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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. and Masons Join Forces to Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day
On January 15, 2012, graduate and undergraduate Alpha Kappa Alpha women along with the men of the Jericho Lodge #20, Free and Accepted Masons, Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of PA partnered to celebrate the life Martin Luther King Jr. The event was held at Barack Obama Academy of International Studies. The event opened [...]
Knoxville Alumni Alphas Receive Outstanding Alumni Chapter of the Year Award
Source The Alpha Mu Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. won the 2011 Outstanding Alumni Chapter of the Year Award at its district convention in Johnson City. The Knoxville chapter has been in existence since 1930. The criteria for the award is based on fraternity and community service, as well as developing programs [...]
Police Investigate Death of Alpha Frater Dwyone Joiner
Source Family, friends and the Cody High School community are mourning the loss of a long-time teacher. The body of 33-year-old Dwyone Joiner was found in his Sussex Street home in Detroit Wednesday. Detroit Police say he was killed from a gun shot wound, but investigators are not releasing any other details into the death. [...]
Remembering King: Classmates, colleagues recall influence
Source A classmate. A fraternity brother. A colleague in the American struggle for civil rights. A high school student. Their lives intersected with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Decades later, on the holiday celebrating King’s life and the civil rights movement he led, these contemporaries of King recall how the young preacher from Atlanta [...]
Obituary: Alpha Frater Dr. Worthie R. Springer, 80
Source A Little Rock Pioneer in medicine dies on New Year’s Day. Dr. Worthie R. Springer is one of the first African American graduates from UAMS and spent most of his life using his degree to help others. Dr. Springer died at the age of 80. He practiced medicine for more than 50 years in [...]
Alpha Phi Alpha hosts district conference in Johnson City
Source Alpha Phi Alpha, the first intercollegiate fraternity founded by African-American men, held its annual Tennessee District Conference in Johnson City for the Association of Tennessee Alphamen on Nov. 17-20. More than 200 Alpha men were in attendance. Among them was ETSU’s Sigma Beta Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha which was the host chapter for the conference and also [...]
The NPHC of Marquette University Presents The 2012 Brew City Stomp Down Step Show
The National Pan-Hellenic Council of Marquette University Presents The 2012 Brew City Stomp Down Step Show Sponsored By City Year Milwaukee On Saturday, February 4, 2012, the National Pan-Hellenic Council of Marquette University once again brings you Wisconsin’s largest step show- and this time it’s BETTER THAN EVER. Featuring the organizations of the Divine Nine: Alpha [...]
Obituary: Alpha Frater Royzell Dillard, Hampton University Choir Director
Source Hampton University’s choir director died Thursday, according to a news release from the University. Royzell L. Dillard was a faculty member at Hampton for 25 years. He served as the Assistant Professor of Music, the Director of University Choirs and the Minister of Music at Hampton University’s Memorial Church. His cause of death was [...]
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Alpha Frater T.J. Stevenson, Radio personality, “Dr. Jive,” dies at 91
Source Funeral services for T. J. Stevenson were held this week at First Missionary Baptist Church, Deacon Stevenson was 91 and died on last Friday. Stevenson was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi to the late Edmund and Lula Bell Jackson Stevenson. He attended Bessie Brooks School (Monroe); Monroe Colored High School; Southern University (Baton Rouge) and [...]
Missouri Western University Alphas rebuild after 3-year hiatus
Source Martin Luther King Jr., W.E.B Dubois, Duke Ellington, Jackie Robinson and Thurgood Marshall are all defined as historic African American men that stood as dominant figures of American culture. Since adolescence, we have read about their adversities, their successes and their contributions. Yet, what many people didn’t know about these men is that they [...]
