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Notable Brothers 


Gerald Albright
     Iota Chi
     University of Redlands
     1976
     Jazz musician

Dennis Archer
      Alpha Upsilon
      Wayne State University
      1963
      Former Mayor of Detroit, MI; First Black President of the American Bar          Association

Nate "Tiny" Archibald
      Theta Delta Lambda
      El Paso, TX 
      1987
      National Basketball Association Hall of Fame


Richard Arrington
     Gamma Kappa
     Miles College
     1953
     First Black Mayor of Birmingham, AL

Marion Barry
     Beta Xi
     Lemoyne-Owen College
     Civil Rights Activist and Former Mayor of Washington, DC 

Darryl Bell
      Delta Zeta
      Syracuse University
      1982
      Actor: School Daze, A Different World

Benny Boom
      Pi Rho
      Temple University
       Director 

Edward Brooke
       Beta
       Howard University
       1937
       Former United States Senator

Joe Brown
       Kappa Eta
       Memphis State University
       Judge and television host 

James Cheek
       Beta Rho 
       Shaw University 
       1952 
       Former President, Howard University 

Emmanuel Cleaver
    
 Delta Theta
      Texas Southern University 
      1964 
      First Black Mayor of Kansas City
 
Thomas W. Cole, Jr.

      Alpha Sigma
      Wiley College 
      1959 
      First President of Clark-Atlanta University 

T. Winston Cole, Sr.
      Alpha Sigma
      Wiley College
      1932
      Former President of Wiley College; Past President of Alpha Phi Alpha

Countee Cullen
       Eta
       New York City Metropolitan Chapter 
       Poet of the Harlem Renaissance 

Todd Day
       Kappa Kappa
       University of Arkansas  
       1989
       Seven seasons in the NBA and overseas 

David Dinkins
       Beta
       Howard University 
       1947 
       Former Mayor of New York City 

Frederick Douglass 
     Omega (Honorary)
      1921
      Abolitionist

Frederick Douglass, IV
      Delta Lambda
       Baltimore, MD 
       1989 
       Author and Orator 

W.E.B. DuBois
       Epsilon
       University of Michigan 
       1909 
       Sociologist, author, activist 

Duke Ellington
       Alpha Zeta Lambda
       Bluefield, WV 
       Composer and musician 

Chaka Fattah
       Zeta Omicron Lambda
       Philadelphia, PA 
      1996 
     United States Representative for Second Congressional District of Pennsylvania 




 

John Hope Franklin
      Alpha Chi
      Fisk University 
      1928 
      Historian and Author

James Gavin, III
      Gamma Mu
      Livingstone College
      1963
      President, Morehouse College of Medicine

Marc Gay
      Beta
      Howard University 
      1989 
      Singer, Shai 

Malvin "Mal" Goode 
      Omicron
      University of Pittsburgh 
      First African American reporter on network news (ABC, 1962) 

William H. Gray, III
  
   Rho
      Philadelphia, PA
      1962 
      Former United States Representative for the Ninth Congressional District of Pennsylvania; Past President of the United Negro College Fund
 
Donny Hathaway
      Beta
      Howard University 
      1965 
      Musician 

Charles Hamilton Houston
      Alpha Eta
      Harvard University 
     Civil rights attorney; First Black Editor of the 
Harvard Law Review 
Martin Luther King, Jr.
  
  Sigma
     Boston University 
     1952 
     Civil rights activist; Founder and President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Ernest "Dutch" Morial
  
  Beta Tau
     Xavier University New Orleans
     First African American Mayor of New Orleans, LA; Past General President of Alpha Phi Alpha
Marc Morial
 
    Psi
     University of Pennsylvania 
     1977 
     Former Mayor of New Orleans, LA; President and CEO of the National Urban League
Jesse Owens 
 
   Kappa
    The Ohio State University      
    Olympic Gold Medalist; Track & Field Hall of Fame
Lionel Richie
    Alpha Nu Lambda
    Tuskegee, AL 
    1996
    Five-time Grammy-winning musician

Stuart Scott 
    
Mu Zeta 
     University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill 
     1984 
    Journalist, ESPN 
Winston Scott
    Alpha Phi Lambda 
    Norfolk, VA 
    1983 
   Former Astronaut, NASA;  former Vice President for Student Affairs, Florida State University

Art Shell 
    Gamma Chi Lambda
    San Francisco, CA 
    1980 
    First African American NFL coach of the modern era; Professional Football Hall of Fame  

Gene Upshaw
    Gamma Chi Lambda
    San Francisco, CA
    1981 
    President, National Football League Player's Union; Professional Football Hall of Fame
 

Keenan Ivory Wayans
   Gamma Phi 
   Tuskegee University 
   Actor, comedian, producer 

Charles Harris Wesley 
    Zeta 
    Yale University 
    1913 
    Historian, university president, theologian;  Past General President and Historian of Alpha Phi Alpha

Cornel West
    Zeta Beta Lambda 
    Sacramento, CA 
    1996 
    Scholar, activist 

Lenny Wilkens
     Zeta Pi Lambda
     Seattle, WA
     Winningest coach in National Basketball Association history; professional basketball hall of fame

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