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Alpha Men
Alpha Men are on the forefront of social change in America. Although we all pursue goals in diverse fields of interest, we share a common mission in uplifting the economic condition of all our people. It is simply not enough for an Alpha Man to obtain a college degree, still a larger task remains. An Alpha Man must provide sound leadership in his community, being committed to service.
He is charged to lend a hand to his fellow man. Civic Leaders Martin Luther King Jr. : Civil Rights activist Lester Granger : National Urban League Frederick Douglass : Anti-Slavery activist Charles Hamilton Houston : NAACP Legal Counsel Hugh B. Price - Executive Director : National Urban League Whitney M. Young Jr. - Executive Director : National Urban League Adam Clayton Powell Jr. : Civil Rights Activist Thurgood Marshall : Civil rights activist, supreme court justice Paul Robeson : Activist, scholar, singer, football player Dick Gregory : Activist Education/Scholarship Julius L. Chambers : Chancellor, North Carolina Central University James Check : Howard University Thomas W. Cole, Jr. : President , Clark-Atlanta University Thomas W. Cole, Sr. : President, Wiley College James Costen,: President Interdenominational Theological Ctr. William B. DeLauder : President, Delaware State University James Douglas : President, Texas Southern University Norman Francis : President, Xavier University John Hope Franklin : Author, Historian William Gray : United Negro College Fund Cornelius Henderson : President, Gammon Theological Seminary Ernest Hollway : President, Langston University Freeman A Hrabowski, III : President, University of Maryland Balto. County Fredrick Humphries : President, Florida A&M University Thomas F. Law : President, St. Paul's College Joseph T. McMillan, Jr. : President, Huston-Tillotson College Frederick Patterson : Founder, United Negro College Fund Benjamin Payton : President, Tuskegee University Henry Ponder : President, Fisk University, NAFEO Earl Richardson : President, Morgan State Uiversity Dr. Ronald J. Temple : Chancellor City Colleges of Chicago Walter Washington : President , Alcorn State University Charles H. Wesely : Historian, President , Cental Ohio State College Franklin Williams : Phelps-Stokes Fund Cornel West : Professor African-Ameican Studies at Harvard University Dennis Kimbrough - Author Walter Kimbrough - Author Military Roscoe Cartwright : General, United States Army Samuel Gravel : Admiral, United States Navy Edward Honor : Major General, United States Army Adm. Samuel Gravely Rear Adm. Benjamin Hacker Major General Edward Honor Major General James McCall Commander Winston Scott Science/Medicine Dr. Lessall D. Leffall : President American College of Surgeons James Comer : Psychologist Garrett Morgan : Inventor, Traffic Signal Louis Sullivan : Secretary of Health and Education Levi Watkins : Chief of Cardiovascular Surgery, John Hopkins Hospital Government/Politics O. Rudolph Aggrey : U. S. Ambassador to Romania Dennis Archer : Mayor of Detroit Michigan Richard Arrington : Mayor of Birmingham, Alabama Thomas V. Barnes : Mayor of Gary, Indiana Marion Barry : Mayor of Washington, D.C. Edward W. Brooke : U.S. Senate, Massachusetts Lee P. Brown : Office of National Drug Control Policy/War on Drugs Program Willie Brown : Mayor of San Francisco Rev. Emmanuel Cleaver : Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri U. W. Clemon : Federal Judge, U.S. District Court William Coleman : U.S. Secretary of Transportation Charles H. Davenport : First African-American Police Chief of Vicksburg, Mississippi Ronald Dellums : California, 9th District David Dinkins : Former mayor of New York Julian Dixon : California, 32nd District Chaka Fattah : Pennsylvania Congressman Ernest Finney : South Carolina Supreme Court Justice Rep. Harold Ford : Tennessee, 9th District William H. Gray : U.S. House of Representatives, Pennsylvania Earl Hilliard : Alabama, 7th District Maynard Jackson : Former Mayor of Atlanta James A. Joseph : U. S. Ambassador to the Republic of South Africa Ralph Metcalfe : U.S. House of Representatives, Illinois Earnest "Dutch" Morial : 1st Black mayor of New Orleans Marc Morial : Former Mayor of New Orleans Samuel Pierce : U.S. Secretary of HUD Charles Price : Ciruit Court Judge, Montgomery County, Maryland Charles Rangle : Congressman, New York 15th District Norman Rice : Mayor of Seattle Washington Eugene Sawyer : Mayor of Chicago, Illinois Robert "Bobby" Scott : 1st Black Congressman since Reconstruction Robert C. Scott : Virginia, 3rd Distinct Bennett Stewart : U.S. House of Representatives, Illinois Andrew Young : Former Mayor of Atlanta /UN Ambassador Hubert H. Humphrey: Former Vice President of United States of America Judge Joe Brown: Judge and Television Host Christopher Darden: Attorney KWame Kilpatrick - Mayor of Detroit Business Henry Brown : VP Marketing Anheuser Bush Thomas Burrell : CEO, Burrell Advertising W. Melvin Brown : CEO, American Development Corporation Eugene Jackson : CEO, World African Network Charles James, III : CEO, James Produce John H. Johnson : Publisher and Founder of Johnson Publications Nathaniel Goldston : CEO & Founder, Gourmet Services, Inc., Delano Lewis : President, National Public Radio (NPR) Henry Parks : Founder, Parks Sausages, Inc. Joshua Smith : CEO, Maxima Corporation Entertainment Duke Ellington : Jazz musician Quincy Jones : Musician/Composer Tony Brown : Journalist/Producer Countee Cullen : Poet Donny Hathaway : Musician Eugene Jackson : National Black Network Chuck Stone : Philadelphia Daily News Daryl Bell : Actor Lionel Richie : Singer Stuart Scott : Sportscenter Anchormen Gerald Albright : Jazz Musician Lionel Hampton : Bandleader Keith Garrett : Executive Producer, Martin Network Television Marc Gay : Singer, R&B group: SHAI Mal Goode : First Afican-American Network Reporter Carl Martin : Singer, R&B group: SHAI Darnell Van Rensalier : Singer, R&B group: SHAI Keenan Ivory Wayans Religious Bishop John Hurst Adams - President of the Congress of Black Churches Harold Davis - President, American Baptist Churches T.J. Jemison - President of the National Baptist Convention, USA Inc. E. Edward Jones - President of the National Baptist Convention, America Wyatt Tee Walker - Executive Assisstant of M.L. King Jr. in Southern Christian Leadership Conference Sports Jesse Owens : Olympic gold medalist Eddie Robinson : Winningest coach in college football history Lenny Wilkens : Winningest coach in NBA history Rosie Greer : NFL Player Art Shell : NFL Former Player, and Coach Todd Day : NBA Player John "Hot Rod" Williams : NBA Player Wes Chandler : San Diego Chargers Fritz Pollard (First Black Head Coach in NFL history Gene Upshaw : President of NFL Players Association Reggie Williams : Cincinatti Bengals Quinn Buckner : Former NBA Player and Coach Wes Unseld : Former NBA Player and Coach Mike Powell : World Record Track Star John O. Brown - Basketball Coach, Dilliard University Greg Coleman - NFL's First African-American Punter Wayne Embry - General Manager NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers Charles Haley - Player, NFL's Dallas Cowboys Carnell Lake - NFL Pittsburgh Steelers Eddie Tolan - 1932 Olympic Gold Medalist, Track and Field Eric Wright - Player NFL's San Francisco '49ers |
Education:
Floyd Flake - President Wilberforce University Charles Kidd - Former President of York College Politics: Gregory Meeks - Congressman - US House of Representives Religion: Rev. Otis Moss, Jr. Rt. Rev. H. H. Brookins, AME Bishop Rev. Theodore Jemison Rt. Rev. Phillip Cousins, AME Bishop Rev. E. Edward Jones Rev. Wyatt Tee Walker Rt. Rev. John Hurst Adams Rev. James A. Forbes, Jr. Rev. Dr. Frederick G. Sampson Rev. J. Alfred Smith Rt. Rev. Vinton Anderson Rev. Frederick Douglas Haynes, III Rev. Dr. T. Garrott Benjamin, Jr. Rt. Rev. Donald Ming Rt. Rev. Frank Cummings Rev. Dr. Joseph Samuel Ratliff Rev. Cecil Murray; First AME Church Rev. Harold Davis, Amer. Baptist Churches Business Robert L. Coleman; CEO - Wittnauer Watch Charles D. Watkins; Vice Chm - Wittnauer Nathaniel Gholston; CEO Gourmet Svcs. William Pickard; Businessman Elliott Hall; VP Ford Motor Co. |
sphinxpoet,
I sent you a PM regarding the link to my chapter's website, which included photos of many of the Brothers listed here. Unfortunately, your PM box was full. I am not sure why it was deleted, but here it is again: http://alpha.mulambda.org/prominent.html |
Hubert Humphrey??? Was he an honorary?
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Brother Humprhy was also a life member and attended conventions of the Fraternity.
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Hi Lawrence Ross, I bought your book when it first came out.
I am not an Alpha, but an Omega. I wanted to ask you a question. On page 353 of your book, John Johnson says that Norman Manley was in a fraternity. Was the Prime Minister of Jamaica Norman Manley really in a fraternity? The reason why I am asking this is because I am Jamaican also. |
Blackbird:
I know you addressed this to Lawrence, but Norman Manley was definitely in a fraternity -- he was an Alpha man! :D |
I was watching Real Time with Bill Mahar last night(one of my favorite shows) and Brother Kwame Kilpatrick was on there and he as usual was excellent. Catch it on HBO if you can!
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Todd Duncan, the first Porgy in "Porgy and Bess." Also the first African American accepted into the New York City Opera. Taught voice at Howard University and lived to the ripe old age of 95.
And of course, a Brother of Mu Lambda Chapter. |
Updated Info
Alpha Brothers currently serving as
President or in Leadership of Higher Educational Institutions. Dr. Burnett Joiner - President - Livingston College & Hood Theological Seminary-Salisbury, NC Calvin Burnett - President- Coppin State College - Baltimore, MD Oswald P. Bronson, Sr., Ph.D - .President - Bethune-Cookman College - Daytona Beach, FL Dr. David George Carter - President - Eastern Connecticut State University - Willimantic,Connecticut Julius L. Chambers, ESQ -Chancellor - President - North Carolina Central University - Durham, NC Dr. Thomas Cole Jr., President-Clark-Atlanta University, Atlanta,Georgia Alvin A. Cleveland - President - Selma University - Selma, AL Brother Ronald Crutcher -Provost - Miami University (OH) - Miami, Ohio William B. DeLauder, Ph.D.- President - Delaware State University- Dover, DE Dr. Larry L. Earvin - President - Huston-Tillotson College - Austin, Texas Dr. Dwight Fennell - President - Paul Quinn College - Dallas, Texas Floyd Flake - President - Wilberforce University - Wilberforce, Ohio Dr. Elson Floyd - President-University of Missouri -Columbia, Missouri Norman C. Francis, J.D.- President - Xavier University of Louisiana - New Orleans, LA James R. Gavin, III, M.D., Ph.D.- President - Morehouse School of Medicine- Atlanta, Georgia Antoine M. Garibaldi, Ph.D - President - Gannon University - Erie, Pennsylvania Dr. Jerry L. Hardee, President - Sherman College - Spartanburg, South Carolina Robert L. Head - President - Urbana University - Urbana, Ohio Dr. David Henson -President -Lincoln University-Jefferson City, Missouri Ernest L. Holloway, Ph.D.- President - Langston University- Langston, OK Freeman A. Hrabowski, III - President - University of Maryland Baltimore, County (UMBC) - Baltimore, MD Dr. William T. Keaton - President -Arkansas Baptist College - Little Rock, Arkansas Dr. Harold L Martin, Sr. - President - Winston-Salem State University - Winston-Salem, NC Wesley Cornelious McClure, Ed.D. - President - Lane College - Jackson, TN Benjamin F. Payton, Ph.D.- President -Tuskegee University - Tuskegee, AL Dr. W. Clinton Pettus - President - Cheyney University of Pennsylvania -Cheyney Pennsylvania Henry Ponder, Ph.D.- President - Talladega College - Talladega, Alabama Dr. Frank G. Pogue, - President - Edinboro University of Pennsylvania - Edinboro, Pennsylvania Earl Richardson, Ed.D.- President - Morgan State University - Baltimore, MD Louis W. Sullivan, M.D.- President Emeritus - Morehouse School of MedicineAtlanta, GA Albert E. Smith - President - Florida Memorial College-Miami, FL Dr. John K. Waddell - President - St. Paul's College- Lawrenceville, Virginia Dr. James Wingate, Jr., Ph.D -.President - LeMoyne-Owen College - Memphis, TN College Vice Presidents: Dr. Wayne Brumfield- Vice President , University of Louisiana at Monroe, Monroe, LA Bruce Crawford - Vice-President, Lawson State Community College, Birmingham, AL Dr. Walter M. Kimbrough-Vice President, Albany State University, Albany, Georgia |
Eddie Robinson was listed this week as #9 on ESPN's 25 Best Coaches In The Last 25 Years list. What makes this especially phenomenal is that the list includes coaches from all sports, all levels, not just college football. Needless to say, he's also the only African-American on the list. Check out the article and pass the word!
ETA updated link http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/espn2.../25bestcoaches |
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