Alpha Phi Omega

Jesse joined Alpha Phi Alpha in order to bond with like-minded individuals. Alpha Phi Alpha was the first Black Greek-letter intercollegiate fraternity in the United States founded on Cornell 's campus in 1906 initially created as a Black men 's literary and support group. The purpose of the organization is to foster strong bonds between men of African descent who faced racial prejudice. The organization combines social purpose with social action. Jesse wanted to be part of the brotherhood:

returned full force becoming a brother of the Sigma Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Incorporated where he obtained the seeds that would soon create MCI. Smith said “[Alpha] actively showed me what it meant to be successful in college” as it develops leaders and helped him find his own identity as a college student. Smith’s fraternity experience influenced Yousif as he says it “sparked my interest in wanting to become a brother of Alpha and since then I’ve grown really close with

Tarvaris Shegog Why I Desire To Be an Alpha man Growing up in an one bedroom single parent home with eight kids I was an angry child faced with countless obstacles growing up. The things that I have seen and the situations I have been in through growing up I know that I shouldn’t be here today.There are guys that I grew up with who are now either dead, in jail, or still in the streets. By overcoming these things it has molded me into the young man I am today; a person who is determined to be great

Have you ever heard of the speech “I Have a Dream” from the late Martin Luther King Jr.? You’d be pretty sure many people have heard of it, but has anyone ever really read it and thought about it? This could be like “The Hypocrisy of American Slavery,” a piece of work produced by Frederick Douglass. “They both argued that African-Americans have a natural right to equality” (Renfro 1). Douglass once said, “The white man's happiness cannot be purchased by the black man's misery.” Here is just another

Trailblazers for Black Greek Organizations in Higher Education: The Journey of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., African American education systems and colleges faced many issues systematically and socially. The process of integrating colleges was a process faced with opposition because the idea that higher education was made for strictly for white upper-class men was still the underlying ideal. While equal opportunity was promoted in the light, behind the scenes

Blackwell was also a pioneer in textbook writing and game theory. Blackwell wrote one of the first Bayesian (relating to or denoting statistical methods based on Bayes' theorem) textbooks, his 1969 Basic Statistics. Blackwell was also a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity (Tau chapter – University of Illinois at

Born in South Carolina in 1863, Dr. Kelly Miller was a leading African-American intellectual for more than half a century, and the first African-American to attend the Johns Hopkins University. After graduating from Howard University, Dr. Miller was admitted to the graduate program in Johns Hopkins University's Department of Mathematics in 1887. After two years, however, he withdrew from the university without a degree. Unfortunately, Miller was not able to keep attending Johns

This quote sparks interest due to disobedience often containing a negative connotation. However, in this quote disobedience is honorable, and to be called disobedient is a compliment. According to Wilde, disobedience is beneficial and without it social progress could not be made. Without disobedience, society is unable to change or improve from past mistakes. Without rebellion or disobedience, what will promote people to act on their injustices? Rebellion and disobedience are beneficial in promoting

first social sorority started in 1851 by women at Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia. The women founded the Adelphean Society, which later became a Greek-letter sorority, Alpha Delta Pi. Other early Greek-letter sororities for women included Pi Beta Phi, established in 1867 at Monmouth College, in Monmouth, Illinois, and Kappa Alpha Theta, established in 1870 at DePauw University (formally Indiana Asbury College) in Greencastle, Indiana (Encarta).      Social sororities contribute

To the gentlemen of the Mu Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha, Inc., My goal in life is to be a positive lasting influence on the lives of others. Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated is comprised of legendary, talented, educated men who have done just this. I would like to join this organization to carry out the legacy of manly deeds, scholarship, and love for all mankind. Other Greek fraternities were founded on similar principles of brotherhood, community service, and academic excellence