Alpha Phi Alpha: A Legacy of Greatness, the Demands of Transcendence

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385 Index Adams, Myron, 112 Adams, Numa P. G., 105–6 affirmative action, 156 Africa, 56, 57, 88, 136, 251, 254, 255, 280, 315 African culture and customs, 38, 51, 52, 66 African Methodist Episcopal pastors, 38, 40, 70, 84 Africans, 56–57, 253 Afrocentricity, 59, 212, 214 Aguinis, Herman, 314 AIDS, 168, 173, 254, 255, 264 Alcorn State University (formerly Alcorn College), 147, 149, 183– 84n191 Alpha Alpha chapter (University of Cincinnati), 339 Alpha chapter (Cornell University), 94–95, 196, 236, 339 Alpha Epsilon Lambda chapter (Jackson, MS), 147 Alpha Eta chapter (St. Louis), 167, 236 Alpha Eta Lambda chapter (Houston), Alpha Gamma Lambda chapter (New York), 132 Alpha Hurricane Disaster Relief Fund, 173 Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., 27, 120, 126 Alpha Lambda chapter (Louisville), 96, 339 Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.: aims of, 121, 130, 147, 158, 330, 331, 341; Board of Directors, 44, 141, 158, 161, 162, 170, 171, 172; Building Foundation, 144, 267; Commission on Racial Justice, 161, 268; Committee on Public Policy and Program, 102, 119, 121, 133–34, 141, 234, 235; Constitution Committee, 153, 161; Corporate Office, 44, 175; Executive Council, 116, 117, 132, 136, 153, 158, 182n144; general conventions, 34, 44, 52, 94, 95, 96, 97, 99, 108, 113, 114, 117, 118–20, 122–23, 124, 126, 127–28, 129, 131, 133, 134, 135, 136, 138, 143, 145, 146, 147, 148, 151, 159, 160, 166, 171, 243, 256, 342; general counsel, 124, 126, 144, 161, 170, 237, 340; hymn, 26; Leadership Development Institute, 154–55, 158, 166, 269; mission statement, 13, 24, 51, 172, 265; motto, 25, 35, 51, 172, 192, 208; Office of Educational Activities; 135; ritual, 16, 24, 51, 52, 95, 116, 128, 150, 250–51; vision statement, 24, 172, 265; World Policy Council, 163, 169, 253, 255, 268 Alpha Phi Alpha Homes, Inc., 42, 150, 267 Alpha Phi chapter (Clark Atlanta University), 155 Alpha Psi chapter (Lincoln University), 141, 243, 240, 238 Alpha Rho chapter (Morehouse College), 159 Alpha Sigma chapter (Wiley College), 137 Alpha Tau chapter (University of Iowa), 149, 191 Alpha University, 166, 169 Alpha Wives Club, 83, 128 Alpha Zeta Lambda chapter (Morristown, TN), 100 alumni chapters, 86, 87, 98, 148, 159, 239, 288, 320, 331, 339 386 Index American Council on Human Rights, 128, 134 American Negro Academy, 30 American Tennis Association, 84 Amherst College, 237 ape imagery, 51–61 Armstrong, Samuel Chapman, 80 Aronson, Elliot, 333–34 Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASNLH), 76 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, 15 Atlanta University, 112, 130, 338 Ballou v. Sigma Nu General Fraternity, 302–3 Barber-Scotia College, 141, 143 Barnard College, 86 Bell, Myrtle, 314 Bellah, Robert, 43 Bellinger, Robert, 38 Benedict College, 158 Beta Beta chapter (University of Nebraska), 191 Beta Beta Phi, 335, 336 Beta chapter (Howard University), 34, 94, 98, 101, 103, 132, 160, 191 Beta Chi chapter (Philander Smith College), 152 Beta Delta Lambda chapter (Daytona Beach, FL), 135 Beta Iota Lambda chapter (Baton Rouge), 141 Beta Kappa chapter (Langston University), 36, 135, 158, 190, 192, 243, 258 Beta Lambda chapter (Kansas City, MO), 97, 177n21 Beta Rho Lambda chapter (Youngstown, OH), 110 Beta Tau chapter (Xavier University), 167 Bethune, Mary McLeod, 158 Bethune-Cookman College (now University), 135 Big Brothers–Big Sisters, 167, 168 “Black Cabinet,” 78 black freedom movement, 31, 233, 242, 248, 250 black Greek-letter organizations (BGLOs), 3–4, 52, 59, 189, 191, 192, 195–202, 212–13, 224, 271, 272, 279, 282, 283–86, 287–90, 291, 293–94, 298, 303–5, 313–26, 328, 329, 330–31, 334, 335, 336, 339, 342–43, 352, 354, 358 Black History Month, 76 Black Panther Party, 251 Black Power, 143, 144, 145, 249, 250 Bluefield State Teachers College, 100 Booker, Simeon S., 108–10, 111 Bowdoin College, 190 Boy Scouts of America, 134, 164, 167, 173 Broadrick v. Oklahoma, 295 Brooke, Edward, 254 Brown, Tamara, 212 Brown, H. Rap, 249 Brown, Lloyd, 260n54 Brown, John, 39, 71, 245 Brown, Sydney, 25 Browning, James, 340 Brown v. Board of Education, 89, 237, 239–41 Brueckner, William, 300 Bush, George H. W., 159 Callis, Henry Arthur, 28, 31, 33–34, 37, 38–39, 41, 68, 70–71, 72, 73, 74–77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82–83, 86, 87, 94, 96, 100, 106, 189, 234, 265 Cannon, Raymond W., 95, 110–13, 114, 174 Cannon, William, 68, 73 Carmichael, Stokely, 249 Carpetta v. Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity, 296, 308n49 Carver, George Washington, 72 Case Western Reserve University (formerly...