Notable Brothers
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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 |