to visit the members of Gamma Eta. We urge all The Sphinx / Spring 1982
our alumni to contact the chapter. Remember Brothers . . . Alpha Phi Alpha is second to none!
Illinois Xi Lambda honors Dr. King In honor of Brother Dr. Martin Luther King's birthday, the Brothers of Xi Lambda Chapter sponsored a voter registration program at the Alpha House, on Friday, January 15, 1982. This program was our way of honoring the slain civil rights humanitarian. In spite of Arctic-like winds and frigid temperature, a young and determined citizen rushed out of a Yellow Cab and looked up to the beautiful banner on the second level of the Alpha House. He knew that he was at the right place, for he wanted to register to vote and secure his "Card of Power." The banner indicated that the Brothers were commemorating Dr. King's birthday in a tangible way. They were registering citizens to vote. Throughout the day residents, young and old, attended and participated in many activities. Unregistered adults registered at the desk. Many seemed to remember the hits and kicks that Blacks had endured in the Southern states for attempting to register. Broad smiles were seen on the faces of many of these residents. Also, adults and children viewed the film "I Have A Dream" provided by Brother Oliver, Principal of Percy Julian High School. Afterwards, many lively discussions were generated, some lasting for hours. After one viewing some community residents were so inspired that they fervently sang many of the civil rights songs and marches. Speeches of Dr. King were played throughout the day, while Brothers and community residents enjoyed doughnuts, coffee, juice, and hot chili. There were many conversations on Dr. King and the current state of affairs. Brothers explained the significance of the many photographs of Dr. King to the younger children. Even a small group, who were later reportedly involved in gang activities, took time to receive productive knowledge about Dr. King. A new awakening appeared to take place. Community residents and Brothers wrote to their Senators to request that they extend the Voting Rights Bill and make Dr. King's birthday a national holiday.
Copies of his "1 Have A Dream" and "I've Been To The Mountaintop" speeches were made available to the community. The Brothers wanted to help others because they knew that "A Voteless People Is A Hopeless People." Brother Mack stated that "Our objective is to present a living, honorable, and tangible memorial to Dr. King. His birthday is an occasion for joy and celebration." The newly-registered voters, as well as already-registered voters, joined in the day of celebration by signing a memorial book to be sent to Mrs. Coretta Scott King by the chapter. The Education Committee of Xi Lambda Chapter, which sponsored this project, included Brothers Willie Mack, Chai rman; Dr. Francis Osborn, Co-Chairman; Augeretto Battiste, Keith Caldwell, Charles Freeney, Andrew Hunt, Melvin Jackson, Dr. Edward Oliver, and Donne Trotter, Coordinators.
SOUTH florido Three initiates at Mu Zeta Lambda Greetings from the Brothers of Mu Zeta Lambda Chapter of Polk County, Florida. The chapter is working diligently to increase its population of active Alpha Men. New members who crossed the "Burning Sands" are: Vincent Hudson, a graduate of Tuskegee Institute who is employed as an investigator for the State's Attorney Office in Bartow; Raynard Owens, a graduate of Bethune Cookman College who is employed with the Lakeland public school system; and, Jim Ward, employed with the Department of Agricultural Research in Winter Haven and also a Tuskegee graduate. Under the close guidance of Brother Laveral King, this year's Dean of Pledges, these Brothers made tremendous strides and, hopefully, will continue to be outstanding Alpha Brothers. We are also looking forward to the presentation of our Third Annual "Men of Tomorrow" Program. Under the direction of this year's chairman, Brother Marvin McCloud, we anticipate a program that will surpass all others to date. We strongly believe that our "Men of Tomorrow" programs provide an excellent opportunity for 57
local high school male students to showcase their many talents, as they vie for scholarships and prizes. Of utmost importance is the fact that this program provides Alpha Men with an opportunity to enter these young men's lives and possibly lend a hand in shaping them into leading citizens.
tuskegee institute Gamma Phi presents "Mr. Magic" The Brothers of Gamma Phi Chapter, Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, would like to extend greetings to all men of distinction and purpose. On April 15, 1948, thirty-two men on the campus of Tuskegee Institute were initiated into the realm of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. Thus, Gamma Phi Chapter had its beginning. Since then the chapter has initiated numerous Brothers, all of whom have been working hard to strengthen their dedication in striving for and achieving "Manly Deeds, Scholarship, and Love for All Mankind." The Brothers of Gamma Phi had a very successful first semester and entered the second half of the year very much alive and on the move. To kick off the new school year we were host to the Tuskegee Institute's 14th annual program celebration of the 53rd birthday of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The festive occasion included the new President of Tuskegee Institute, Brother Benjamin Payton. The Brothers have participated in community activities, such as singing for and entertaining elderly persons from the city of Tuskegee. We also continued our tutorial program for young children in the Tuskegee community. One of our highlights on the campus of Tuskegee Institute is the annual "Mr. Magic" presentation. This event has become a big success and the student body looks forward to it each year. This project will provide funds for donations to many nationwide service organizations, as well as the Tuskegee community. Closing out the semester, we caught the attention of Tuskegee Institute's campus with our Alpha Week. It was one of our best ever. We will have a number of activities during the week in which the students play an active role. 58
The Brothers ended the week with our Black and Gold Ball. It highlighted a new degree of distinction in all areas of sophistication. The Brotherhood also would like to initiate more strong diligent young men into the House of Alpha. It is our hope that each Brother of Alpha strive to hold the name of Alpha high. There is no doubt that if we do this, Alpha Phi Alpha will be and shall remain, "First of All, Servants of All, and Shall Transcend All."
georgia Athens Alphas welcome General President On November 10, 1981 Eta Iota Lambda Chapter and Zeta Pi Chapter, at the University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, welcomed our illustrious General President, Brother Ozell Sutton, to the city. His visit was the highlight of a series of Alpha Week activities sponsored by Zeta Pi Chapter. Graduate Brothers participating were Brother David Nunnally, Sr., delivering the opening Sunday address, and Brother Ken Dious, who spoke on voter education and registration. During his official address, and in a Brothers-only gathering afterwards, the President spoke at length to the college Brothers about life, career and leadership preparation; and to the graduate Brothers about playing an even greater role in promoting social, academic, economic, career and job development throughout the community. Currently, Eta Iota Lambda is plan-
ning its 4th Annual Career Awareness Program and its 22nd consecutive Black and Gold Pageant. The career program involves approximately 100 high school juniors and seniors, while the pageant includes another 30-40 (males and females) from the Greater Athens area. In an expanded cooperative effort, Zeta Pi Chapter will take a leading role in exposing the career program participants to various fields of study on the University of Georgia campus, while the graduate Brothers will focus more on the general business, professional and technical areas. The officers of Eta Iota Lambda are: Robert E. Harrison, President; W. E. Wilker, Vice-President; Jack O. Jenkins, Recording Secretary; Hugh Goodrum, Corresponding Secretary; John Douglas, Treasurer; Walter Jackson, Financial Secretary; John W. Thompson, Jr., Dean of Pledges and Historian; Walter W. Green, Editor-tothe-Sphinx and Sergeant-at-Arms; David Nunnally, Director of Educational Activities; and Roy Williams, Chaplain and Parliamentarian. Other members are Brothers Ken Dious, Bennie Roberson, Edward Turner and Lamar Kidd.
north Carolina News from Fayetteville The members of Epsilon Rho Lambda Chapter have had a very busy and productive holiday season under the new leadership of Billy R. King, Jr., Chapter President; James E. Carsons, Vice-President; Sylvester Suggs, Treas-
Welcoming General President Sutton (third from left) to Athens, Georgia are (I to r): David Nunnally, Sr.; Zeta Pi President Peter Johnson; Eta lota Lambda President Robert Harrison; John Bivins; and Hugh Goodrum.
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urer; Feddie Jones, Corresponding Secretary; Rudolph Jones, Historian; Donald Dixon, Dean of Pledges; and Robert A. Massey, Jr., Editor-to-theSphinx. The season began November 27, 1981, with the annual day-after Thanksgiving Ball, which was held at the Lakeview Country Club. The event was a great success which featured a large turn-out, great organization, and a good time, by both members and guests. Three weeks later the annual Founder's Day Observance occurred with an 11:00 a.m. worship service at the Saint Joseph's Episcopal Church, which was followed by a luncheon at the Golden Eagle Restaurant. The keynote speaker was Brother Billy King, Jr. At that time, the Alpha Man of the Year and Alpha Man of Merit were selected. Brother Leslie Griffin was selected as the Alpha Man of the Year, while Brother William Bell was selected as the Alpha Man of Merit. The annual Christmas party was highlighted by the collection of goods to fill a Christmas basket for a needy family in the Fayetteville area. The Epsilon Rho Lambda Chapter is looking forward to a productive New Year and continued service to mankind.
georgia Eta Lambda Brothers score big in elections The Brothers of Eta Lambda are off and running for what promises to be a very exciting year. We had the distinguished honor of having two Brothers of Alpha competing for the city's mayoral position. Andrew Young, former United Nations Ambassador, and A. Reginald Eaves, former Public Safety Commissioner and presently a Fulton County Commissioner, were aiming for the city's top post which was held by outgoing Mayor Brother Maynard Jackson. The Brothers displayed good conduct through long months of hard campaigning and politicking. Young often brought crowds to their feet by speaking of his experiences during the civil rights movement with the late Brother Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., his three terms as the first Black United States Congressman from the South since Reconstruction, and his tenure at the United Nations. The Sphinx/Spring 1982
Brother Eaves often brought standing ovations as he touted his accomplishments as Public Safety Commissioner, where he made police respect Black citizens. Eaves also got high marks from viewers for his active participation in the student movement while at Morehouse College and for his constituent services at the Fulton County Commission. When all was said and done, Andy Young emerged as the top vote getter and faced a runoff with an opponent. Brother Eaves finished a respectable third in a field of seven candidates and, in the true spirit of Alpha, urged his supporters to work for Young. Eaves worked long hours with Young in Atlanta's neighborhoods and on October 7, 1981, history was made in Atlanta when the former United Nations Ambassador won the election with 55 percent of the vote. This marked the first that a Black man had succeeded another Black in consecutive mayoral elections in the history of the United States. The mayoral election was not the only political area where Eta Lambda shined. Brothers Michael Hightower and Ira Jackson won convincing city council re-election bids in College Park and Atlanta, respectively. Another big highlight of the year was Eta Lambda's Founders' Day Celebration. This year it was held at the Ben Hill United Methodist Church, where Brother Cornelius Henderson serves as Pastor. It was a very enlightening event as a standing-room-only audience witnessed the Brothers honor Mayor Maynard Jackson and the Ben Hill Church for their efforts toward the betterment of mankind. The entire affair was shown on closed circuit television in the downstairs basement for worshippers who were not able to squeeze into the main sanctuary. Bob Willis, the able and competent President of Eta Lambda, gave the history of Alpha to the congregation and moved the crowd by pointing to Alpha men in office as mayors, judges, musicians, and other public service positions. He cited them as examples and products of the "Go To High School, Go To College" and "Voteless People Is A Hopeless People" campaigns. Eta Lambda Brothers held a reception after the service for its members and the church congregation. The reception, along with the program, was enjoyed by all who attended. Eta Lambda held its annual New Year's Eve Dance at the Marriott Hotel
at the Airport. The chapter is currently pledging six members who are striving to see the light of Alpha.
ut - martin Mu Beta captures Greek Show title The Brothers of Mu Beta Chapter at the University of Tennessee at Martin offer warm greetings to all Brothers of mighty "A Phi." Fall quarter 1981 began with a "Black and Gold Bang" at UTM. Brothers quickly became involved in campus activities, and therefore gained respect from the entire campus. Two Brothers served as counselors for new students during Freshman Orientation Week. In addition to the Smoker, there were two major entertainment functions for the quarter which helped to ignite the Alpha explosion. A semiformal Sweethearts Ball provided a classy "Club Manhattan" type atmosphere for those in attendance. The first anniversary celebration for "The House of Alpha" also turned out to be a very successful and entertaining all-night affair. Several hundred students enjoyed Alpha hospitality in Mu Beta's 17-room house and private lounge. In sports, the Brothers of "MB" surprised many people upon forming a chapter football team. Quickness, strength and, of course, intelligence played a major role in team success and overall victories. For community service, the Brothers formed a chapter male chorus to provide monthly song service for Oak Grove Baptist Church in Martin. The pastor of the church, along with its members were so pleased with the efforts, that they officially named "MB" singers as the church's adopted male chorus. Also in October, the Brotherhood hosted an after-game homecoming dance for students of Martin Westview High School at the House of Alpha. On campus, the Brothers once again placed second among all campus fraternities for donations in the Red Cross Blood Drive. During homecoming, the Brothers decorated and entered a car into the homecoming parade, along with onthe-field decorations urging the Pacer football team to victory over Delta State. 59
Highlighting homecoming weekend, the razzle dazzle performance of the Mu Beta Stepping Squad once again rocked West Tennessee at the annual campus Greek Show sponsored by Delta Sigma Theta. The victory marked the fifth time in the last six years "MB" has won the title. In November the Brothers proudly reflected memories, accomplishments and achievements of six years at the chapter Founder's Day program. Brother Harold T. Conner, who is Chapter Advisor, Dean of Minority Affairs and assistant to the Vice Chancellor, was guest speaker for the occasion. A special farewell presentation was given to Brother Conner following his speech; he retired from the university following the quarter. Probably the largest and most rewarding project for the quarter was the annual Thanksgiving Canned Food Drive. Brothers walked through each dormitory, door-to-door, collecting food for the needy. A benefit dance was also given with proceeds going toward the project. Finally, the Brothers proudly made presentations of canned foods, meats and bread to several needy families in Martin. Additional food was presented to the Martin Senior Citizens Center. The goal was realized upon watching the glowing faces of the recipients upon delivery. On December 22, 1981, Mu Beta Chapter held a very successful holiday celebration in Memphis, Tennessee. The event was held on top of the 15-story mid-city building in the Disco 2001. The gala affair was attended by visiting Brothers from Howard University, UT Knoxville, Lane College, St. Louis, Houston and Los Angeles. Manly deeds, scholarship and love for all Mankind were definitely aims of Mu Beta Chapter during fall quarter. Until the next issue, hold up that light!
Alpha Chi Lambda Brother of the Year, Willie G. Marshall. and emphasized the ideals of Alphadom. One of the highlights of this program was the speaker for the occassion, Brother Henry Ponder, President of Benedict College, Columbia, South Carolina. Brother Ponder delivered a very stirring message to the Brotherhood, centered on the need for Black people to maintain our heritage, which has propelled Blacks to tremendous achievements with support from our homes, churches, and schools. The thrust of Brother Ponder's address was directed to a need to motivate our Black youth. Instead of "back to the basics," Brother Ponder emphasized strongly, "Forward to the basics." Revitalization of our strong heritages was a consistent theme of Brother Ponder's message. The second most emotional highlight of this program was associated with the homecoming of two founders of Alpha Chi Lambda Chapter: Brothers Harold E. Hill and S. M. Jenkins. Brother Jenkins was initiated into Alpha in 1922, Brother Hill in 1928. These two Brothers are the remaining founders of the local chapter, 1935. Included in Omega Chapter are Brothers
Tutt, Lockett, White, Griggs, Carter and Perry. Brothers Jenkins and Hill were presented plaques for their achievements in the Fraternity. Brother Jenkins has retired from Pilgrim Health Insurance, where he was Chairman of the Board of Directors. He is still active in local civic and charitable causes in the Augusta area. Brother Hill is a pharmacist and lives in Seneca, South Carolina. Among the other highlights, a special award was given to MayorElect Brother Edward M. Mclntyre; Citizen of the Year was presented to Mrs. Kingsley Riley, dynamic Board of Education Trustee, Augusta, Georgia. Graduate Brother of the Year was Willie George M a r s h a l l , local educator. College Brother of the Year went to Marty Delara, Paine College. During this occasioin Brother Ponder was also presented a plaque for his services rendered. Four newly made Brothers attending this function with their families were Oscar W. Brown, Freddie Jones, Carswell Gilbert and Marion Griffin.
florida Successful Founder's Day in Ocala Epsilon Pi Lambda Chapter (Ocala, FL) observed its 75th Anniversary of Founder's Day on December 20, 1981 at the Progressive Union Baptist Church of Matin. A prelude was played by Mrs. Hazel Calvin. Participants were as follows: scripture, Brother Herbert Coleman; occasion, Brother B. F. Miller; prayer, Brother Fred Smiley; acknowledgments, Brother Thomas George. Brother B. F. Brown introduced the speaker, who
georgia Augusta Founder's Day honors Mayor Mclntyre On the sixth of December Alpha Chi Lambda Chapter, along with Eta Alpha, Paine College, celebrated Founder's Day at the Gilbert Lambreth Chapel on the campus of Paine College, Augusta, Georgia. The program was very impressive 60
Honorees at the Alpha Chi Lambda Founder's Day in Augusta. The Sphinx/Spring 1982
was Brother Gary Johnson, formerly of Ocala, but now of Tallahassee. Brother Johnson has received both the Bachelor and Master's degree from Florida State University. Presently, he is Bureau Chief of Registration and Records for the Department of Revenue of the State of Florida. Music for the occasion was furnished by a choir playing a medley of Greek hymns. Leadership and Achievement awards were presented to Mesdames Anna Peterson and Willie Mae Dean; along with J. A. James, Clemon Jackson, Issac Butler, Milo Johnson, Glen Miller Hough, B. F. Miller and B. F. Brown. Chapter members and their families and special guests enjoyed a fellowship dinner after the service in the cafeteria of Fessenden Middle School. The officers of the chapter are Thomas George, President; Eugene Broxton, Vice-President; William E. Jackson, Secretary; Frank Washington, Treasurer; Herbert Coleman, Chaplain; Reuben Williams, Parliamentarian; and Fred Smiley, Editor-to-theSphinx.
SOUTHWEST louisiana Nu Theta Lambda awards first McCoy Scholarship Nu Theta Lambda Chapter (St. Martinville) awarded its first John B. McCoy Memorial Scholarship to Joseph Cleveland Broussard of Cecelia, Louisiana. Nu Theta Lambda President Alvin Wiltz presented the award, which is named in honor of the chapter's first President. Brother McCoy entered Omega Chapter on November 9, 1980.
Joseph Brew (left), Past President of Nu Theta Lambda, receives award from new officers (I to r) Wiltz, St. Julien, and Potier.
Broussard is an honor student at the University of Southwestern Louisiana, where he majors in Computer Science! The scholarship is given annually to a financially and academically deserving student. Brother Joseph Brew, Past President of the chapter, was given a Leadership Award by the 1981-82 officers, including: Alvin Wiltz, President; Conrad St. Julien, Secretary; and Rodney Potier, Editor-to-the-Sphinx. The leadership award was presented because of Brother Brew's personal progress among and service to Alpha Brothers; and his contributions to the community.
southern university $1,100 given to Sickle Cell Telethon The Brothers of Beta Sigma Chapter (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) send fraternal greetings throughout Alphaland to let you know we are "live" and still kicking Alpha spirit all over the "Red Stick."
Nu Theta Lambda President Wiltz presents chapter's McCoy Broussard. The S p h i n x / S p r i n g 1982
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On December 11, 1981, Beta Sigma Chapter celebrated its 45th anniversary of existence on Southern University's campus. This celebration was one of many functions that we participated in this past semester. We started the year off by donating $1,100 to the Sickle Cell Anemia Telethon, which was the largest amount given by any organization in the Baton Rouge area. Always searching for ways to uphold the name of Alpha, we held our first annual wine and cheese set. The aim of such a social gathering was to introduce various quality cheeses and wines to the Greek-letter organizations at Southern University in an elegant fashion, with a touch of jazz music in the air to allow a more relaxed mood. The highlight of the semester was our annual Homecoming dance, "An Elegant Evening with Alpha," which was held at the Royale Rouge Hotel overlooking the Mississippi River. The night was a joyous one filled with jazz and disco music, dancing and dining. Many people turned out for this occasion. In upholding our motto, "First of all, Servants of all, We shall transcend all," we held a service project at the Blundon Home, a home for disadvantaged youth. We participated in many sports with the children, mainly basketball and football. Our visit not only raised the children's spirits, but we also were uplifted. On November 14, 1981 ten outstanding young men were initiated into Alphadom. Known as the 'Temporary Ten," these young men wasted no time in getting involved fully with the workings of Alpha. Less than a week after their initiation they put their energies to work by doing their first service project as Alpha Men. The Hill Haven Home was afforded the pleasure of playing bingo with these young men. This 61
project was enjoyed by all, especially the new initiates, who were pleased at the response they received from the elderly people. These young men have rapidly become a great asset to our chapter. During the week of November 15-20, Beta Sigma held an Alpha Week â&#x20AC;&#x201D; which was designed to bring the Brotherhood together for the betterment of our chapter. At this time the Brothers participated in various activities. The week ended with a happy hour and a performance by the Brothers. We ended the semester by honoring our graduating Brothers at a banquet. Brother Leroy Davis, head of the Department of Agriculture, was our guest speaker. Brother Davis delivered an outstanding speech. The banquet was enjoyed by all, as the graduating Brothers delivered inspiring farewell responses. Many of the Brothers helped bring a merrier Christmas to some needy families in Baton Rouge by Christmas caroling and donating food baskets. Thirty families were given food baskets by Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church and our chapter; we also helped raise funds for the Mental Health Association by Christmas caroling in the local area. Beta Sigma has been and will continue to be in the forefront of the workings of Alpha. For forty-five years we have held the light towering above the name of "Alpha." We are sending a challenge to the Brotherhood . . . continue to push toward excellence, for success is only attained through perseverance.
texas New Officers in Dallas The Brothers of Alpha Sigma Lambda Chapter would like to express their sincere thanks and gratitude to those Brothers from across the country who helped to make the 1981 Diamond Jubilee Convention a success by their attendance and /or support. We, here in Dallas, were proud to host such a historic event. Since the convention, the business of the chapter has proceeded as usual and a new slate of officers has been chosen, as follows: Sam Bates, President; Kenny Mayes, Vice-President; William Mitchell, III, Secretary; David Griffin, Treasurer; 62
Brothers attending the Founder's Day ceremonies of Alpha Sigma Lambda Chapter, Dallas, Texas.
Gilfort Coleman, Financial Secretary; Roderic Tyler, Parliamentarian; Aldophe Jackson, Dean-of-Pledges; John Nelson, Editor-to-the-Sphinx; and, Earnest Wallace, Historian. Expectations are that these Brothers will carry on the leadership of the chapter as others have done in the past. On Saturday, December 4, 1981, the Brothers of Alpha Sigma Lambda celebrated the founding of this great Fraternity by participating in our annual Founder's Day celebration at the fashionable Plaza of The Americas Hotel in downtown Dallas. Brothers from Nu Pi Lambda (Arlington) and Beta Tau Lambda (Fort Worth) were in attendance and our guest speaker was Southwestern Vice-President Raymond Carreathers. Brother Carreathers encouraged all Alpha Men to take a long look at themselves, as he spoke on the subject, "What Kind of Alpha Man Are You?". Following this address, Brothers Robert L. Prince, Sr. and C. P. Johnson were honored as the liv-
ing founders of Alpha Sigma Lambda Chapter. Brother George Dunbar (who has since entered Omega Chapter) was cited as Alpha Man of the Year and a special Community Service Award was presented to Brother E. Brice Cunningham, Esq. A gala reception followed this program. We are grateful to Brother James Conner, Chairman of the Founder's Day Committee, and his members for planning this affair. Other committee members were Earnest Wallace, Rufus Bardwell, Welton Haynes, Clinnon Mayberry, Charles Taylor and Daniel Tarver. 1982 is expected to be a challenging year for the chapter. Not only will we be carrying out the programs initiated on the national level, but we will be involved in the many activities of the local community. November 5, 1982 will mark the 50th Anniversary of Alpha Sigma Lambda Chapter and this Golden Anniversary will be celebrated in a grandiose way. The Sphinx/Spring 1982
sam houston state university Raising funds for Multiple Sclerosis victims Greetings, we the Brothers of "Thunderous" Theta Mu indeed had a very salient, striking, and sensational semester. Upon the many projects that we have successfully completed are: A donation booth set up for a period of two weeks to benefit the United Way, "People Helping People." We raised fifty dollars and presented the check on C-A-T-V SEVEN'S annual telethon. Theta Mu held a raffle in November which awarded the winner with a thirty second shopping spree at the Fraternity's expense. Second place was a Thanksgiving turkey. The shopping spree was aimed at helping the community. We, the members of those great and noble letters A-Phi-A, held a canned goods party to benefit the needy of Huntsville. Admission to the affair was two canned goods; money was not accepted. The Fraternity also purchased three turkeys and distributed them, along with the cans acquired from the previous party. Three families within the Huntsville community received the items and applauded our effort with appreciation. We also held an electrifying Founder's Day Banquet and sponsored a Multiple Sclerosis Dance-A-Thon to benefit the unfortunate people stricken with this dehumanizing disease. The dance was held February 12-13, with participants dancing to accumulate pledged money. The dance-a-thon was a very successful project for us. In closing, we would like to commend our Chapter President, Brother Wilbert Frank, Jr. He has done a fantastic job this semester. We are extremely proud of him and his efforts to better our beloved chapter. Theta Mu can indeed say that "First of all, Servants of all; We shall transcend all. "
Oklahoma Beta Eta Lambda celebrates Founder's Day Greetings to all distinguished Alphamen from the Brothers of Beta Eta Lambda Chapter, Oklahoma City, The Sphinx/Spring 1982
Officers of Beta Eta lambda Chapter, Oklahoma City (I to r): Ronald James, Treasurer; William Henderson, Corresponding Secretary; Alvin Owens, Recording Secretary; John Green, Parliamentarian; Oliver Stripling, Vice President; Elton Matthews, President; J. M. Jenkins, Chaplain; Robert Reese, Director of Education; Tommy White, Historian; Fred McCann, Associate Editor-to-the-Sphinx; and Robert O'Quinn, Sergeant-at-Arms.
Brothers of Beta Eta Lambda Chapter, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma pose after attending Sunday Worship Services during Founder's Day Activities.
Oklahoma. We would like to take this opportunity to bring you up-to-date on our chapter's events and progress. The Brothers continue to strive for excellence in the name of Alpha. Beta Eta Lambda Chapter held its Founder's Day Celebration from Friday, December 4, through Sunday, December 6. Local activities began on Friday evening with an Alpha Smoker given at the home of Brother Joseph Littlepage, Jr. The members have a pleasant recollection of real honestto-goodness fun, topped off with delicious food and beverages being served. Festivities continued on Saturday with a Founder's Day Banquet â&#x20AC;&#x201D; held at the University of Oklahoma Faculty House â&#x20AC;&#x201D; for members, their wives, and other guests. The theme was "A Tribute To A Founder." This represented a special
honor to Brother G. E. Finley, who was a Founder of the Oklahoma City Chapter and was elected the first President of Beta Eta Lambda Chapter on November 20, 1938. There were four other Charter members: Brothers Joseph Littlepage, Sr., Sercy Bailey, William Johnson, and Alexander Dumas. Brother William Johnson of Washington, D.C., is the only other living Founder. A special plaque was presented to Brother Finley for his faithful participation and leadership in Beta Eta Lambda Chapter and his keen interest in the National Organization. Special recognition also went to Brother Ronald T. James, who received the Chapter's "Alpha Man of the Year Award." Brothers Donald M. Edwards and Robert Reese received awards for 25 years of faithful service to the 63
Fraternity. The banquet was adjourned with the singing of the Alpha Hymn. The weekend activities culminated when Alpha families joined in Sunday morning worship at Mt. Carmel Baptist Church. The 1981 Founder's Day Committee members were: Brothers Tommy White, Joseph Littlepage, Frank Ford, Raymond Randle, Oliver Stripling, Donald Edwards, Corlandus Lang, and William Franklin. Other activities during the past year included the first annual Career Day held for high school seniors representing various schools in the Oklahoma City area. Brothers employed in educational, governmental, business, and professional areas each hosted a student for the day. The Career Day program culminated with an Awards Banquet at which each student received a Certificate for Scholastic Achievement. Also, a five hundred dollar ($500.00) scholarship was awarded to one of the deserving participants. During Thanksgiving, the Brothers of Beta Eta Lambda prepared baskets of food, which were distributed to needy families. The 1982 year began with a Valentine dinner-dance held at the Tinker Air Force Base Officers Club. Brother William Gerald Henderson was again elected First Vice President of the Oklahoma Conference of Alpha. The new 1981-82 officers of Beta Eta Lambda are as follows: Brothers Elton Matthews, President; Oliver Stripling, Vice President; Ronald James, Treasurer; Alvin Owens, Recording Secretary; William Henderson, Corresponding Secretary; John Green, Parliamentarian; Tommy White, Historian; J. M. Jenkins, Chaplain; Fred McCann, Associate Editor to "The Sphinx"; Jack Jones, Dean of Pledges; Robert Reese, Director of Education; and Robert O'Quinn, Sergeant-at-Arms. Beta Eta Lambda Chapter is working hard to intensify the light of Alpha Phi Alpha and to truly be "Servants of All."
of the founders of our chapter in attendance. Also, the Brothers celebrated Founder's Day with a dance and trying to promote scholarship among blacks on campus, any person making an A on a test during the three weeks before the dance could gain free entry into the dance. Our service activities include donating money and doing repairs at the Senior Citizens home. We sponsored a very successful voter registration drive, which resulted in the registration of several hundred potential voters. This year, as in the past, we gathered canned goods donated by students on campus and by the members of the chapter; and gave these to a local church to be distributed among needy families in the city of Conway. Some of our future plans include the drive to get the Voting Rights Act extended and the drive to make Brother Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday a national holiday. The Brothers of Theta Psi Chapter would like to take this time to congratulate and welcome our new Brother in the land of Alpha. Brother John Hall successfully crossed the burning sands during the Fall semester of 1981. Some of our social activities included participating in Greek Week, in which all of the Greek organizations on campus participated; performing in Greek shows; and participating in intramural sports. The officers of the chapter are: Daryl Arbor, President; George Bryant, Vice-President; Gerald Stamps, Secretary; Carl Frazier, Treasurer and Deanof-Pledges; Rickey Fuquay, Assistant Dean of Pledges; Dante James, Parliamentarian; Dennis Rice, Historian; and Lambert Dyer, Editor-to-the-Sphinx. As the school year progresses on we wish all our Brothers success, as we all continue to push forward in the land of Alpha.
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On December 19, 1981, the proud Brothers of Theta Psi Chapter at the University of Central Arkansas celebrated Founder's Day. The highlight of the day was the eighth annual Founder's Day Banquet — with many
The administration of Zeta Beta Lambda Chapter of Sacramento, California — under the leadership of our recently elected President, Brother Wilbur Beckwith — is progressing in typical Alpha Phi Alpha style.
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The "Sweetheart" Blue and Gold Disco Dance on February 13, planned and promoted by Brothers Shelby and Lang, was a pleasurable experience; where ZBL Brothers, their wives and / or sweethearts, and friends enjoyed a night of fun and fraternalism. During our January meeting, Brother Jacques Barber, Dean of Pledges, assisted by Brother Soulsbury, presented six Alpha Phi Alpha "hopefuls" to the chapter. These aspirants are now on their trek toward the burning sands. Our Annual Founder's Day Scholarship Brunch was held on Sunday, March 14. The guest speaker for this occasion was the Honorable Mayor Tom Bradley of Los Angeles, California, who is a candidate for governor of this state. Another outstanding feature of this event was the presentation of the five winners of the ZBL Scholarships by Brothers Augustus Davis and Louis Johnson, Co-Chairmen of the Education and Scholarship Committee.
ucla Student leaders in Gamma Xi Greetings from the Brothers of Gamma Xi; we hope that you are enjoying a prosperous new year. This has been both an eventful and successful year for the UCLA Brothers. We have made political, academic, and social advances which have brought respect and admiration from the administration, faculty, as well as our peers. In April, Iota Zeta Lambda hosted the Western Regional Convention here in Los Angeles at which time our current regional officers were elected. Through diligent campaigning and proven qualifications, Gamma Xi Brother Bennie Brown was elected Western Regional Assistant Vice President. In June, UCLA students went to the polls to elect their Student Government leaders for 1981-82. Bobby Grace, former chapter President, was overwhelmingly voted Vice President, a position responsible for over $80,000 and one most important to the advancement of special interests groups on campus. Also elected to office was Robert Gillespie, who used his charm, experience, and finesse to defeat three opponents for Vice-Chair of the Black Student Alliance. At the time of this The Sphinx/Spring 1982
letter, Gamma Xi was in the final stages for a political presentation honoring Brother Martin Luther King, Jr. This $2,000 program has been completely funded by the university, one of the largest sums of money awarded to a function primarily for Black students. On the academic front, we have continued to excel. Despite the attrition rate of Black students at UCLA exceeding 40%, none of our 18 Brothers have experienced this misfortune. In 1981, Greg Taylor, Chet Williams, and Hascal Humes graduated. Chet is currently attending Georgetown University Law School, while Hascal is attending the University of Pittsburgh Medical School. Our academic programs include a tutorial project at Jefferson High School; participation in the Student Educational Exposure Project; and the Prison Coalition, which provides role models and tutorial assistance to teenagers who have been incarcerated in a juvenile prison. Socially, we have had three very successful dances, which have allowed us to continue our projects. Presently, we are planning our annual Greek Show which is always one of the best in the West.
In ending, we hope that every chapter continues to excel as Alphamen are expected. But always remember that Brotherhood plays a key and fundamental role in the perpetuation of Alpha Phi Alpha.
California state long beach Mu Chi plans for General Convention
Greetings from the Brothers of Mu Chi Chapter at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB). This year has been a good year for us. We have had a very successful pledge year, initiating eight new members, bringing the size of our chapter to twelve members. Another program which we are very proud of is our letter-writing campaign which aimed to expedite the case of a former football star at CSULB, Ron Settles, who was killed while in the custody of a neighboring city's police
department. On campus, we have had much success with our social events, and also in electing one of our Brothers as Senator of the School of Natural Sciences. Fraternally, we have built a healthy relationship with our graduate chapter, Iota Zeta Lambda. With their help, we were able to take part in the planning and events of the Western Regional Convention in Los Angeles. Presently, we are aiding in the planning of the National Convention, also to be held in Los Angeles. We will be contacting Brothers of the Southwestern region concerning registration, events, and lodging availability for the convention. Brothers in the Southwestern region should contact Mu Chi if you have any questions concerning the convention. Our present chapter members are as follows: Donnell Evans, President; Narleski Johnson, Vice-President; Thomas Robinson, Treasurer; Dexter Morris, Corresponding Secretary; Kevin Thomas, Recording Secretary; Raymond Scott, Dean-of-Pledges; Robin Kelley, Activities Coordinator; and Ron Manning, Historian. Completing the list of chapter members are Marc Peacock, Anthony Jones, Micheal Wilson, and Paul Ramey.
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Omega Chapter* Laurence T. Young, Sr., Editor
Brother BENJAMIN HARRISON CRUTCHER
Brother TOMMY LINDSEY
Brother CHARLES J. BRITT entered Omega Chapter on January 28, 1982. Brother Britt, age 40, was an active member of Theta Eta Lambda Chapter, St. Petersburg, Florida. Thousands, both black and white, turned out to pay their last respects at his funeral service which was held at Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church on February 6. For several years Brother Britt had served as district administrator for the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services (HRS) in Pinellas and Pasco counties. "He was a big man with a big heart . . . especially when it came to kids," said agency Secretary David Pingree. "He was a great advocate of programs for children and youth. This is a tremendous loss to the state." Brother Britt's career with HRS began in 1968 as a counselor to delinquent youths in the Division of Youth Services. From 1972 to 1974, he was the first superintendent of the Pinellas Halfway House, a facility he helped to found, and in 1976 was named program manager for the Hillsborough (Tampa) district. A native of St. Petersburg, Brother Britt was a graduate of Gibbs High School and Bethune-Cookman College, Daytona Beach. He studied criminal justice at the University of South Florida (Tampa) and did postgraduate work at the Florida State University and Florida A&M University, Tallahassee. He sang with the Alumni Singers and the St. Petersburg Opera Company. He sang the national anthem at both inaugurations of Florida state governor Reubin Askew. Brother Britt is survived by his wife, Catherine; a son, Loring; a daughter. Desiree; and his mother, Mrs. Annie Pearl Britt; two brothers, James, Atlanta, and Robert, Alexandria, VA.
Brother WARREN WESLEY BUCK, JR., born December 1, 1915 in St. Louis. Missouri, entered Omega Chapter August 24, 1981 at his home in Washington, D.C. He was a member of Mu Lambda Chapter. Brother Buck received his primary and secondary education in St. Louis, graduating from Lincoln University, Jefferson City, Missouri with a Bachelor of Science degree. In 1941, Brother Buck moved to Washington, D.C. and became the first Black American, male or female, to be hired by the U.S. Government in the Weather Bureau as a permanent Civil Service staff member, having qualified and employed as an Engineering Draftsman.
Brother JAMES ALLEN COLSTON entered Omega Chapter January 21, 1982 in a Greensboro, North Carolina Hospital following an extended illness. bb
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Brother Colston was a member, at various times, of many chapters of Alpha Phi Alpha; his latest one being Kappa Lambda Chapter in Greensboro, North Carolina. Brother Colston served a total of 31 years as the President of four colleges â&#x20AC;&#x201D; an educator for more than 46 years. He served as President of Bronix Community College in New York; Knoxville College, in Knoxville, Tennessee; Georgia State College, in Savannah, Georgia; and BethuneCookman College in Daytona Beach, Florida. Brother Colston was a giant in his own times, a man for all seasons, an educator who cared about kids and built programs for them. He prodded the bureaucracy, nudged the structure, encouraged the students, mesmerized boards of trustees and walked on water more than once in his quest for equity for the students whom he sought to serve as President, teacher and counselor. He was a charter member of Beta Delta Lambda Chapter in Daytona Beach, Florida and served as the Fraternity's Southern Vice-President in 1949. Brother Colston was a member of Phi Beta Kappa; Beta Epsilon Boule of Sigma Pi Phi; Rotary Club and St. James Presbyterian Church. He is survived by his wife, Wilhelmina; a daughter, Jean; a brother. Dr. Nathaniel Colston; four sisters, Callie, AUie, Josephine and Celeste; and three grandchildren.
Brother WAYMAN RUTHERFORD COSTON, age 80, entered Omega Chapter February 10, 1981 in Wilmington, Delaware, where he had been engaged in the practice of medicine since 1935. Brother Coston was born in Findlay, Ohio, receiving his elementary education in Ohio, and his secondary education in Washington, D.C. He was a great athlete; entered Lincoln University (Pennsylvania) in 1920, later graduating from Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee, with the degree of Medical Doctor; did his graduate work and internship at Freedman's Hospital, Washington, D . C ; did advanced study of cardiovascular disease at Hahnemann and Pennsylvania Hospitals in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Brother Coston was a charter member of Community Presbyterian Church, serving as Trustee and Elder, from which institution funeral rites were conducted by the Reverend Maurice J. Moyer, February 14, 1982. Brother Coston was a charter member of Gamma Theta Lambda Chapter, Wilmington, Delaware; charter member of Sigma Pi Phi (Boule) Fraternity, Beta Eta Chapter; American Heart Association; National Urban League; National Medical Association; United Negro College Fund; NAACP; and the consulting physician at Lincoln University (Pennsylvania). Brother Coston leaves to cherish his memory a host of relatives and friends.
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IN MEMORIAM
"Farewell dear Brother, Transcendent art thou. " Brother JAMES F. NICHOLAS
Brother JAMES T. RUSHIN
Brother BENJAMIN HARRISON CRLTCHER, age 91, the oldest active member of Alpha Nu Lambda Chapter. Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, entered Omega Chapter August 3, 1981, following a brief illness. Benjamin Harrison Crutcher was bom in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, the youngest son of the late Reverend Silas and Anna Crutcher. He received his early education in the public schools of Harrodsburg. He began serious work in the occupation of his father in the Plastering Trade. After receiving the Bachelor of Science degree in Dairy Foods and Industry (1925 — pledging Alpha same year), and the Master ot Science in Dairy Husbandry and Comparative Physiology from Iowa State University in 1931, he began a career in higher education in Dairy Science and Herd Production and Experimentation. In Dairy Science, his professional posts included: Chairman of Dairy Industry and Teacher of Biological Sciences, A & T University, Greensboro, North Carolina, 1926-34; Head Dairy Production and Herd, Tuskegee Institute, 1934-37; Head, Animal Husbandry, Georgia Stae College (now Savannah State College), 1937-44. His herd production and experimentations were acclaimed and recognized in scholarly reports and publications. Another career was spent in service with the Veterans Administration, Tuskegee, Alabama, where he retired from service as a Medical Technologist on August 31, 1964. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. M. Cleopatra Crutcher, and a host of friends.
Brother CLAUDE THURSTON FEREBEE, II entered Omega Chapter October 19, 1981 following a brief illness. Brother Ferebee was an active member of Omicron Lambda Alpha Chapter, Washington, D.C. for many years. He was the son of our widely known Brother of the same name — of New York. An Omega (Alpha) service was conducted by the local chapters at the visitation in Howard University's Rankin Chapel, followed by funeral rites on October 24, 1981. The 50-year-old Brother Ferebee was a 1966 graduate of Howard University's College of Dentistry, following which he completed his internship at Harlem Hospital, New York City. In 1968 he opened an office for private practice in Washington, D.C. Brother Ferebee's mother was the late Dorothy Bou lding, former national president of AKA Sorority. He is survived by his wife, Carol; four children, Claude III, Carl, Todd and Dorothy; a step-mother. Hazel; and many collateral relatives, and a host of friends
Brother JOHN W. HAYWOOD, JR. entered Omega Chapter May 29, 1981 at Providence Hospital, Washington, D.C. following a lengthy illness. Brother Haywood was also an active member of Mu Lambda Chapter, a retired District of Columbia public school teacher, and active in civil rights, community and church affairs. Brother Haywood taught in Baltimore public schools and at Morgan State College, Baltimore, Maryland before joining the Washington, D.C. public school system in 1940. After retiring in 1972, Brother Haywood lectured on race relations for the Washington International Center. He was also the author of many articles on civil rights and community causes for several publications.
Brother REGINALD GIRARD JAMES, age 71, a Washington D.C. physician for 35 years, entered Omega Chapter February 9, 1981 at his Washington home. Brother James served on the teaching staffs of old Freedmen's and Howard University Hospitals, and as a medical officer for the D C Welfare Department and the Social Security Administration Brother James was born in Richmond, Virginia. He received his early education at Virginia Union University; earned a medical degree at Howard University School of Medicine, and served internships at Homer G Phillips and Freedmen's Hospitals. Brother James was a member of Mu Lambda Chapter.
Brother MORDERCAIWYATT JOHNSON, JR. entered Omega Chapter August 29, 1981 during open heart surgery. He is survived by his wife Enid of 30 years and three daughters, Carla, Madelyn and Diana He was a member of Mu Lambda Chapter. Brother Johnson was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, attended public schools in the District of Columbia, and graduated from Mt. Hermon Preparatory School in Massachusetts. After pursuing undergraduate work at Howard University he entered the Dental School, graduating therefrom in 1945. Following graduating Brother Johnson opened his office for private prac""' T 6 V l e W ' TeXaS" at Prairie View College.
Brother NORMAN W. HARRIS, JR. recently entered Omega Chapter — born September 30, 1924; attended the Washington, D.C. public schools; received his degree in Medicine from Howard University School of Medicine; served in the United States Army and the Air Force. He was a member of Mu Lambda Chapter. Brother Harris' medical career was extensive and included an internship at Harlem Hospital, New York City; a residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Provident Hospital, Chicago; and residencies in Surgery and Urology at Freedmen's Hospital, Washington, D.C. In 1953 Brother Harris joined his father in the practice of medicine in Washington, D . C ; he served on the faculty of the College of Medicine at Howard University as an assistant in Pathology; and was an instructor in Anatomy and Clinical Instructor in Urology.
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Brother TOMMY EDWARD LINDSEY entered Omega Chapter November 23, 1981 following a brief illness, at the Vancouver Memorial Hospital, Vancouver, Washington. Brother Lindsey was born in Memphis, Tennessee January 5, 1934 to Willie and Ruby Lindsey; he attended the public schools of Memphis — later enrolled at Tennessee State University where he received his Baccalaureate degree. He was an ardent member of Beta Omicron Chapter. Following graduation from college, Brother Lindsey entered government service (Postal Department in Nashville), later returned to Memphis and from there to Los Angeles, California where he was appointed officer and
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training counselor for young people by the California Department of Correction for Youth. Brother Lindsey was later transferred to Vancouver, Washington to serve with the U.S. Department of labor as Equal Opportunity Specialist Supervisor where he worked diligently until his death. Alpha Delta Lambda Chapter conducted Alpha (Omega) services at the funeral home, followed by funeral rites November 28, 1981 at St. John Baptist Church, his parish for over fifty years, conducted by the Reverend A. McEwen Williams and other local clergy. Brother Lindsey is survived by his wife, Alberta; his brother. Dr. Willie E. Lindsey, Jr.; two daughters, Rhonda and Anita; his father; eight sisters; six uncles; five aunts; 46 nieces and nephews; and many other collateral relatives and friends.
Brother EVERETT A. MAYS entered Omega Chapter February 7, 1982 at Iowa Methodist Medical Center, Des Moines, Iowa, following a brief illness resultant of a heart attack. Brother Mays was born in Newton, Iowa April 19, 1910. He received his elementary education at Newton, Iowa, and his secondary education at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa. Brother Mays was employed by the Northwestern Bell Telephone Company, wherthe enjoyed an enviable record for 33 years. He was an active member of Zeta Kappa Lambda Chapter in Des Moines, Iowa; also State Director; held membership in the Roosevelt Club; the Tip Pin Bowling League; and the Senior Citizens Bowling League. He was the recipient of many awards — the one he cherish mostly being the Service to Iowa Youth Award, given by the Iowa Personnel and Guidance Association. Omega Chapter services were conducted by Brother Eddie Easley, and other Brothers of the area, at the Estes and Son Funeral Home, February 10, 1982, followed by funeral rites at St. Paul A.M.E. Church February 11, 1982, the Reverend Doctor Lewis E. Grady, Jr., the officiant. Brother Mays is survived by two children, Everett, Jr. and Evanette; three grandchildren; three sisters, Evelyn, Virginia and Charlotte; and a host of collateral relatives and friends.
Brother CLARENCE E. MORGAN recently entered Omega Chapter following an extended illness at Richland Memorial Hospital, Columbia, South Carolina. Brother Morgan, age 69, a renowned physician, was born in Edgefield, South Carolina, the son of Walter and Lucia Vance Morgan. He received his early education at Haines Institute and Paine College, in Augusta, Georgia; he received his Baccalaureate degree at West Virginia State College and his degree in Medicine from Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee. Brother Morgan was a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians, and the Palmetto and Congaree Medical, Dental and Pharmaceutical Associations; also a member of the Columbia and South Carolina Medical Societies, and Mental Health Center Board. Funeral rites were conducted from Second Calvary Baptist Church, with burial at Zion Benevolent Baptist Church Cemetery in Hopkins, South Carolina. Brother Morgan is survived by his wife, Marian; a son. Dr. Clarence; two daughters. Dr. Gail Morgan of Houston, and Dawn of Columbia; a sister, Louise; and a grandson.
Brother JAMES F. NICHOLAS, age 80, entered Omega Chapter March 14, 1981 in his home, Petersburg, Virginia following a brief illness. Brother Nicholas was an active member of Nu Lambda Chapter, Petersburg, Virginia. He was born in Waynesboro, Virginia where he completed his primary education, and his secondary training at Virginia State College, receiving his Baccalureate degree at West Virginia State College, and his Master's degree in Education at Pennsylvania State University. Brother Nicholas was an educator for over 45 J/ears in the states of North Carolina, Florida and Virginia before entering professional service at Virginia S'ate College as principal of the Laboratory High School; he retired therefrom in 1969 and named professor emeritus of education. 08
Final rites were conducted March 18, 1981 at the Gillfield Baptist Church in Petersburg, with the Reverend Grady powell officiating. He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Goldie; one brother; many nieces and nephews; collateral relatives; and a host of friends.
Brother ARTHUR J. PAYNE, age 87, of Delta Lambda Chapter, Baltimore, Maryland, entered Omega Chapter January 16, 1982 following an extended illness at St. Agnes Hospital, Catonsville, Maryland. Brother Payne was pastor for life of the Baltimore Baptist Church, where he served for many years, with a congregation of over 2,000 members. Brother Payne received his elementary and secondary education at Virginia Union University, Richmond, Virginia; his first charge being Assistant Pastor to the late Adam Clayton Powell, of Abyssinia Baptist Church, New York City. He was a member of many civic and national organizations, including the National Conference of Christians and jews; Vice President of the Advance Savings and Loan Association. He is survived by his wife, Odell; and two grandchildren.
Brother JAMES T. RUSHIN, age 51, entered Omega Chapter October 31, 1981 at Akron City Hospital following a sudden heart attack. Brother Rushin was born in Tuskegee, Alabama and had been a resident of Akron for 30 years. He was an active member of Eta Tau Lambda, based in Akron for many years. He was supervisor, employed at the General Tire and Rubber Company for 28 years. Brother Rushin received his primary and secondary education in the school systems of Akron, Ohio — he was past president of Eta Tau Lambda Chapter and member of the National Housing Foundation of Alpha Phi Alpha — and credited with development of hundreds of housing units for low and moderate income families. Immediate past General President, Williams paid tribute to Brother Rushin when he said: "He was one of the most unselfish individuals I have ever met and one of my personal and dearest friends — a person totally committed to himself to the welfare of others, his family, his church, Fraternity and profession." In the February issue of the Alpha Newsletter, a poignant statement regarding Brother Rushin was made by Brother Ronald P. Brown: "In this beautiful black funeral home we are gathered, the old, young, professional, non-professional Alpha Men, to provide unity, song, and honest words to our fraternity Brother who had passed through his last act as an Alphaman." Funeral rites were conducted at Zion Temple Baptist Church with the Reverend Paul Broaddus officiating, followed by the Alpha Omega service conducted by the area Alpha Phi Alpha Brothers. He is survived by his wife, Jean; his son, James, Jr.; and his daughter, Phyllis; also his mother, Eugenia; a sister, Maxine; a brother, Theodore; and many other collateral relatives and friends.
Omega Chapter Notices In profound sorrow. Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. announces the entrance into Omega Chapter of the following Brothers since the last General Convention in Dallas, Texas: From Beta Eta Lambda Chapter, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: Brother SIDNEY SANDERS Brother JOHN DUNGEE From Sigma Chapter, Boston, Massachusetts: Brother OTIS E. GALLOWAY From Xi Lambda Chapter, Chicago, Illinois: Brother PENROSE EVERHEART GOODALL
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George B. Kelley
Nathaniel A. Murray
Robert H. Ogle
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Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. GENERAL OFFICE: 4432 Martin Luther King Drive, Chicago, IL 60653 TELEPHONE: (312) 373-1819 James B. Blanton, Executive Secretary Michael J. Price, Assistant Executive Secretary, Editor-in-Chief, The SPHINX
PAST GENERAL PRESIDENTS Moses Melvln Morrison* Roscoe C. G i l e s ' Frederick Miller Drawer " M " Mound Bayou. MS 3 8 7 6 2 Charles H. Garvin*
Alpha Phi Alpha Building Foundation, Inc. Wayne C. Harvey, Chairman 8 7 7 5 W. Kingsbury University City, MO 6 3 1 2 4 James B. Blanton, Secretary James M. Trent, Treasurer John W. Walker, Counsel William Decker Clarke James L. Hunt Larry L. Earvin Herbert Marshall Kirk L. Bowen Ozell Sutton, Ex-Officio
Alpha Phi Alpha Education Foundation, Inc. Walter W. Sullivan, Chairman 1 8 0 0 New Hope Road, SW Atlanta, GA 3 0 3 3 1 James B. Blanton, Secretary James M. Trent, Treasurer John W. Walker, Counsel Ivan L. Cotman Jesse H. Sterling Paul C. Williams Ernest L. Holloway Henry Ponder Keith Miller Ozell Sutton, Ex Officio
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LIFE MEMBERSHIP Elmer C Collins 2 6 1 5 1 Lake Short Blvd.. # 1 2 2 4 Euclid. O H 4 4 1 3 2
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SENIOR ALPHA AFFAIRS Laurence T Young, Sr 5 5 5 E. 3 3 r d Place, # 1 2 0 8 Chicago, IL 6 0 6 1 6
Milton C Davis 1 2 0 2 Montgomery Road Tuskegee Institute, AL 3 6 0 8 8
PUBLIC POLICY Hobart S Jarrett 3 1 5 West 70th Street. # 1 5 New York, NY 1 0 0 2 3
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Directory o! Chapters All chapters are required to submit a Chapter Directory to the General Office within ten (10) days after the election of chapter officers. This form should list the chapter's "Official Contact person" — to whom all chapter mail is sent. This listing contains — only — those addresses sent to the General Office for 1981-82.
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Advisor President Corresponding Secretary Secretary Financial Secretary Recording Secretary
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Treasurer Editor-to-the-Sphinx Vice President Dean of Pledges Dean of Pledges Assistant Secretary
EAST INTERNATIONAL (DISTRICT I) Director Elmer Moore 2717 Tennyson St NW Washington, DC 20015
8 Pine Sheet Sharon MA 02067 Theta Iota lambda
AFRICA (Area I) COLLEGE CHAPTERS Kappa Phi (U ol Liberia No Report
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ALUMNI CHAPTERS E l i Epsilon Lambda (Monrovia. Liberia No Report
ALUMNI CHAPTERS Epsilon Gamma Lambda (Boston - # 2 1 4 ) John H McMullen. Ir (P)
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EUROPE (Area III Theta Theta Lambda (Frankfort. Germany - # 2 8 5 Lt Col Donald C Thomas. Jr (CS) Box 9425 (Kaiserslautern GE) APO NY 09012
(Springfield - # 2 8 6 ) Arthur R Shurn (S) 242 Middlesex Street Springfield, MA 01109 Nu Xi Lambda (Sudbury - # 5 8 0 ) Clifton E Reed (P) 14 Gedick Road Burlington MA 01803
NEW HAMPSHIRE (Area IV! COLLEGE CHAPTERS Theta Zeta (Dartmouth College - # 3 8 1 ) Albert E Dotson. )r (P) Hinman Box 5024 - Dartmouth College Hanover. NH 03755
NEW YORK STATE (DISTRICT III) Director Clifford R Clemmons 221-25 Manor Road Queens Village, NY 11427 WESTERN NEW YORK STATE (Area I) COLLEGE CHAPTERS Delta Epsilon (U of Buffalo - # 9 3 ) Byron W Brown (P) Union 402 - SUC at Buffalo
CONNECTICUT (Area II) COLLEGE CHAPTERS Zeta
Thomas D Harris IV
(Yale U - # 6 ) No Report Kappa Delta (U of Connecticut - • # 4 2 3 ) No Report Mu Phi (U of Bridgeport - # 4 6 1 ) No Report Mil Psi (SCSC - # 4 6 3 ) No Report ALUMNI CHAPTERS Beta Sigma Lambda (Hartford - # 1 6 1 ) Sylvester Johnson (P) 31 Chestnut Hill Road West Simsbury CT 06092 Zeta Phi Lambda (Stamford - # 2 5 3 ) No Report Eta Alpha Lambda ( N e * Ha«en - # 2 5 6 ) Eugene M Kenny(P) 39 Evergreen Drive Noith Branford CT 06471
1300 Elmwood Buffalo. NY 14222 Mu Sigma (U of Rochester - # 4 5 8 ) Stephen Bryant (P)
135 Canterbury Street
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83 Linden Street Allston MA 02134
COLLEGE CHAPTERS Alpha Gamma (Brown U - # 2 5 ) Dorsey lames (CS) 67 - Brown University Providence Rl 02912 ALUMNI CHAPTERS Mu Theta Lambda
Alpha (Cornell U - # 1 ) Frank B Wilkinson (P)
Alpha Kappa (Metropolitan - # 3 2 ) Maurice Gibson (P) 170 Wilbrabam Rd - Box 14
(Providence - # 5 5 3 ) Thomas Jordan 77 Hope Street 1 Providence Rl 02906
CARIBBEAN (Area llll Theta Epsilon Lambda (St Thomas. VI - # 2 8 2 ) No Report lota Sterna Lambda (St Croix. VI - # 5 1 8 ) No Report Epsilon Theta Lambda (Hamilton. Bermuda - # 2 1 9 ) No Report lota Epsilon Lambda (Nassau Bahamas - # 5 0 6 ) No Report ASIA lAiea IVI Mu Phi Lambda (Seoul South Korea - # 5 6 5 ) Nolen V Bivens HHC. 2X CG s Mess Boi 7 APO San Francisco, a 96224
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MASSACHUSETTS [Area II COLLEGE CHAPTERS Sigma (Metropolitan - # 1 7 ) Leon Harrison ]r (Chaplain)
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P 0 Box 112 Rochester, NY 14642 AtUMNI CHAPTERS Rho Lambda (Buffalo - # 1 1 6 ) Robin D Thompson (CS) 59 Woodlawn Avenue Buffalo NY 14209 Eta Theta Lambda (Wyandoance - # 2 6 3 ) George L Mims (P) 885 Seneca Road W Hempstead NY 11552 Eta Rho Lambda (Rochester - # 2 7 1 ) William Davis 164 Apple Creek Lane Rochester NY 14612 CENTRAL NEW YORK STATE (Area II) COLLEGE CHAPTERS
409 Elmwood Avenue Ithaca NY 14850 Delta Zeta (Syracuse U - # 9 4 ) Ralph Corniffe (P) P 0 Box 185 - S U Station Syracuse. NY 13210 AlUMNI CHAPTERS Iota Theta Lambda (Endicott - # 5 0 9 ) Charles E Lewis (S) 402 Prescott Avenue Endicott. NY 13760
Iota Kappa Lambda (Syracuse - # 5 1 1 ) No Report NORTHEAST NEW YORK STATE (Area III) COLLEGE CHAPTERS Kappa Zeta (Utica College - # 4 2 5 ) Alfred J Horton Jr (CS) 1127 Summit Place - Apt Utica. NY 13501
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HUDSON VALLEY (Area IV) AlUMNI CHAPTERS Eta Zeta Lambda (New Rochelle - # 2 6 1 ) No Report Eta Chi lambda (Nyack - # 2 7 6 ) Walter C Blount, Jr (S) 13 Edgewood Circle Orangeburg. NY 10962 Kappa Upsilon Lambda (Mid Hudson Valley - # 5 4 2 ) James H. Stith (P) 155 D Gaidner Loop West Point. NY 10996 METRO NEW YORK CITY (Area V)
Zeta E l l (Columbia U - # 3 3 8 ) Basil M o m s ( P ) 534 West 114th Street New York, NY 10025 ALUMNI CHAPTERS Alpha Gamma Lambda (New York - # 1 2 5 ) Henry W Rice, II (P) 160 Broadway. Suite 902 New York NY 10038
Omicton Zeta (Fairleigh Dickinson University Richard L Matthews (P) 250 17th Street Paterson, NJ 07054
BROOKLYN and LONG ISLAND (Area VII
ALUMNI CHAPTERS Alpha Alpha Lambda (Newark - # 1 2 3 ) Warren E Sherwood (S) 15 Columbus Avenue Montclair, NJ 07042 Beta Alpha Lambda (Jersey City - # 1 4 5 ) No Report
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ALUMNI CHAPTERS Beta Pi Lambda (Albany - # 1 5 9 ) Irving Smith. Jr. (S) 35 Briarwood Road Loudonnlle. NY 12211 Theta Chi Lambda (Schenectady - # 2 9 8 ) No Report lota lota Lambda (Rome - # 5 1 0 ) No Report
COLLEGE CHAPTERS Eta (Metropolitan - # 7 ) Russell Bames (P) 534 West 114 Street New York, NY 10025
Kappa Xi Lambda (New York - # 5 3 6 ) Kermit H Boston (P) 1221 Ave of the Americas New York. NY 10020
Delta Chi (City of Brooklyn - # 3 0 8 ) Wayne G. Anderson (S) 657 Crotona Park. N - # 4 E Bronx. NY 10457 Theta Epsilon (Adelphi U - # 3 8 0 )
Delta Mu Lambda (Paterson - # 1 9 9 ) loseph Fulmore (P)
Robert Thomas (P) Chapman Hall - Room 305 Adelphi University Garden City, NY 11530 Kappa Rho (C. W Post College -
496 East 29th Street Paterson. N l 07514 Kappa Theta Lambda (Teaneck - # 5 3 1 ) Arnold E Brown (P) P 0 . Box 776 106 West Palisade Ave Englewood, NJ 0 7 6 3 1
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Glen Ford (P) Riggs Hall - C W. Post Clg Long Island University Greenvale. NY 11548 Xi Psi (Hofstra University -707) Odolph N Wright. Jr (P)
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COLLEGE CHAPTER Delta lota (Rutgers U - # 9 7 ) John L Bryant, Jr (P) 212 Mill Road Pleasantville. NJ 08232
Box 42 - Hofstra University Hempstead, NY 11550 ALUMNI CHAPTERS Gamma lota Lambda (Brooklyn-Long Island John M Williams (S) 51 Alabama Avenue
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ALUMNI CHAPTERS Zeta Epsilon Lambda (Red Bank - # 2 3 8 ) Roy T Scales (S) 2 Hope Road Eatontown, N l 07724
Hempstead. NY 11550 Zeta Zeta Lambda (St Albans - # 2 3 9 ) Bruce Jones (CS) 175 Fulton Street North Babylon. NY 11704
Zeta Nu lambda (Plamfield - # 2 4 5 )
NEW JERSEY (DISTRICT IV)
Alfred Crawford (P) 169 Hellem Street
Director Elbert C Wrsner 300 Lincoln D r . Colonial Terr
Fanwood N J 0 7 0 2 3 Theta Psi Lambda (Somerset - # 2 9 9 )
Ocean. NJ 07712
Lendel W Thomas (CS) 312 George Street New Brunswick. NJ 08901
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COLLEGE CHAPTERS lota Rho (Newark College of Engineering Darryl Riley 440 N Arlington East Orange. N l 07017
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COLLEGE CHAPTERS lota l o t ) (Trenton State College Algernon Ward (P) 851 Carteret Avenue Trenton. NJ 08618
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Nu Iota (Glassboro State - # 4 7 2 ) Keith D Butler (P) Park Crest Village - Apt. # 2 5 5 Glassboro. NJ 08028 ALUMNI CHAPTERS Alpha Theta Lambda (Atlantic City - # 1 3 0 ) Austin J. Martin (P) 1905 Arctic Avenue Atlantic City. NJ 08401 Zeta lota Lambda (Trenton - # 2 4 2 ) McGray Bussey (CS) 109 ) Northgate Gardens Cranbury. Nl 08512 Kappa lota Lambda (Burlington County - # 5 3 2 ) Talt Harris. Jr. (S) 11 Monroe Avenue Browns Mills. Nl 08015 Nu Gamma Lambda (Glassboro - # 5 7 0 ) John J Williams (P)
DELAWARE (Area I) COLLEGE CHAPTERS Gamma Sigma (Delaware State College Darnell L Wilkerson (RS) Box 371 - DSC Do»er. DE 19901 Xl Omicron (U of Delaware - # 4 9 9 ) Paul Drayton Xi Omicron Chapter 301 Student Center Newark. DE 19711 ALUMNI CHAPTERS Gamma Theta Lambda (Wilmington - # 1 7 4 ) Warren A. Scott (P) 23 Spectrum Drue Newark, DE 19713 Zeta Rho Lambda (Dover - # 2 4 9 )
ALUMNI CHAPTERS Mu Lambda (Washington - # 1 1 1 ) Irven £ Washington (CS) 5202 13th Street. NW Washington, DC 20011 Omicron Lambda Alpha Albert T. Reliford (P) 1530 16th S t . NW - # 6 0 4 Washington, DC 20036
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VIRGINIA (DISTRICT VII) Director C A Pennington 3212 Griffin Avenue Richmond
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BLUE RIDGE NORTH (Area I) COLLEGE CHAPTERS
Director
Dav,rJ Campbell (P)
Frank Devme
2904 Elgin Avenue Baltimore, MD 21216 Mu Rho
Box 4172 James Madison University Harrisonburg. VA 22807
(Towson Stale - # 4 5 7 ) Lawrence Spearman Mu Rho Chapter Box 2074 - Towson State Unix Towson, M D 2 1 2 0 4 Nu Kappa
ALUMNI CHAPTERS Gamma Alpha Lambda (Charlottesville - # 1 6 7 ) Stephen D Waters (S) Box 3036 Charlottesville. VA 22903
PENNSYLVANIA
John H Quarles (P) 347 Beechwood Drive Dover. DE 19901 MARYLAND NORTH (Area III COLLEGE CHAPTERS
( D I S T R I C T V)
6202 Washington Avenue Philadelphia. PA 19143 WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA {Area I) COLLEGE CHAPTERS Omicron (U of Pittsburgh - # 1 4 ) Mark I Hassell (P) P. 0. Box 7184 - Oakland Station Pittsburgh, PA 15213 lota Sigma • #414) (Millersville State Coll Thomas I Bellmon (P) 1928 N Franklin Street Philadelphia, PA 19122 Xi Mu (Slippery Rock State College No Report Xi Sigma (Indiana U of Pennsylvania Paris D Hughes (P) Indiana Univ of PA P O Bo» 1700 Indiana, PA 15701 ALUMNI CHAPTERS Alpha Omicron Lambda (Pittsburgh - # 1 3 6 ) Harry K. Parker (S) 505 Gettysburg Street Pittsburgh. PA 15206 Kappa Beta Lambda (Erie - # 5 2 5 ) No Report Nu Upsilon Lambda (Pittsburgh - # 5 8 6 ) Walter H Green (S) 420 S Graham Street Pittsburgh, PA 15232
MARYLAND SOUTHWEST (Area III)
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lota Zeta (U of Maryland - # 4 0 3 ) Richard A Montgomery, III lota Zeta Chapter University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742 Mu Upsilon (Frostburg Stale Coll. - # 4 6 0 ) Michael Coombs (S) Lane College Center - Box 64 Frostburg. MD 21532
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EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA (Area III) COLLEGE CHAPTERS
Nu (Lincoln U - # 1 2 ) Harbison K Walker. Jr Box 985 - Lincoln University Lincoln University. PA 19352 Psi (U of Pennsylvania - # 2 2 ) James King (P) c/o IFC Office 3700 Spruce Street Philadelphia. PA 19104 Delta Pi (Cheney - 302) Arlington A. Johnson (P) 1041 S Second Street Plarnlieid, NJ 07060 Zeta Psi (West Chester State Coll # 3 5 3 ) Richard P Lockley (P)
Box 3093 West Chester State College West Chester, PA 19380 ALUMNI CHAPTERS Rho (Philadelphia - # 1 6 ) Lloyd R Westfield (CS) 1006 Vernon Road Philadelphia, PA 19150 Zeta Omicron Lambda (Philadelphia - # 2 4 7 ) Craig C. Browne (P) 7822 Thouron Avenue Philadelphia. PA 19150
DELAWARE, MARYLAND & D.C. (DISTRICT VI) Hanley J Norment 12500 Arbor View Terrace Sliver Spring. MD 20902
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COLLEGE CHAPTERS
ALUMNI CHAPTERS Zeta Theta Lambda (Harnsburg - # 2 4 1 ) E Stanley Herring (S) 3800 Canterbury Road Harnsburg. PA 17109
Director
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(UMBaltimore County - # 4 7 3 ) No Report ALUMNI CHAPTERS Delta Lambda (Baltimore - # 1 0 4 ) David R Buckholti (CS) 8067 Long Branch Terrace - # 2 2 # 4 9 6 ) Glen Burnie, MD 21061 lota Alpha Lambda (Aberdeen - # 5 0 2 ) Elbert W Williams (CS) #702) 222 Bright Oaks Drue Belair. MD 21014 Kappa Kappa Lambda (Baltimore - # 5 3 3 ) Seaton White (CS) P 0 Box 11347 Baltimore. MD 21239
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA (Area III COLLEGE CHAPTERS Gamma Nu (Pennsylvania State U No Report
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ALUMNI CHAPTERS lota Upsilon Lambda (Silver Spring - # 5 2 0 ) E Averal Austin (CS) 6200 Westchester Park Drive College Park, MD 20740 Kappa Epsrlon Lambda (Landover - # 5 2 8 ) Beniamin Watkins (CS) 104 Janice Place Waldorf MD 20601 Kappa Phi Lambda (Columbia - # 5 4 3 ) lames E. Fitzpatrick. Jr. (P) 5135 Celestial Way Columbia. MO 21044 MARYLAND EASTERN (Area IV) COLLEGE CHAPTERS Delta Nu (U of Maryland, E.S. - # 1 0 0 ) Anthony E, Miller (P) P O Box 1456 - UMES Princess Anne. MD 21853 Eta Zeta (Bowie State College - # 3 5 9 ) James H Wilson. Jr (CS) 4017 92nd Avenue Landover MD 20785 ALUMNI CHAPTERS Delta Omicron Lambda (Princess Anne - # 2 0 3 ) No Report Eta Eta Lambda (Annapolis - # 2 6 2 ) Primius Richardson (P) 401 Heitzman Road Davidsonville, MD 21035 WASHINGTON. O.C. (Area VI COLLEGE CHAPTERS Beta (Howard U - # 2 ) Roger Bradley (RS) Merndian Hall -262 Howard University 2601 16th NW Washington, DC 20009 Nu Beta (American U - # 4 6 5 ) Nu Beta Chapter Phillip A Lattimore. Ill American University Eagle Station - Box 124 Washington. DC 20016
P O Box 6161 Hampton Institute Hampton. VA 23668 Kappa Pi
lota Alpha (Washington S lee U - # 3 9 8 ) No Report lota Beta (U of Virginia - # 3 9 9 ) Maior McKinley Lewis (PS) 111 A Maywood Lane Charlottesville. VA 22903 Xi Delta (James Madison U - # 4 8 9 ) Marlon A. Foster (CS)
26 Pinewood Lane Sicklerville. Nl 08081
Nu Omicron Lambda (Fort l e e - # 5 8 1 ) Silas H. Christian. Ill (P) 413 Claremonl Street Petersburg, VA 23805 Xi Delta Lambda (Henrico County — - 5 9 3 ) Leo H Ross (AP) 5210 Bomngton Road Richmond, VA 23234 TIDEWATER NORTH (Area VI; COLLEGE CHAPTERS Gamma iota (Hampton Institute #75) George A. Minor (P)
BLUE RIDGE SOUTH (Area II) COLLEGE CHAPTERS Theta l o b (Virginia Polytechnic U Carl Jackson (CS) P 0 Box 346 Blacksburg. VA 24060
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(Norfolk State U Freddie Davis (S) Box 2033 - NSU Norfolk, VA 23504 Nu Theta
ALUMNI CHAPTERS Alpha Kappa Lambda (Roanoke - # 1 3 2 ) No Report Gamma Nu Lambda (Lynchburg - # 1 7 8 ) Albert J. Spencer (S) 707 Sanhill Drive Lynchburg. VA 24502 SOUTHERN VIRGINIA (Area III) COLLEGE CHAPTERS Delta Tau (St Pauls Polytechnic - # 3 0 5 ) George T. Hankerson (CS) Delta Tau Chapter St Pauls College Lawrenceville. VA 23868 XiZeta (Hampden-Sydney - # 4 9 1 ) William R Lee (P) Hampden Sydney College Hampden Sydney. VA 23943 ALUMNI CHAPTERS Delta Nu Lambda (Danville - # 2 0 0 ) Curtis A. Flood (P) Route 3 - Box 74 Danville, VA 24540 Epsilon Omicron Lambda (Lawrenceville - # 2 2 5 ) Ernest L Morse (CS) P O Box 595 South Hill, VA 23970 lota Tau Lambda (Charlotte Court House John A Brown P O. Box 221 Dillwyn. VA 23923
(Central)
Director #519)
Arthur B Cooper P O Box 2085 - Station Champaign. IL 61820
A
COLLEGE CHAPTERS Tail (U of I l l i n o i s - # 1 8 ) Cranston 0 Neal Sparks (P) Box 2062 - University of Illinois Champaign. IL 6 1 8 2 0 Zeta Nu (Eastern Illinois - # 3 4 3 ) No Report Eta Tau (Illinois State U - # 3 7 1 ) Joseph J Welcome, III (S)
1009 S Quinn Street Arlington. VA 22204 CENTRAL VIRGINIA (Area V)
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Richmond. VA 23231 Beta Gamma (Virginia State College - # 4 7 ) Mark A Conley(P) Box 8 - Virginia State Univ Petersburg. VA 23803 Theta Rho (Virginia Commonwealth U - # 3 9 ] Keih S. Edmunds (P) The West Wing - # 2 2 1 710 W Franklin Street Richmond. VA 23284 ALUMNI CHAPTERS Nu Lambda (Virginia Slate College - # 1 1 2 ) R J Hayes (CS) 21329 Sparta Drive Ettnck, VA 23803 Beta Gamma Lambda (Richmond - # 1 4 7 ) George H Johnson. Jr, (P)
109 East University, Box 138 Bloomington, IL 61701 Theta Omicron (Millikm U - # 3 8 9 ) Bernard Hepburn (P) Alpha Phi Alpha Milltkin University Decatur. IL 6 2 5 2 2 ALUMNI CHAPTERS Omicron Lambda Beta (Champaign - # 5 0 1 ) No Report Nu Psi Lambda (Bloomington - # 5 8 9 ) Timothy Walker (P) P 0 Box 1701 Bloomington. IL 61701
INDIANA (NORTHERN) Director Theo Hamiter 7158 Avalon frail Court Indianapolis. IN 46250 COLLEGE CHAPTERS Gamma Eta (Indiana U - # 7 3 ) Alpha M Dixon (ES) P 0. Box 1698 - IU Bloomington. IN 47401
(Indiana State U - # 3 4 7 ) Charles E Brown (ADV) American Cultural Center 551 North 9th Street Terre Haute. IN 4 7 8 0 9 Nu Pi (U of Evansville - # 4 7 8 ) No Report ALUMNI CHAPTERS Iota Lambda (Indianapolis - # 1 0 9 ) Keith I Smith (CS) P. 0 Box 88131 Indianapolis, IN 46208 Kappa Rho Lambda (Evansville - # 5 3 9 ) No Report Nu Nu Lambda (Bloomington - # 5 7 9 ) Frank Motley (P) 3643 Longview Drive Bloomington, IN 47401
INDIANA (SOUTHERN) Director Ira Clemons, Jr. 4004 Eastern Drive Anderson. IN 46012 COLLEGE CHAPTERS Gamma Rho (Purdue - # 8 2 ) Miles A Hill (P) 613 Waldron Street
ALUMNI CHAPTERS Delta Eta Lambda
Director Shirley Cunningham, Jr First National Building Lexington. KY 40507 COLLEGE CHAPTERS Alpha Pi (U of Louisville - # 3 7 ) Arthur Simpson (P) c / o Student Center - Rm University of Louisville
Lexington. KY 4 0 5 9 0 Gamma Beta Lambda (Frankfort - # 1 6 8 ) No Report
P 0 Box 10747 Ft Wayne. IN 46806
IOWA Director Everett A Mays P O Box 533 Des Moines. IA 50302 COLLEGE CHAPTERS Alpha Theta (U of Iowa No Report Alpha Nu
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(Drake U - # 3 4 ) Arthur S Lee. Jr (P) Drake University 3011 High Street Des Moines. IA 5 0 3 1 2 ALUMNI CHAPTERS Zeta Kappa Lambda (Des Moines - # 2 4 3 ) Everett A Mays (CS) P O Box 533 Des Moines. IA 50302 Mu Tau Lambda (Cedar Rapids - # 5 6 3 ) No Report Nu Chi Lambda (Iowa City - # 5 8 8 ) A Leo Fields (P) 2036 Ninth Street - # 4 3 Coralville. IA 52241
KANSAS (EASTERN) Director Richard Marshall 626 Oakland Kansas City. KS 66101 COLLEGE CHAPTERS Upsilon (U of Kansas - # 1 9 ) Dale Brooks (P) University ot Mississippi 1014 Mississippi Lawrence, KS 66044 Gamma Chi (Kansas Stale - # 8 7 ) No Report Kappa Tau (Kansas State U - # 4 3 7 ) Kenneth A Gaillaird (P) 909 Moro - Apt # 4 Manhattan, KS 66502
Gamma Tau (Michigan State U - # 8 4 ) Kent J Boothe (T) 4464 Janice Lee Drive - # B I Okomos, Ml 48864
Suite 906 Zeta Beta (Ferris State - # 3 3 3 ) Donnell Russaw (P) Box 4 - Rankin Center
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Louisville. KY 40208 Beta Mu (Kentucky State U - # 5 5 ) Dolph Seals (P) 136 East Campus - KSU Frankfort. KY 40601 Epsilon Chi (U ol Kentucky - # 3 3 0 ) No Report Xi Alpha (Morehead State U - # 4 8 6 ) No Report
ALUMNI CHAPTERS Gamma Rho Lambda (Gary - # 1 8 2 ) George F Gibbs (CS).
Theta Upsilon Lambda (Fort Wayne - # 2 9 6 ) Timothy R Williams (S)
MICHIGAN (NORTHERN) Director James H Gaddis 4028 Wisner Saginaw. Ml 48601 COLLEGE CHAPTERS
KENTUCKY (EASTERN)
ALUMNI CHAPTERS Alpha Lambda (Louisville - # 1 0 1 ) No Report Alpha Beta Lambda (Lexington - # 1 2 4 ) Lee A lackson (P)
East Chicago. IN 46312 Theta Xi Lambda (South Bend - # 2 9 0 ) Inactive
lota Rho Lambda (Pontiac - # 5 1 7 ) No Report
(Topeka - # 1 9 5 ) Earl Fowler (P) 2022 Turnpike Avenue Topeka. KS 66605 Eta Beta Lambda (Wichita - # 2 5 7 ) Delbert 0 DeWitty (CS) 2306 Inwood Circle Wichita, KS 67226
West Lalayette. IN 47906 Theta Xi (Ball State U - # 3 8 8 ) No Report lota Theta (Calumet College - # 4 0 5 ) Leonard O Hayes 2912 West 13th Avenue Gary. IN 46404
P 0 Box 3695
MIDWEST
ALUMNI CHAPTERS Zeta Upsilon Lambda (Reston - # 2 5 2 ) John A Mann (FS) 9525 Heathwood Court Burke, VA 22015 Theta Rho Lambda (Arlington - # 2 9 3 ) Raymond Johnson (S)
8303 Brookfield Road Richmond, VA 23227
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(Old Dominion U - # 4 7 1 ) Robert Collins (P) Rom 200 - Webb Center Old Dominion University Norfolk. VA 23508 ALUMNI CHAPTERS Alpha Phi Lambda (Norfolk - # 1 4 2 ) Willie Harris, Jr (P) 2145 Lloyd Drive Chesapeake. VA 23325 Epsilon lota Lambda (Suffolk - # 2 2 0 ) Benjamin L Davis. Jr. 311 St. James Avenue Suffolk. VA 23434 E a t f l M Nu Lambda (Portsmouth - # 2 2 3 ) Morris Langston (P) P 0 Box 1092 Portsmouth, VA 23705 Xi Alpha Lambda (Prince Williams County #590) Randall Palmer, III (P) 8611 Woodview Drive Springfield. VA 22153
ILLINOIS
NORTHERN VIRGINIA (Area IV]
COLLEGE CHAPTERS Gamma (Virginia Union U - # 3 ) Kenneth E. Dennis (P) 1808 Williamsburg Road
(William & Mary - # 4 3 4 ) Gerald W S Carter (P) Box 9052 College Station Williamsburg. VA 23185 ALUMNI CHAPTERS Zeta Lambda (Newport News - # 1 0 6 ) Claude N. Carter (CS) 12 Suburban Parkway Hampton, VA 23661 Delta Beta Lambda (Hampton - # 1 9 0 ) James E Blacken (S) P. 0 Box 483 Hampton, VA 23669 Nu Delta Lambda (Surry County - # 5 7 1 ) Edwin A Robinson (S) Route 1 - Box l l - A Spring Grove, VA 23881 TIDEWATER SOUTH (Area VII) COLLEGE CHAPTERS Epsilon Pi
Zeta Rho
COLLEGE CHAPTER Epsilon Xi (Western Michigan U # 3 2 2 ) Cornelius E Phelps (S) 838 W KalamaiooAve - Apt
KENTUCKY (WESTERN) Jimmie Stewart 514 E Cedar Street - Apt 5 Franklin, KY 42134 COLLEGE CHAPTERS Zeta Omicron (Murray State U - # 3 4 5 ) Charles D Payne (S) 2309 University Station Murray, KY 42071 Eta Rho (Western Kentucky U - # 3 6 9 ) Jeff Wilson (ES) 1901 Pearce-Ford Tower Western Kentucky University Bowling Green, KY 42101 ALUMNI CHAPTERS Gamma Epsilon Lambda (Hopkinsville - # 1 7 1 ) lames E Victor (P) 1304 East 7th Street Hopkinsville. KY 4 2 2 4 0
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Kalamazoo. Ml 49007 ALUMNI CHAPTERS lota Phi Lambda (Muskegon Heights - # 5 2 1 ) Nathaniel Allen. Jr (P) P 0 Box 3972 Muskegon Heights. Ml 49444 Kappa Psi Lambda (Kalamazoo - # 5 4 5 ) Earl G McNeal (CS) 8317 Newells Lane Portage, Ml 49081 Nu Rho Lambda (Benton Harbor - # 5 8 3 ) Daniel Harbison 1584 Trebor Road St Joseph, Ml 49085
MINNESOTA Director James Beard 4109 Portland Ave, South Minneapolis, MN 55407 COLLEGE CHAPTER
MICHIGAN (CENTRAL) Director
Mu (U of Minnesota - # 1 1 ) No Report ALUMNI CHAPTER Gamma Xi Lambda (Minneapolis - # 1 7 9 ) Rodney W Jordan (P)
P 0 Box 906 #34
Minneapolis
MN 55440
MISSOURI (EASTERN)
(Wayne State U - # 4 1 ) No Report Epsilon Eta (Eastern Michigan U - # 3 1 6 ) Mark A Massie (P) 117 Goodison Hall Eastern Michigan University Ypsilanti. Ml 48197
[ton #366)
(General Motors Institute No Report lota Epsilon
Eta Nu Lambda (Grand Rapids - # 2 6 7 ) No Report Iota Chi Lambda (Saginaw - # 5 2 2 ) Charles Mathews (P) 27 Del Ray Saginaw, Ml 48601 Kappa Delta Lambda (Lansing - # 5 2 7 ) Howard T Spence (S) 4462 Seneca Drive Okemos, Ml 48864
MICHIGAN (SOUTHERN)
Director
(U of Detroit No Report Theta Tau
No Report ALUMNI CHAPTERS
Director Morse Brown 450 Glenn Oaks Drive, Apt B Muskegon Heights, Ml 49442
P 0 Box 1248
Anthony Crutchfield 447 Palmerston Detroit. Ml 48218 COLLEGE CHAPTERS Epsilon (U ol Michigan - # 5 ) David W Austin (CS) 3001 Woodland Hills Dr Ann Arbor. Ml 48104 Alpha Upsilon
Ferris State College Big Rapids. Ml 49307 Zeta Delta (Northern Michigan - # 3 3 5 )
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(Grand Valley - # 4 0 2 ) Larry D Johnson (VP) Ravine Apartment # 2 8 Grand Valley State College Allendale. Ml 49401 Omicron MU
(Oakland University 718) Anthony Crutchfield (St. Dir.) 447 Palmerston River Rouge, Ml 48218 ALUMNI CHAPTERS Gamma Lambda KANSAS (WESTERN) (Detroit - # 1 0 3 ) Director Timothy R Heard (S) P. I. Williams 1439 Virginia Park 3601 Randolph Detroit. Ml 48206 Topeka, KS 66611 Epsilon Upsilon Lambda COLLEGE CHAPTERS (Flint - # 2 3 0 ) Delta Mu Billye G Thompson (Wichita State U - # 9 9 ) P O Box 1247 No Report Flint, Ml 48503 Epsilon Omicron Theta Zeta Lambda (Washburn U - # 3 2 3 ) [Ann Arbor - # 2 8 3 ) No Report William L. Harris (S) Xi Nu 2861 Eisenhower (Emporia State College # 4 9 7 ) Ann Arbor. Ml 48104 No Report
Director Ronald E Smiley 1562 Mendall St Louis. M 0 63130 COLLEGE CHAPTERS Alpha Eta (St Louis - # 2 9 ) Ronald L Moore (P) 4225 Clarence St Louis. MO 63115 Epsilon Psi (U ol Missouri - # 4 4 1 ) No Report Xi Gamma (Southeast Missouri State Micheal Hughes (S) P 0 Box 440 Cape Girardeau, M 0 63701 ALUMNI CHAPTERS Epsilon Lambda (St. Louis - # 1 0 5 ) Linnie Thigpen. Jr (CS) 1269 Hodiamont Street St Lours. M0 63112 Epsilon Eta Lambda (Charleston - # 2 1 8 ) Edward W Barrett (P) 201 W Tom Brown Street P 0 Box 171 Charleston. M0 63834
MISSOURI (CENTRALI Director Edward W Barrett (P) 201 W Tom Brown Street P 0 Box 171 Charleston, M0 63834 COLLEGE CHAPTERS Alpha Psi (Lincoln University - # 4 4 ) Reggie Williams (T) 1015 E Atchison Jefferson, M 0 65101
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Zeta Alpha (U of Missouri - #332) Elzie 6 Bailey (P) 200 Reed Hall University of Missouri Columbia. MO 65211 Iota Xi (Northeast Missouri - #410) Billy Buckner (P) Student Union Building Northeast Missouri State U Kuksville MO 63501 ALUMNI CHAPTER Beta Zeta Lambda (lefferson City - #150) Reginald Archer (CS) P 0. Bo» 462 Jefferson City, MO 65101
MISSOURI (WESTERN) Kenner Tippm Director of Admissions University of Missouri Columbia. MO 65201 COLLEGE CHAPTERS Delta Rho (U of Missouri - #303) Leonard B Bates (P) 1706 Concord Court - #204 Kansas City. MO 64110 Zeta Gamma (Central Missouri - #334) No Report ALUMNI CHAPTER Beta Lambda (Kansas City - #102) Curtis L Rogers (P) P. 0 Bo« 17395 Kansas City. M0 64130
NEBRASKA Director Ned Williams 3425 South 120th Omaha, NE 68144 COLLEGE CHAPTER M i M l (U of Nebraska - #46) Dwain Alexander, II (P) 2611 North 45th Street Omaha, NE 68131 ALUMNI CHAPTER Beta Xi Lambda (Omaha - #157) Kenneth Butts (S) 5608 Lanmore Avenue Omaha. NE 68104
Kappa Mu Lambda (Lorrain - #534) No Report
Gamma Delia Lambda (Beckley - #170) Inactive
OHIO (CENTRAL)
WISCONSIN
Director William Nelson. Ph.D. 2572 Burnaby Drive Columbus. OH 43209 COLLEGE CHAPTERS Kappa (Ohio State U - #10) No Repor] Phi (Ohio U - #20) Wuhan A. Dansby (OOP) 402 Edgewood Mansfield. OH 44907 ALUMNI CHAPTER Alpha Rho Lambda (Columbus - #138) Clarence Glover (ES) 1383 Kelton Avenue Columbus. OH 43206
Director Coleman 0 Wells 922 W Zedler Lane Milwaukee. Wl 53092 COUEGE CHAPTERS Gamma Epsilon (UW Madison - #71) No Report Epsilon Tau (UW Milwaukee - #327) No Report Zeta lota IUW Whitewatei - #340) James E Williams (P) 116 E. Concordia Milwaukee. Wl 53212 Eta Beta (WSU Platteville - #355) No Report EU Pi (WSU Oshkosh - #368) Robert Bedlord (S) 1259 Titan Court - ^ 3 Oshkosh, Wl 54901 Mu Epsilon (Carthage College - #446) No Report NuXi (Marquette U - #476) Levester Johnson (P) 26MWH«a,i«pLlC4»»-L^«f(9 ! 9,h A,enue Milwaukee. Wl 53233 Selma AL 36701 lu Omicron Delta Phi Lambda (Carroll College - #477) (Tuscaloosa - #209) No Report Eddie R lohnson (S) ALUMNI CHAPTERS 2003 - 40th Avenue Delta Chi Lambda Tuscaloosa, AL 35401 (Milwaukee - #210) Epsilon Delta Lambda No Report (Talladega - #215) Mu Eta Lambda Thomas Y Lawience, Jr. (RS) (Madison - #552) 114 Baker Stieet No Repoit Talladega. AL 35160 Theta Alpha Lambda (Gadsden - #278) No Report ALABAMA
OHIO (WEST CENTRAL) Director Edward White 5211 Big Bend Drive Dayton. OH 45427 COLLEGE CHAPTERS Xi (Wilberlorce U - #13) Maurice Mcintosh (P) Alpha House (Xi Chapter) Wilbeilorce University Wilberforce, OH 45384 Gamma Theta (U of Dayton - #74) John S Kendall (S) 241 Kennedy Union - UD 300 College Park Drive Dayton, OH 45469 COLLEGE CHAPTER Delta Xi (Central State U - #300) Calvin Collins (CS) 229 Pinn Hall Central State University Wilberforce, OH 45384 ALUMNI CHAPTERS Theta Lambda (Dayton - #108) George C Findley (P) 1820 Ruskin Road Dayton, OH 45406 Chi Lambda (Wilberforce - #121) Lee L I Ingham (S) Philosophy Department Central Slate University Wilbeilorce, OH 45384 Zeta Delta Lambda (Springfield - #237) Jake D Brewer (P) 7162 Mandrake Drive Dayton, OH 45424
Omicron Kappa 717) (Auburn U at Auburn Leotis Peterman (SL Dir.) 4340 Yorkshire Drive Montgomery. AL 36108 ALUMNI CHAPTERS Omicion Lambda (Birmingham - #114) I A. Simmons, Ir. (S) P 0 Box 3910 Bumingham, AL 35208 Alpha Nu Lambda (Tuskegee Institute - #134) Luther W Hemmons (P) P 0 Drawer BBB Tuskegee Institute. AL 36088 Alpha Upsilon Lambda (Montgomery - #141) Samuel L Jackson (S) P 0. Box 6058 Montgomery, AL 36106 Beta Omicron Lambda (Mobile - #158) Alvin I Allen (RS) 1205 St Madar Street Mobile. AL 36603 Delta Theta Lambda (Huntsville - #196) A. I. Garth (CS) P 0. Box 33 Alabama A&M University Normal. AL 35762 Delta Pi Lambda (Selma - #204)
SOUTH
Director Leotis Peterman 4340 Yorkshire Drive Montgomery, AL 36108 COLLEGE CHAPTERS Alpha Beta (Talladega College - #24) OHIO (NORTHERN) No Report Director Beta Upsilon Joe Sansbury (Alabama State U - #63) 1430 Abbington Billy Crear (P) Toledo. OH 43607 P 0 Box 28 COLLEGE CHAPTERS Alabama State University Epsilon Alpha Montgomery, AL 36195 (U of Toledo - #310) Gamma Kappa Randall Johnson (P) (Miles College - #76) 1312 Brooknew - #84 No Report OHIO (SOUTHWEST) Toledo, OH 43615 Gamma Phi Epsilon Theta Director (Tuskegee Institute - #86) Clarence Frazier (Bowling Green U - #317) John Mason (CS) 1145 Wionna Avenue J Scott Morrison (S) P 0 Box 36 Cincinnati. OH 45224 130 S Prospect Tuskegee Institute, AL 36088 COUEGE CHAPTERS Bowling Green, OH 43402 Delta Gamma ALUMNI CHAPTER Alpha Alpha (Alabama A S M - #91) Alpha Xi Lambda (U of Cincinnati - #23) Micheal Ciutchei (CS) (Toledo- #135) Oliver N Greene, Jr (CS) Jimmy Gaines (P) 340 Tuc - Univ. of Cincinnati P. 0 Box 220 Alabama A & M University 3716 Victory Cincinnati. OH 45221 Normal, AL 35762 Toledo. OH 43607 Delta Upsilon Epsilon Nu (Miami U - #306) (Stillman College - #321) OHIO (NORTHEAST) No Report David E Bennett (P) Director ALUMNI CHAPTER Box 4435 - Stillman College James 1 Rushin Delta Gamma Lambda Tuscaloosa. AL 35403 1186 Wyley Avenue (Cincinnati - #191) Theta Delia Akron, OH 44306 Ivan Reynolds (P) #379) (U of South Alabama COLLEGE CHAPTERS 650 Springer Avenue No Report Pi Cincinnati, OH 45215 lota Nu (Cleveland Slate/ WEST VIRGINIA (UAB - #409) Western Reserve - #15) Director Cleveland J Parker (P) No Report Adolphus A. Young. Jr Volker Hall - U A B Alpha Tau P 0 Box 329 P 0 Box 13 (U of Akron - #40) Bumingham. AL 35294 Keystone. WV 24852 No Report COLLEGE CHAPTERS Kappa Alpha Epsilon Delta Alpha Zeta (U of Alabama - #420) (Kent State U - #313) (West Virginia State - #28) Jeffrey Willis (CS) Edgar V Wrighl (P) Stanley Jenkins (S) P. 0 Box 7368 Box A Student Life Office University, AL 35486 P 0 Box 511 Kent State University Institute. WV 25112 Kappa Gamma Kent, OH 44242 #422) Beta Theta (U ol North Alabama lota Phi (Bluefield State - #52) Larry Hooks (P) (Mount Union College - #417) Anthony 0. Graham (P) Box 5554 - U N A No Report Box 796 Flotence, AL 35630 XiChi Nu Tau (Baldwin Wallace College - #706) Kimball, WV 24853 Nu Nu (U ot Montevallo - #481) No Report (Marshall U - #475) Leon C Ashe (CS) Omicron Epsilon James C Venable, III (OOP) Drawer "X" (Youngstown State University 1539 Ritter Blvd University of Montevallo #712) Huntington. WV 25701 Montevallo. Al 1511b Allied Bright Xi Theta Xi Beta Director of Black Studies (Concord College #493) (Troy State U - #487) Youngstown State University No Report Claude Brooks. Jr (P) Youngstown, OH 44555 ALUMNI CHAPTERS P 0 Box 154 ALUMNI CHAPTERS Alpha Zeta Lambda Troy. AL 36082 Beta Rho Lambda (Bluefield - #128) XiXi (Youngstown - #160) Adolphus A Young, Jr. (S) (Jacksonville - #498) Alfred I Bright (S) P O. Box 671 Travis Heard (P) 2237 Fifth Avenue Bluefield, WV 24701 25 Curry Court Youngstown, OH 44504 Alpha Iota Lambda Talladega. AL 35160 Delta Alpha Lambda (Charleston - #131) Omicion Alpha (Cleveland - #189) John E Scott (S) (Auburn U at Montgomery Andrew A Venable (P) P 0 Box 303 P O. Box 99551 - #708) Institute. WV 25112 Cleveland. OH 44199 Richard L Ashley Eta Tau Lambda Omicron Alpha Chapter (Akron - #273) P. 0. Box 403 Claude W Carter (P) Montgomery. AL 36101 899 Hartford Avenue Akron, OH 44320
Theta Gamma Lambda (Dothan - #280) Doc Anderson (CS) P. 0 Box 6893 Dothan. AL 36302 Kappa Nu Lambda (Leighton - #535) No Report Mu iota Lambda (Mobile - #554) Reginald Crenshaw (CS) P 0 Box 213 Mobile. AL 36601 Mu Psi Lambda (Homewood - #567) Walter E. Turner (P) P. 0 Box 2281 Birmingham. AL 35201
FLORIDA Director John C Rawls Rt. 4 - Box 183P Gainesville, FL 32601 COLLEGE CHAPTERS Beta Nu (Florida A S M - #56) Quinton Williams (CS) 1449 South M. L King Blvd Tallahassee, FL 32301 Delta Beta (Bethune Cookman - #90) Timothy A Sharp (P) 640 Second Avenue Daytona Beach. Fl 32015 Delta Psi (Florida Memorial Coll - #309) No Report EU Delta (U ol Miami - #357) Ted Nichols (A) Old Cutler Gardens 16610 SW 77 Court Miami, FL 33157 Theta Gamma (U ol South Florida - #378) No Report Theta Sigma (U of Florida - #392) David Hendeison, II (P) 1324 A SW 13th Street Gainesville, Fl 32608 lota Delta (Florida State U - #401) Earnest M Walker. Jr (S) P O. Box 7002 - FSU Tallahassee. FL 32313 Kappa Upsilon (Metropolitan - #438) No Report Mu Theta (U of West Florida - #449) No Report Xi lota (U ol Central Florida - #494) Victor T Thomas (P) P O. Box 26261 Orlando, FL 32816 Xi Kappa (Florida Inst, ol Tech - #495) No Report
ALUMNI CHAPTERS Upsilon Lambda (Jacksonville- #119) Clarence Von Bostick (AES) 2816 Ribault Scenic Drive Jacksonville. Fl 32208 Beta Beta Lambda (Miami - #146) Aubyn L. lones (P) P O Box 510027 Miami, FL 33151 Beta Delta Lambda (Daytona Beach - #148) David H. Staples (P) 803 S. Thompson Avenue Deland FL 32720 Gamma Zeta Lambda (Tampa - #172) No Repoit Gamma Mu Lambda (Tallahassee - #177) Charles R. Russell (S) 433 Mercury Drive Tallahassee. FL 32304 Delta Delta Lambda (West Palm Beach - #192) Charles White 519 19th Street West Palm Beach, FL 33407 Delta Xi Lambda (Orlando - #202) Felton A. lohnson (P) P. 0 Box 5548 Orlando. FL 32855 Epsilon Mu Lambda (Pensacola - #222) Ulysses Hughes (P) 1515 East Texai Pensacola, GA 32503 Epsilon Pi Lambda (Ocala - #226) William E. Jackson (S) 1822 SW 4th St. Ocala. Fl 32670 Zeta Alpha Lambda (Ft. Lauderdale - #234) Norbert C Williams (P) 1761 NW 7th Avenue Pompano Beach. FL 33060 Eta Kappa Lambda (ft. Pierce - #265) Havert L Fenn (S) P O Box 1271 Ft Pierce. FL 33454 Theta Eta Lambda (SI. Petersburg - #284) Frank E. Smith (RS) 4173 Beach Drive, S.E. St Petersburg, FL 33705 Iota Beta Lambda (Cocoa - #503) 1 Albert Diggs (P) P. 0. Box 1275 Cocoa. FL 32922 lota Pi Lambda (Miami - #516) Wendell H Carr (P) P. O Box 570723 Miami. FL 33157 Mu Zeta Lambda (lakeland - #551) Donzell Floyd (CS) 445 Avenue B. NE Winter Haven, fL 33880 Nu Eta lambda (Gainesville - #574) Allied C Peoples (S) 611 S.E. 13th Terrace Gainesville, FL 32601
GEORGIA Director Lorenzo Manns 4554 Moline Avenue Columbus, GA 31907 COLLEGE CHAPTERS lota (Morris Brown College #9) No Report Alpha Rho (Morehouse College • #38) Wesley L. Curl (CS) P. 0 Box 627 Morehouse College Atlanta. GA 30314 Alpha Phi (Clark College - #42) Al B. Reid (P) Clark College - Box 137 240 Chestnut St., SW Atlanta, GA 30314 Gamma Zeta (Ft Valley State - #72) Collie Craddick (P) Fort Valley State College P. O. Box 4326 Fori Valley. GA 31030 Delta Delia (Albany State - #92) Rufus Smith. Jr. (P) P 0. Box 36 - ASC Albany. GA 31705 Delia Eta (Savannah Stale Coll. - #95) Bernard Lassider (CS) Savannah State College P 0. Box 20742 Savannah. GA 31404 Zeta Mu (Georgia Stale U - #342) Vicloi M. Brown (S) 2597 Baker Ridge Road Atlanta. GA 30318
The Sphinx /Spring 1982
Zeta Pi Delta Kappa (U of Georgia - #346) (Alcorn State U - #98) Walter Jackson (P) Clifford W Gibson (S) P. 0 Box 267 2151 University Station Lorman, MS 39096 Alhens, GA 30602 Delta Phi Eta Alpha (Jackson Slate U - #307) (Paine College - #354) Larry Baggett (P) Roderick Marshall (P) P O Box 17177 - JSU Box 77 - Paine College lackson. MS 39217 Augusta. GA 30910 Theta Beta Zeta Phi (Columbus College - #377) (MS Valley State U - #351) Rothley Howard (CS) Harold 0. Willis (P) P 0 Box 12101 Box 899, MVSU Columbus. GA 31907 Itta Bena. MS 38941 lota Gamma Iola Eta (Rust College - #400) (Mercer U - #404) William C Reeves (P) Randolph Grimes (P) Rusl College - Box 481 P 0 Box 61 - Mercer U Macon, GA 31207 Holly Springs, MS 38635 Kappa Beta Mu Alpha (MS State U - #421) (Emory U - #442) No Report No Report Mu Xi Mu Gamma (Metropolitan - #454) (Georgia College - #444) Elliott T Ciook (CS) Marvin Respiess (P) 801 Memphis Stieet Box 1055 - Georgia College Hattiesbuig, MS 39401 Milledgeville. GA 31061 Nu Upsilon Mu Delta (U ol Mississippi - #482) (Georgia Southwestern - #445) No Report No Report Omicron Gamma Mu Omicron (Millsaps College - #710) (Valdosta State - #455) George C. Harris. Jr. (P) James Barber (P) 2343 Ridgeway Street VSC P. 0. Box 13 Jackson. MS 39213 Valdosta. GA 31698 Nu Gamma ALUMNI CHAPTERS (West Georgia Coll - #466) Alpha Epsilon Lambda Dennis Taylor. Ill (S) (lackson - #127) West Georgia College Robert W Harrison. Jr. (S) P 0 Box 10016 P. O Box 356 Canollton. GA 30118 Yazoo City, MS 39194 Nu Mu Epsilon Xi Lambda (Southern Tech. Inst. - #474) (Mound Bayou - #224) No Report George J. Bacon (RS) I I Tau P. 0 Box 5531 (Georgia Southern College - #703) Greenville. MS 38701 Crandall Jones (CS) Zeta Mu Lambda LB 12381 (Biloxi - #244) Georgia Southein College John R Kelly (P) Statesboro. GA 30460 40 Barbara Drive - Rte. 6 Gullpoil. MS 39503 ALUMNI CHAPTERS Eta Phi Lambda Eta Lambda (Columbus - #275) (Atlanta - #107) Johnny Johnson (P) Larry Epps (CS) P. 0 Box 92576 P 0 Box 464 Atlanta, GA 30314 Columbus. MS 39701 Alpha Chi lambda Theta Sigma Lambda (Augusta - #143) (Natchez - #294) Willie G. Marshall (FS) No Report 829 Strother Drive Mu Gamma Lambda Augusta, GA 30901 (Hattiesbuig-Lauiel - #548) Beta Phi Lambda No Report (Savannah - #164) Mu Pi Lambda Edward G Millet, Si, (P) (Brookhaven - #560) 1522 Cloverdale Drive No Report Savannah. GA 31401 Gamma Omicron Lambda NORTH CAROLINA (Albany - #180) Director Edwin Gieen (P) Dr A M Witherspoon P. O Box 4054 2701 Rolhgeb Drive Albany. GA 31706 Raleigh. NC 27610 Gamma Sigma Lambda COLLEGE CHAPTERS (Ft. Valley - #183) Alpha Omicron Clinton H. Dixon (S) (Johnson C Smith U - #36) Box 5742 FVSC Ft Valley, GA 31030 Anthony R Chinms (CS) Delta lota Lambda UPO 1035 - JCS University (Columbus - #197) Charlotte, NC 28216 Lorenzo Manns (S) Beta Epsilon 4554 Moline Avenue (AST Stale U - #49) Columbus. GA 31907 Howard I. Love, III (P) Epsilon Beta Lambda Box A M . NC AST SU (Macon - #213) Greensboro. NC 27411 Albert I Abrams (S) Beta Zeta P 0 Box 5329 (Elizabeth City State U - #50) Macon. GA 31208 No Report Eta lota Lambda Beta lota (Athens - #264) (Winston-Salem State U - #53) Hugh Goodrum (CS) Robert Phelps. Jr (P) P O Box 902 P. 0. Box 14318 - WSSU Athens, GA 30603 Winston-Salem. NC 27102 Theta Nu Lambda Beta Rho (LaGrange - #289) (Shaw U - #60) Alfred McNan (S) Anthony C Midget! (P) P 0 Box 1818 Box 1875 - Shaw University LaGrange. GA 30241 Raleigh. NC 27611 lota Gamma Lambda Gamma Beta (Brunswick - #504) (North Carolina Central U - #68) Richard Wilson (S) Rodney D Barnett (P) P. 0. Box 98 P 0 Box 19484 White Oak. GA 31568 Shepard Station -NCCU Kappa Tau Lambda Durham, NC 27707 (Valdosta - #541) Gamma Mu Calvin Willis (P) (Livingstone College - #77) 4021 Lantern Lane Reginald A. Stewart (P) Valdosta. GA 31601 Livingstone College Nu Mu Lambda Salisbury. NC 28144 (Decalur - #578) Gamma Psi Willie Lestei (P) P O Box 32607 (SI Augustine's College - #88) Decatui, GA 30034 Austin R Coopei, II (P) P. 0. Box 26611 Raleigh. NC 27611 Epsilon Zeta MISSISSIPPI (Fayetleville State U - #315) Director No Report Wiley Jones Zeta Epsilon Alcorn State University (Barber Scotia College - #336) P 0 Box 285 No Report Loiman, MS 39096 EUNu COLLEGE CHAPTERS (East Carolina U - #365) Gamma Upsilon No Repoit (Taugallo College - #85) Eta Omicron Oliver C Rice (ADV) (Noith Carolina Slate U - #367) Associate Dean of Students Charles Lewis (CS) Tougaloo College P. 0. Box 5631 Tougaloo. MS 31974 Raleigh, NC 27650
Kappa Omicion (Duke U - #433) O'laf S. Massenburg (CS) Box 4783 - Duke Station Durham, NC 27706 MuZeta (U ol North Carolina - #447) Michael Ross P. 0. Box 551 Chapel Hill. NC27514 Mu Tau (UNC - Charlotte - #459) Michael Williams (P) Mu Tau Chaptei Cone Center UNCC Station Charlotte, NC 28223 NuZeta (Western Carolina U - #469 Warren J Waller (S) P. 0. Box 543 Cullowhee, NC 28723 Xi Eta (Wake Forest U - #492) No Report Omicion Beta (Atlantic Christian - #709) No Report ALUMNI CHAPTERS Kappa Lambda (Greensboro - #110) Inman Burford (CS) P. O Box 21052 Greensboro. NC 27420 Phi Lambda (Raleigh - #120) Julius F Nimmons, !(. (P) 1517 Oakwood Avenue Raleigh, NC 27610 Alpha Pi Lambda (Winston-Salem - #137) David H Wagnei (P) 3440 Cumberland Road Winston-Salem. NC 27102 Beta Theta Lambda (Durham - #152) Jerome Coleman (S) 6113 Summerfield Drive Duiham, NC 27712 Beta Mu Lambda (Salisbury-#155) Marion B Jones (CS) 3833 Tockaseegee Road Charlotte. NC 28208 Beta Nu Lambda (Charlotte- #156) David L Gner (P) 516 Nottingham Drive Charlotte, NC 28211 Gamma Kappa Lambda (Wilmington - #176) No Report Gamma Psi Lambda (Asheville - #188) Osborne M. Hart (P) P 0 Box 787 Asheville, NC 28802 Epsilon Rho Lambda (Fayetteville - #227) Billy R King (P) 5702 Shenandoah Drive Fayetteville. NC 28304 Epsilon Sigma Lambda (Rocky Mount - #228) Lonme I Foster 1037 Shepherd Drive Rocky Mount, NC 27801 Epsilon Chi Lambda (Elizabeth City - #232) Roger A McLean (P) Box 21 - ECSU Elizabeth City. NC 27909 Zeta Eta lambda (Kinslon - #240) Wiley Hines (P) P. 0 Box 1178 Greenville. NC 27834 Eta Mu Lambda (Gastoma - #266) Joel C. Marable (S) 407 Belvedere Circle Kings Mountain. NC 28086 Theta Omicron Lambda (Goldsboro - #291) Jerry D. Johnson (S) P. 0. Box 788 Goldsboro, NC 27530 Nu lota Lambda (Kinston - #576) Herbert L Gray (S) Route 7 - Box 279 Kinston, NC 28501 Nu Kappa Lambda (Lumberton - #577) No Report
SOUTH CAROLINA Director Peter Felder P. 0. Box 41 Clallin College Oiangebuig, SC 29115 COLLEGE CHAPTERS Beta Delta (South Carolina State - #48) No Report Gamma Gamma (Allen U - #69) No Report Gamma Pi (Benedict College - #81) No Repoit Delta Alpha (Clallin College - #89) No Report
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(»oo.hees College - # 3 6 2 ) "'Hie Jefferson (OOP) 670 Porter Drive Denmark. SC 29042 Thela Nu IU ol South Carolina - # 3 8 7 ) Everett B McAllister (S)
f 0 Bo, 82899 - USC Columbia. SC 29225 Kappa Chi
P 0 Bo, 384 Florence. SC 29503 Mu Pi (Baptist College ^ # Albert A Blake (P) P 0 Bo, 460 Baptist College Charleston Nu Phi
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Bo, 655 - MTSU Murlreesboio. TN 37132 Mu Beta (UT - Martin - # 4 4 3 ) Timothy J Taylor (CS)
Director Edwin Holt 208 Piano Shreveport, LA 71103
P 0 Bo, 121
(Francis Mannn College # 4 4 0 ) Nathaniel Harlev Ir (S)
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(USC - Conway # 4 8 3 ) No Report Xi Epsilon (Morris College - # 4 9 0 ) Randolph Hudson (P) Bo< 99 - Morris College Sumter. SC 29150 XI Phi (Wmthrop College - # 7 0 5 ) Eugene Stuckey. )r (P) Wmthrop College P 0. Bo, 5018 Rock Hrll. SC 29733 W W W CHAPTERS *'Pha Psi Lambda (Columbia - # 1 4 4 ) ^ J i o e l A Heyward(P) J903 Brewer Street Co umbia. SC 29203 • ™ ,*'PPa Lambda (Charleston - # 1 5 4 , NoRepoit ' G,n, i » i Gamma Lambda (Greemntie _ # 1 6 9 )
105 Kennedy Drive tamille SC 29605 " « " » 2 . U Lambda (Orangeburg - a r i g j , " " ™ E Bovian (P P 0. Bo, "If O-angeburg, SC29115 * ™ Ksppa Umbda Florence - # 1 9 8 ) ' W P h Heyward (S) [, ° Bo, 384 Florence, SC 29503 Era Omicron Lambda («ock Hill . , 2 6 9 i m No Report
COLLEGE CHAPTERS
0 ol Tennessee at Martin Martin, TN 38238 Mu lota (Umveisity ol Tennessee at Knoxville - # 4 5 0 ) Mabiy T Roby, III (CS) 1810 Lake Avenue Knoxville TN 37916 ,a Nu " u tEta (Christian Brothers Coll - # 4 7 0 ) Tyler M. Moore 48 Bonita Avenue Memphis. TN 38109 ALUMNI CHAPTERS Tau Lambda (Nashville- #118) Arthur L Fo, (P) 105 Eaton Court Nashville. TN 37218 Psi Lambda (Chattanooga - # 1 2 2 ) John L Pitts (P) 841 Oak Sheet Chattanooga. TN 37403 Alpha Delta Lambda (Memphis - # 1 2 6 ) Jelhro J Aleiander. Jr (P) 5016 Ravensworth Drive Memphis. TN 38109 Alpha Mu Lambda' (Kno,ville - # 1 3 3 ) No Report Beta Upsilon Lambda (Jackson - # 1 6 3 ) No Report Kappa Zeta Lambda (Clarksville - # 5 2 9 ) No Report Mu Nu Lambda (Kingsport - # 5 5 7 ) No Report
Blytheville, AR 72315 COLLEGE CHAPTERS
<•'""".? W.EerupsonlS) P 0 Bo, 4134 Burton, SC 29902
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Beta Chi (Philander Smith College No Report Gamma Delta (U ol Ark at Pine Bluff - # 7 0 ) Hubert L. Brown (P) P 0. Bo, 155 - UAPB Pine Blull. AR 71601 Theta Kappa (Henderson State Coll. - # 3 8 5 ) Deltha N Harris (P) Bo, H1706 Henderson State University Arkadelphia, AR 71923 Theta Upsilon (Arkansas State U - # 3 9 4 ) Herbert Versie (P) P. 0. Bo, 1366 State University. AR 72467
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Conway. AR 72032 Kappa lota (Southern Arkansas U - # 4 2 8 ) Nashville. I N 37208 Larry D Rhodes (P) Alpha Chi P O Bo, 616 - SAU (Fisk u - # 4 3 ) Magnolia. AR 71753 Johnny Thomas (VP) Kappa Kappa P 0 Bo, 573 - Fisk Univ (U ol Arkansas - # 4 2 9 ) Nashville, TN 37203 Keith B Jenkins (P) 836 Fairview # 5 7 ) Fayetteville, AR 72701 (leMoyne-Owen College Kappa Psi Robert Hmes, III (VP) J509 Cimmaron Drive (UA Little Rock - #441) Memphis. TN 38109 No Report Beta Omicron Nu Alpha ™ « s e e State II - # 5 8 ) (Arkansas Tech U • # 4 6 4 ) " " t o n Todd, J, (P) Andre Watson (P) B O X 4 1 9 - TSU Nu Alpha Chapter Nashviite TN 37203 P 0 Bo, 1068 Russellville. AR 72801 B^'-edical
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Delta Sigma (Giambling U - # 3 0 4 ) Vincent D lackson (S) P 0 8 0 , 200 Giambling. LA 71409 Epsilon Upsilon
ALUMNI CHAPTERS Pi Lambda (Little Rock - # 1 1 5 ) Lucious Powell (P) 6 4 0 0 Shirley Drive Little Rock. AR 72204 Delta Sigma Lambda (Pine Blull - # 2 0 6 ) Charles J Wesson (P)
P. 0. Bo, 6041 Pine Bluff. AR 71611
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Theta Tau U m b d a (Helena - # 2 9 5 ) P W White. Sr (P) Theta Tau Lambda Chapter
40 MS ! B l l n <CS> r . " 0 Maple Hill " ™ P h i s . TN 3 8 ] 0 g
Route 2 - Bo, 373 Le,a. AR 72355
OKLAHOMA Director Tanzy B Lockndge P O Bo, 246 Boynton, OK 74422 COLLEGE CHAPTERS Beta Kappa [langston U - # 5 4 ) No Repoit Epsilon Epsilon (Oklahoma State U No Report
#314)
Zeta Zeta (U ot Oklahoma - # 3 3 7 ) Bruce A Nolan (ADV) 10717 N Western - Apt C Oklahoma City. OK 73114 Zeta Sigma (Central State U - # 3 4 8 ) Keith Biglow (CS) 142 Thatcher Hall - SWRCSU Edmond. OK 73034 Zeta Upsilon (Northeastern State Coll - # 3 5 0 )
(SUN0 - # 3 2 8 ) No Report Zeta Xi (USL - # 3 4 4 ) Ercell B Charles (P)
P 0 Bo, 4-1889 Lalayette, LA 70504 Eta Kappa (Louisiana Tech U - # 3 6 3 ) Byron 1 Ba|Oie (VP) Louisiana Tech University P 0. Bo, 3129 T. S Ruston. LA 71272
No Report Eta Theta (East Central State - # 3 6 1 ) No Report Kappa Epsilon (Cameron U - # 4 2 4 ) No Report Omicron Nu (University ol Tulsa -719) Tanzy B Lockndge (St. Dir.) Bo, 246 Boynton OK 74422 ALUMNI CHAPTERS Alpha Tau U m b d a (Tulsa - # 1 4 0 ) Percy I Perry (CS) 3644 N Louisville Tulsa, OK 74115 Beta Epsilon U m b d a
(Boley- #149) #39b)
(Nicholls State U - # 4 3 0 ) [mile C. Nelson (VP) P. O Bo, 2209 - NSU Thibodau, LA 70310 Kappa Nu # 6 5 ) (Southeastern Louisiana - # 4 3 1 No Report Nu Psi
1413 Lee Circle South
f™aB"WStrothe,s(P) I't Brookgate Dr Forestbiook J V I I e Beach, SC 29577 w Gamma Lambda (Beautor! 552)
New Orleans. LA 70122
New Orleans. LA 70118 Theta Chi (Northwestern State U No Report Kappa Mu
Director Robert Jones
•J" Epsilon Umbda (Conwa, - * 5 5 0 )
Beta Tau (Xaviei U - # 6 2 ) No Repoit R.r a Phi " ™ ™ (Dillard U - # 6 4 ) Frederick R A Douglas (S) P 0 Bo, 1108 - Dillard U
Chi (Northeast Louisiana - # 3 7 4 ) Kenneth Fieeman (D0P) Bo, 40 - Northeast Louisiana U Monroe, LA 71209 Theta Theta (McNeese State U - # 3 8 3 ) No Report Theta Phi (U ol New Orleans - # 3 9 5 ) Timothy C Crawtord (P) 8402 Duon
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Beta Sigma (Southern U - # 6 1 ) Kelvin Riggs (CS) P 0. Bo, 9929 - Southern U Baton Rouge, LA 70813
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Nu Alpna Lamooa (Marrero - # 5 6 8 ) . No Report Nu Theta Lambda (St Martinville - # 5 7 5 ) Alvin Wiltz (P) 832 Begnaud Street Breau, Bridge, LA 70517 Nu Sigma U m b d a (Natchitoches - # 5 8 4 ) Hampdyn 1 William (P) 445 Johnson Drive Natchitoches LA 71457
Mu Omicron Lambda
(Vanderbill U - # 4 2 7 ) (Blytheville - # 5 5 9 ) No Report Joe A. Gay (S) Kappa Xi 107 Paikway (Middle Tennessee Stale -#432)Osceola, AR 72370 Rutherford Overton (P)
(Louisiana State U - # 4 8 5 ) Keith L Anderson (CS) P 0 Bo, 20470 - LSU Baton Rouge, LA 70893 ALUMNI CHAPTERS Sigma U m b d a (New Orleans - # 1 1 7 ) Desmond B Abies (S) 4634 Francis Drive New Orleans, LA 70126 Beta lota Lambda (Baton Rouge - # 1 5 3 ) Henry A Young (P) S U. Post Office Bo, 9564 Baton Rouge, LA 70813 Delta Upsilon Lambda (Shreveport - # 2 0 8 ) James C Leary (11 2961 Looney Street Shreveport. LA 71103 Epsilon Kappa Lambda (Grambhng - # 2 2 1 ) Allen Williams (P) P 0 Bo, 604 Grambhng LA 71245 Epsilon Psi U m b d a (Alexandria - # 2 3 3 ) Arthur L Allen (P) 2929 Wise Street Alexandria. LA 71301 Zeta Chi U m b d a (Bogalusa - # 2 5 4 ) No Repoit Zeta Psi U m b d a (Lake Charles - # 2 5 5 ) Roberl P Bone. Ji (CS) P 0 Bo, 1102 Lake Charles. LA 70601 EU Gamma Lambda (Lalayette - # 2 5 8 ) Richard Travers (S) 443 LaSalle Street St Martinville, LA 70582 Eta Delta U m b d a (Monioe - # 2 5 9 ) Milton A Jackson, Sr (CS) P 0 Bo, 815 Monioe, LA 71201 Iota Xi U m b d a (Opelousas - # 5 1 4 ) Donald J Bush (T) P 0 Bo, 329 Opelousas. LA 70570
L G Ashley (S) P O Bo, 247 Boley, OK 74829 Beta Eta U m b d a (Oklahoma City - # 1 5 1 ) Ellon N Matthews (P) Route 4 - Bo, 667A Oklahoma City, OK 73111 Beta Chi U m b d a (Muskogee - # 1 6 5 ) Jimmie L White, Jr (S)
Bo, 26 Warner. OK 74469 Zeta Gamma U m b d a (Langston - # 2 3 6 ) Raymond Johnson, Jr (P) 713 North 24th West Avenue Tulsa OK 74123 EU Xi U m b d a (Lawton-Ft Sill - # 2 6 8 ) Charles King. Jr (P) P 0 Bo, 5752 Lawton, OK 73504
TEXAS Directoi A L Mackey 6801 Williamette Austin, TX 78723 COLLEGE CHAPTERS Delia (Huston-Tillotson College - # 4 ) No Report Alpha Sigma (Wiley College - # 3 9 ) lames R Pope (P) Men's Dorm - Wiley College Marshall, IX 75670 Gamma Alpha (Te,as College - # 6 7 ) Marcus G Conard (P) 1221 W Nutbush Tyler. TX 75702 DelU Theta (Te,as Southern U - # 9 6 ) Darryl Thurman TSU. Bo, 748 Houston, TX 77004 Epsilon Gamma (Bishop College - # 3 1 2 ) Clifford Nelson (P) 3837 Simpson Stuart Road P 0 Bo, 233 Dallas, TX 75241 Epsilon lota (U ol Texas - # 3 1 8 ) Pervis E Cooper (S) University ol Texas University Staton Bo, 242 Austin, TX 78712 Epsilon Rho (Lamar Tech - # 3 2 5 ) No Report
Epsilon Sigma (St Maiy's U - # 3 2 6 ) No Repoit Zeta Kappa (UT-EI Paso - # 3 4 1 ) No Report Zeta Tau (East Te,as State - # 3 4 9 ) Gurllermo A Birmingham (P) P. O. Bo, S - E.T Station Commerce TX 75428 ZeU Chi (UTArlington - # 3 5 2 ) Darryl W Brewer (P) Zeta Ch. Chaptei 503 S Oak Street Arlington, TX 76010 EU Gamma (Ptaine View - # 3 5 6 ) No Report E U Epsilon (North Tews State - # 3 5 8 ) Rodney R Cooksy (P) P 0 Bo, 5493 - N T Station Denton, TX 76201 Eta Mu (U ot Houston - # 3 6 4 ) Mernl D Wade (VP) 8 0 , 103 UC University of Houston Houston TX 77004 E U Upsilon (Te,as Tech U - # 3 7 2 ) Tarhan Burnett (S) Bo, 1 - Student Life Office te,as Tech University Lubbock. TX 79409 E U Psi (Texas Christian U - # 3 7 5 ) No Report TheU Alpha (Jams Christian College - # 3 7 6 ) No Repoit TheU Mu (Sam Houston SUte U - # 3 8 6 ) Wilbert Frank, )r (P) Frels Apartment - # 2 4 7 Huntsville, TX 77341 loU Kappa (Paul Quinn College - # 4 0 7 ) No Repoit loU Mu (SF Austin SUte U - # 4 0 8 ) Alton L Frailey (P) Route 10 - Bo, 6120 Nacogdoches TX 75961 loU Omicron
TheU DelU U m b d a (El Paso - # 2 8 1 ) Call D Langston (Si 11104-C Vista Lago Place El Paso, TX 79936 TheU Kappa Lambda (Lubbock - # 2 8 7 ) No Report Kappa Gamma U m b d a (Texarkana - # 5 2 6 ) No Report Kappa Sigma Lambda (Killen - # 5 4 0 ) No Report Mu Rho U m b d a (Longview - # 5 6 1 ) No Report Nu Pi U m b d a (Arlington - # 5 8 2 ) John Hanson (P) P O Box 120221 Arlington TX 76012 Xi BeU U m b d a Ernest Davis (P) P 0 Box 1249 Temple TX 76501
WEST ARIZONA/UTAH/NEVADA Director Felix Goodwin 7065 N. SUrdust Tucson. A2 85718 COLLEGE CHAPTERS ZeU TheU (U ot Arizona - # 3 3 9 ) Bryan Spencer (P) SUPO Box 10860 Tucson. AZ 8 5 7 2 0 l o U Upsilon (Utah State U - # 4 1 6 ) No Repoit Mu EU (Arizona SUte U - # 4 4 8 ) Paul C. Haskms (S) 401 East Apache lempe AZ 85281 ALUMNI CHAPTERS DelU Tau U m b d a (Phoenix - # 2 0 7 ) William Corbin (CS) 2401 W Cheery Lynn Road Phoenix, AZ 85015 E U Psi U m b d a (Tucson - # 2 7 7 ) Richard Davis (CS) 5620 E S Wilshne Drive Tucson, AZ 85711 TheU Pi U m b d a ( U s Vegas - # 2 9 2 ) No Report
(Southern Melhodisl U - # 4 1 1 ) No Report Kappa Sigma (West Te,as SUte - # 4 3 6 ) No Repoit Mu Nu (Southwest Texas State - # 4 5 3 ) CALIFORNIA (CENTRAL) Ronald Lewis Director Mu Nu Chaptei LBJ Student Center - SW Te,as Earwin (Earl) McCullar 3762 N Cedar S t r e e t - # 1 1 3 San Marcos, IX 78666 Fresno, CA 93726 ALUMNI CHAPTERS COLLEGE CHAPTER Alpha EU U m b d a Epsilon BeU (Houston - # 1 2 9 ) (Fresno SUte - # 3 1 1 ) Donald L Bonner (CS) No Report 16522 Quail Briar Drive Missouri City. TX 77589 Alpha Sigma Lambda (Dallas - # 1 3 9 ) No Report
ALUMNI CHAPTERS loU Nu U m b d a (Fresno - # 5 1 3 ) No Report
BeU Tau Lambda (Ft Worth - # 1 6 2 ) Turner White. Jr. (CS)
Kappa E U U m b d a (Bakeisfield - # 5 3 0 ) LeCostel Hailey (P) Kappa EU Lambda
3001 W Noimandale Fort Worth, TX 76116 Gamma E U Lambda (Austin - # 1 7 3 ) No Repoit Gamma Pi U m b d a (Galveston - # 1 8 1 ) Edw3id L Clack (T) P 0 Bo, 3429 Galveston. TX 77552 Gamma Tau U m b d a (Beaumont - # 1 8 4 ) No Report Gamma Upsilon Lambda (Marshall - # 1 8 5 ) S A Anderson (P) 114 Fishei Drive Marshall. TX 75670 DelU Rho Lambda (San Antonio - # 2 0 5 ) No Repoit Epsilon Alpha U m b d a
(Tylei - #212) Andrew R Melontree (P) 2801 N Whitten Tylei. TX 75702 Epsilon Epsilon Lambda (Waco - # 2 1 6 ) No Report Epsilon Tau U m b d a (Prairie View - # 2 2 9 ) Jiles P Daniels (P)
P O Bo, 2241 Piaine View, TX 77445 Epsilon Phi U m b d a (Poit Arthur - # 2 3 1 ) Kukland C. Jones (P) 4005 Procter Street Beaumont, TX 77705 ZeU Tau U m b d a (Amanllo - # 2 5 1 ) No Repoit E U Upsilon Lambda (Odessa - # 2 7 4 ) No Repoit
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P 0 Box 2114 Bakerslield, CA 93303
CALIFORNIA (NORTHERN) Director Joe C Thomas 208 Chadwick Way Bemcia. CA 94510 COUEGE CHAPTERS Alpha Epsilon (UC Berkeley - # 2 7 ) Inactive DelU Omicron (Stanlord - # 3 0 1 ) Inactive Epsilon Mu (San Jose SUte U - # 3 2 0 ) Geollry K. Hutto (VP) 2415 Rmconada Drive - # 8 5 San Jose, CA 95125 Nu Sigma (Stanlord - # 4 8 0 ) No Report Xi Pi (Haywaid - # 7 0 0 ) Larry Bates (T) 1461 Alice Street - # 3 0 1 Oakland, CA 94612 Xi Rho (San Francisco - # 7 0 1 ) Tony P McDonald (P) 1600 Holloway Avenue San Francisco CA 94132 Xi Upsilon (California Polytechnic - # 7 0 4 ) David A. Tucker (P) 757 Los Osos Valley Road - # 3 Los Osos, CA 93402 ALUMNI CHAPTERS Gamma Phi U m b d a (Berkeley - # 1 8 6 ) Herman Long (P) 10820 Cameron Avenue Oakland, CA 94605
Gamma Chi U m b d a (San Francisco - # 1 8 7 ) William H Powell (P) 438 Cedar Hill Drive San Rafael CA 94903 EU Sigma U m b d a (San lose - # 2 7 2 ) Richard Terrell (P) 4959 Massachusetts Drive San Jose, CA 95136 Theta Beta Lambda (Oakland - #2791 Inactive
Mu Sigma U m b d a (Culver City - # 5 6 2 ) Michael Roberts (S) University of Southern Calif 909 W Adams Blvd Los Angeles. CA 90007 Nu Tau Umbda (Orange County - # 5 8 5 ) Randolph B Macon (P) 13122 Aspenwood Avenue N Gaiden Giove CA 92640
Kappa Alpha U m b d a (Monterey - # 5 2 4 ) Al Glover (P) P 0 Box 1128 Seaside. CA 93955 Kappa Omicron U m b d a (Valleio - # 5 3 7 ) Henry W Elliott Si (P) 110 Cook Circle Valleio. CA 94590
Director Phillip Cochran 1165 Drexel Street Boulder, CO 80303 COLLEGE CHAPTER (Alpha l o U - # 3 1 ) No Report ALUMNI CHAPTERS Delta Psi Umbda (Denvei - # 2 1 1 ) Ben F Boyd. )r (CS) P O Box 2975 Denver, CO 80201 loU Omicron Lambda (Colorado Springs - # 5 1 5 ) James F Poole (P) 90 Foidham Circle Pueblo VO 81005 Mu Upsilon U m b d a (Bouldei - # 5 6 4 ) Walter A Roberts, Jr. (S) P 0 Box 2158 Boulder CO 80303
COLORADO
CALIFORNIA (SACRAMENTO) Director Herman A Sanders 1128 Webei Way Sacramento, CA 95822 COLLEGE CHAPTERS TheU E U (UC Davis - # 3 8 2 ) Tony Kinslow (CS) 2400 Sierra Blvd - # 1 0 0 Sacramento, CA 95825 Nu Chi (U ol the Pacific - # 4 8 4 ) No Report ALUMNI CHAPTERS ZeU BeU U m b d a (Sacramento - # 2 3 5 ) Wilbui A Beckwith (P)
HAWAII Director C Edward Smgei 410 Magellan Stieet Honolulu HI 96813
913 GreensUr Way Sacramento, CA 95831 Nu Beta Lambda (Stockton - # 5 6 9 ) No Report
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ALUMNI CHAPTER Mu BeU U m b d a (Honolulu - # 5 4 7 ) Clifton R Johnson (P) 600 Gorgas Road Wahiawa. HI 96786
CALIFORNIA (SAN DIEGO) Director
NEW MEXICO
Rufus Dewitt 4937 Dafter Drive San Diego, CA 92041
Director Boyd lackson 1305 Evelyn Court. NE Albuquerque NM 87112
COLLEGE CHAPTER Eta Sigma (Metro San Diego - # 3 7 0 ) David Catline (P) 5710 Baltimore - # 4 2 1 La Mesa CA 92901
COLLEGE CHAPTER Omicron DelU (University ol New Mexico Tedman L Vance (P) 4125 Lead. SE - # 2 1 2 Albuquerque NM 87108
ALUMNI CHAPTER ZeU Sigma U m b d a (San Diego - # 2 5 0 ) Sam Thomas (P) 7594 Caieybrook Lane San Diego. CA92114
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ALUMNI CHAPTER lota Psi Umbda (Albuquerque - # 5 2 3 ) Thurmon L DeLoney. Ill (P) P 0 Bo, 5435 Kirtland AFB, NM 87115
CALIFORNIA (SOUTHERN)
WASHINGTON/OREGON
Director G Bernard Brown 3946 S Burnside Los Angeles, CA 90008
Director Herberl SUrke 15013 SE 171st Street Renton, WA 98055
COLLEGE CHAPTERS Alpha Delta
COLLEGE CHAPTERS
(USC - # 2 6 ) Deryl K Deese (P) 6518 Bedlord Los Angeles, CA 90056 Gamma Xi (UCLA - # 7 9 ) Eric L White (P) 1825 Beloit -11 Los Angeles. CA 90025 lota Chi (U ol Red lands - # 4 1 8 ) No Report l o U Psi (California Polytechnic U Bill Relefoid (P)
Alpha Xi (U ol Washington - # 3 5 ) Raymond E C Gakins (P) 3710 26th Place W - # B 6 Seattle WA 98199 BeU Psi (U of Oregon - # 6 6 ) Inactive
loU Tau (Eastern Washington U Michael C Finley (P) P 0 Box 2213 CS Pullman. WA 99163 #419)
P 0 Box 1742 Pomona. CA 91769 Mu Kappa (UC SanU Barbara - # 4 5 1 ) No Report Mu Chi (Cal State Long Beach - # 4 6 2 ) Thomas C Robinson (FS) 466 W Caldwell Street Compton. CA 90220 Omicron EU (University ol California Irvine - # 7 1 4 ) No Repoit ALUMNI CHAPTERS BeU Psi U m b d a (Los Angeles - # 1 6 6 ) Homei Mason (P) P O Box 75367 Los Angeles, CA 90075 E U Pi U m b d a (Pasadena - # 2 7 0 ) Jerome K Cannon (P) P 0 Box 1884 AlUdena. CA 91001 l o U ZeU U m b d a (Compton - # 5 0 7 ) Beime Hildreth (CS) 323 Warren Lane - # 2 5 Inglewood. CA 9030Z Mu Xi U m b d a (Rialto - # 5 5 8 ) No Report
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ALUMNI CHAPTERS Epsilon ZeU Umbda (Portland - # 2 1 7 ) James A Davis. Jr (S) 14245 SW Walker Road - # 1 2 Beaverton, OR 97006 ZeU Pi Lambda (Seattle - # 2 4 8 ) Tommy L Bogan (P) 3543 S Dawson Street Seattle, WA 98118 lota Mu Umbda (Tacoma - # 5 1 2 ) Joseph E Green, Jr loU Mu Lambda Chapter P 0 Box 171 - Fernhill Stn Tacoma. WA 98498 Nu Epsilon U m b d a (Richland - # 5 7 2 ) Irvine Z Stone, tr (S) 171 Edgewood Drive Richland, WA 99352 Nu Phi Umbda (Spokane - # 5 8 7 ) lames M Sims (P) P 0 Box 1055 Spokane. WA 99210
ALASKA Dnectoi To be Announced Nu ZeU Lambda (Anchorage - # 5 7 3 ) Frederick D Johnson (P) 400 West 76th St - # 2 1 0 Anchorage. AK 99502
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