Tussle at the Top

Tussle at the Top
Author: Vincent Windrow
Publisher: Bookbaby
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018-09-10
Genre:
ISBN: 9781543936858

This book features years of research on both the competition between and the member-collaboration of Omega Psi Phi and Alpha Phi Alpha. These two storied Black Greek fraternities have contributed mightily to society through its respective organizational thrusts and the achievements of their members. This work highlights both and provides detailed and interesting research on the many personalities that have been initiated through both fraternities and the ways in which they have particularly impacted the struggles and challenges of African Americans.

Jewels

Jewels
Author: Darrius Jerome Gourdine
Publisher:
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2006-06-24
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780975566008

"Explore the planning and founding of the literary society that would one day become Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. This is a fascinating novel about seven of the greatest contributors to African American collegiate and graduate life..."-- P. [4] of cover.

Having Our Say

Having Our Say
Author: Sarah L. Delany
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Total Pages: 182
Release: 2023-01-03
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

Warm, feisty, and intelligent, the Delany sisters speak their mind in a book that is at once a vital historical record and a moving portrait of two remarkable women who continued to love, laugh, and embrace life after over a hundred years of living side by side. Their sharp memories tell us about the post-Reconstruction South and Booker T. Washington, Harlem’s Golden Age and Langston Hughes, W. E. B. Du Bois and Paul Robeson. Bessie Delany breaks barriers to become a dentist; Sadie Delany quietly integrates the New York City system as a high school teacher. Their extraordinary story makes an important contribution to our nation’s heritage—and an indelible impression on our lives.

The Legendary Voice of the Sonic Boom of the South

The Legendary Voice of the Sonic Boom of the South
Author: Dr. Jimmie James, Jr.
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2017-08-07
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1480936367

The Legendary Voice of the Sonic Boom of the South by Dr. Jimmie James, Jr. and Arthur James Dr. Jimmie James, Jr. is best known as the long-time voice of the Sonic Boom of the South, Jackson State University’s storied marching band. His dazzling, virtuosic displays of verbosity rallied and inspired crowd across decades. Now he brings us The Legendary Voice of the Sonic Boom of the South, an inspirational and educational tool for our youth and adults, and especially for educators: all who are teachers in the body of Christ, who desire to help others find their purpose. Now, once again, let us welcome that legendary voice…

Ebony

Ebony
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 198
Release: 2008-02
Genre:
ISBN:

EBONY is the flagship magazine of Johnson Publishing. Founded in 1945 by John H. Johnson, it still maintains the highest global circulation of any African American-focused magazine.

The Divine Nine

The Divine Nine
Author: Lawrence C. Ross
Publisher: Dafina
Total Pages: 480
Release: 2019-08-27
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1496728882

This comprehensive history of African American fraternities and sororities celebrates the spirit of Black Excellence in higher education that has produced American leaders in politics, sports, arts, and culture such as Kamala Harris, Colin Kaepernick, Michael Jordan, Thurgood Marshall, and Toni Morrison, and is sure to be a treasured resource for generations to come. America’s Black fraternities and sororities are a unique and vital part of 20th century African American history, providing young black achievers with opportunities to support each other while they serve their communities and the nation. From pioneering work in the suffragette movement to extraordinary strides during the Civil Rights era to life-changing inner-city mentoring programs, members of these organizations share a proud tradition of brotherhood, sisterhood, and service. Today, America’s nine black fraternities and sororities are millions of members strong with chapters at HBCUs, Ivy League Schools, and colleges across the nation including Stanford University, Howard University, and the University of Chicago.

With Faith in God and Heart and Mind

With Faith in God and Heart and Mind
Author: Maurice J. Hobson
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2025-05-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1469673207

When Edgar A. Love, Oscar J. Cooper, Frank Coleman, and Ernest Everett Just founded the historically Black fraternity Omega Psi Phi on November 17, 1911, at Howard University, they could not have known how great of an impact their organization would have on American life. Over the 110 years that followed, its members led colleges and universities; served in prominent military roles; made innumerable contributions to education, civic society, science, and medicine; and at least one campaigned for the US presidency. This book offers a comprehensive, authoritative history of the fraternity, emphasizing its vital role through multiple eras of the Black freedom struggle. The authors address both the individual work of its membership, which has included such figures as Carter G. Woodson, Bayard Rustin, Roy Wilkins, James L. Farmer Jr., Benjamin Elijah Mays, James Clyburn, Jesse Jackson, and Benjamin Crump, and the collective efforts of the fraternity's leadership to encourage its general membership to contribute to the struggle in concrete ways over the years. The result is a book that uniquely connects the 1910s with the present, showing the ongoing power of a Black fraternal organization to channel its members toward social reform.