Charter Members 1921
Joseph Chester Allen
Clarence Abram Burrell
Joseph Fredrick Starr Carter
Chester Wellington Chinn
Clinton Leroy Henry
Russell Adrian Lane
Samuel Byron Milton
Howard Hughes Murphy
Louis Lorenzo Redding
Heber Edward Wharton
Jay Mayo Williams
"The African American Fraternity on the College Campus: History and Evolution Alpha Phi Alpha at Brown University" by Bro. M. Rodney Robinson is our most recent document of Alpha Gamma History. The chapter is currently collecting information to update this document.
"Many men have received the inspiration for their life's work from their association and contacts in their fraternity. Fraternities of today are endeavoring to admit the highest type of men. It is much harder for a member to stay in a fraternity than it is to enter."
Bro. Raymond W. Cannon, June 1927
courtesy of Bro. Hermann "Skip" Mason's Historical Moments
Bro. Russell Malbrough formulated the following as research for the Sociology Department and Afro-American Studies Program at Brown University.
Feel free to contact Alpha Gamma chapter at:
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. "Monster" Alpha Gamma Chapter
Brown University - Box 1167
Providence, RI 02912
INTERVIEW:
1. Name:
2. College Affiliation:
3. Date of Initiation:
4. "Dean" Brother who initiated you:
5. "Line Brothers" Brothers initiated at the same time you were:
6. Name of Line and meaning:
7. Brothers in the chapter when you were active:
8. Current occupation:
9. Current residence:
10. Alumni Chapter Affiliation:
According to Bro. Kimbro in What Makes the Great Great,
"The secret of integrity is an absolute surrender of self to all that is better and purer"
11. Please share memorable instances of honesty, integrity, perseverance, and/or sacrifice.
Honesty: n. the quality of being truthful.
Integrity: n. uprightness, soundness of character, moral wholeness.
Perseverance: n. steadiness in seeking a goal; persistent effort.
Sacrifice: n. the act of offering something to God; to give up lose, renounce or destroy for a cause; to sell at a lose.
"The real height of the pyramids is not measured between the base and the capstone, but includes hundreds of feet of solid masonry below. Those that reach to the heavens are held firmly in place by the strength of their foundation." (p.151 What Makes the Great Great; Kimbro)
12. When did you know Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. was the right choice for you?
13. Was there a particular event, feeling or brother that inspired you?
"One of my greatest concerns is that in this hostile business climate, many blacks who are in a position to help others are hunkering-down and isolating themselves. I see a lot of younger blacks who are either not aware of their racial history or simply do not feel compelled to acknowledge that they have a responsibility to share their gifts. They feel they have somehow graduated from their blackness."
Bro. Earl G. Graves (Founder & Editor of Black Enterprise Magazine)
(p. 42 How To Succeed In Business Without Being White)
According to the US Census Bureau, the Black community consists of "an estimated 34.5 million people as of Nov. 1, 1998. It comprised 13 percent of the total population." (US Census Bureau Public Information Office; Jan. 13, 1999)
14. How have your actions as a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. lived up to the mission statement in assisting Black people in the US?
"To the youths who march onward and upward towards the light this volume is respectfully dedicated."
Dedication in A Development in College Life: The History of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc Charles H. Wesley, Ph.D.(1925)
"The nation's African American population is young, with an estimated median age of 30.0 years as of Nov. 1, 1998 five years younger than the median for the US population as a whole." (US Census Bureau Public Information Office; Jan. 13, 1999)
15. What do you see Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. playing a role in shaping the lives of people in college and younger?
16. "Manly Deeds, Scholarship, and Love for All Mankind" are the precepts of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Can you give examples of each since you became a brother?
17. Can you make comparisons between the similarities and differences the pre-dominately White co Greek Letter Organization and Black Greek Letter Organization?
18. Some people feel the impact of Greek Letter Organizations is fading. How do you feel about the future of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.? How do you feel about the future of Alpha Gamma chapter?
Notes / Goals:
Include pictures of Hope College, Maxcy Hall and Littlefield as sites where charter members lived. (p.2 "The History of Alpha Gamma")
Get exact addresses for these dorms from Residential Life office.
Access Pawtucket records for living ancestors of Bro. Joseph C. Allen.
Access information about the Akron Stars football team with Bro.Jay Mayo "Ink" Williams, Paul Robeson and Fritz Pollard. (p. 4 "The History of Alpha Gamma")
Access Chapter minutes:
Delta Lambda Howard. H. Murphy, charter member
Xi Lambda J. Mayo "Ink" Williams, charter member
Alpha Rho John Hope II, President
Access John Carter Brown Library:
Lisa Giaffo research on Jay Saunders Redding.
Access archives of Bro. George H. Bass (p.10 "The History of Alpha Gamma")
Send information on Bro. Bass to Fisk chapter
Access Bro. Joseph C. Allen1s son & granddaughter1 information as fellow Brown Alum.
Contact Bro. Arthur Wright III as neophyte president and dean. (p.17 "The History of Alpha Gamma")
Contact Bro. Shondell A. Mance as first president from Johnson & Wales Univ.
Contact Bro. John Reasoner as relative of Marcus Garvey (p.16 "The History of Alpha Gamma")
Contact Pollard family.
