Nu) would not warm over principles or practices of other organizations. "It was made clear at the outset that the new Fraternity (Kappa Alpha Statements about Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. The writer of the Kappa History book does not succeed in making indirect Several of their founders worked as waiters. They met in her home forįellowship and gave themselves a temporary name of "Alpha Omega." The founders of Kappa gathered at the home of Mrs. Like the founders of Alpha who gathered at the homes of the black residents, White campus, being denied use of entertainment and recreational facilities. Similarities to Alpha at Cornell, i.e., black students attending a predominately Say we did a fairly good job of selecting brothers for our chapter andīeta in the fall of 1910 had their reasons for not selecting Diggs andĪs one continues to read the story of their founding there are obvious Saying that we believed that person not to be" Alpha material." I must When I was in undergraduate, we had an old familiar In the past, chapters had the sole decision Is that there were some personality conflicts between one or the both of Of course as it is stated in their historyīook,"they were approached.and both declined pledgeship because theyĪttitudes and actions of certain members" My conjecture on this statement Many rumors have circulated over the years that they were deniedĪdmittance to the pledge club. (What really happened between the two and Beta Chapter may be never In its historyīook, there is no reference made to the founding of Alpha Phi Alpha atĬornell, nor the establishment of a chapter at Howard. Of blacks who had graduated from college since the early 1800s and goesĭirectly into how Diggs and Armstrong met, transferred to Indiana in theįall of 1910 and joined the small group of eight students. In Chapter One, which is titled "The Beginning" it gives an overview It was formed at Indiana University to "strengthen the black's voice." The Alpha Kappa Nu Greek Society established in 1903 at Indiana University. The Kappa's history began in a very short lived organization called National Greek Letter organization with its Alpha Chapter on the Indiana The Kappa's have noted that their distinction is that they are the only The campus of Howard University in the fall of 1910. Have been Alpha Phi Alpha (Beta Chapter). (The only fraternity that could have approached these two men would They disapproved the attitudes and actions of certain members. School year, and there had formed a friendship with Elder Watson Diggs.īoth were approached by a fraternity, and both declined pledgeship because Armstrong, had attended Howard University during the 1909-1910 Xxi.In the summer of 1910, Irven Armstrong was such a student. The following statement is made in the prologue: In the book The Story of Kappa Alpha Psi by William L. Permit me to share some a few statements (and of course my personalīefore it was Kappa Alpha Psi, it was Kappa Alpha Nu and before that As a historian who recognizes that laying a foundationįor any period of history, I find their omission inexcusable and without Gives any credit to Alpha Phi Alpha in establishing the fraternal movement Second fact is that not one of the three history books of those who cameīehind us (namely Kappa Alpha Psi, Omega Psi Phi and Phi Beta Sigma) Letter fraternity for African-American college trained me to succeed. That fact is that Alpha Phi Alpha was the first Greek *apologies for any typographical errors in this orĪfter a review of the fratenity histories, I have a found a similarĪnd quite disturbing pattern of what is a blatant omission of an important Why have you omitted Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity from its rightful place in your history book? by Skip Mason Revisionist Fraternities: The Kappa, Omega, Sigma Conspiracy. READ IT, SAVE IT, COPY IT, FILE IT, FORWARD IT, DISCUSSĪND BE RENEWED IN THE SPIRIT OF THE FRATERNITY Yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to beĪshamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.
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