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"We are sophisticated enough to understand that the best wars are fought with knowledge. We understand that as soon as thestands up and declares himself to be a man, he has put himself in Absolute and Immediate opposition to the [system] which has defined him by [its] definition as less than a man or not a man."
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DR.Na'im Akbar-
Who am I? I am an African American Man, with knowledge of self and abilities. I am a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. Rho Lambda chapter.
I reside in Buffalo, New York. I am extremely active by nature. I enjoy meeting new people and doing different things. I am an individualist and a free spirit.
Alpha
Legacy: A Brief History
Since
its founding on December 4, 1906, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. has
supplied voice and vision to the struggle of African-Americans and people
of color around the world.
Alpha
Phi Alpha, the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established
for African-Americans, was founded at Cornell University in Ithaca, New
York by seven college men who recognized the need for a strong bond of
Brotherhood among African descendants in this country. The visionary founders,
known as the "Jewels" of the Fraternity, are Henry Arthur Callis, Charles
Henry Chapman, Eugene Kinckle Jones, George Biddle Kelley, Nathaniel Allison
Murray, Robert Harold Ogle, and Vertner Woodson Tandy.
The
Fraternity initially served as a study and support group for minority
students who faced racial prejudice, both educationally and socially,
at Cornell. The Jewel founders and early leaders of the Fraternity succeeded
in laying a firm foundation for Alpha Phi Alpha's principles of scholarship,
fellowship, good character, and the uplifting of humanity.
Alpha
Phi Alpha chapters were developed at other colleges and universities,
many of them historically black institutions, soon after the founding
at Cornell. While continuing to stress academic excellence among its members,
Alpha also recognized the need to help correct the educational, economic,
political, and social injustices faced by African-Americans.
Alpha
Phi Alpha has long stood at the forefront of the African-American community's
fight for civil rights through leaders such as: W.E.B. DuBois, Adam Clayton
Powell, Jr., Edward Brooke, Martin Luther King, Jr., Thurgood Marshall,
Andrew Young, William Gray, Paul Robeson, and many others.
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by the Brotha Man
Times certainly have brought about a change
And to a few it might seem strange
Black women are soaring with ambition
No more barefoot, pregnant, and in the kitchen
And she's not slaving like an ox
Have you seen her image on the pancake box?
Ha!
Purse full of credit cards, fancy car
And the girl ain't even a movie star
Not long ago, I was on the bus
Eating fried chicken from "The Colnel"
Looking at a girlie magazine and full of lust
Sitting next to a sister reading a "Wall Street Journal"
I said, "Pardon me baby, where are you on your way?
I would like to know your name if that's okay
Your perfume I surely adore-
I believe we met somewhere before!"
She says, "I'm on my way downtown to City Hall
I must chair a council meeting and that's not all
Then I'm off to the United Nations
To advise on a classified situation
Sorry, but I fail to remember you-
Were you ever in Sudan or Istanbul?
Or perhaps it was Rome, England, or by chance-
it was Chad, Morocco or Paris, France
You see, I'm multi-lingual and travel a lot-
And the universe is my melting pot
But, once a month I take a bus-
Just my way of staying in touch
Nefertiti is my name,
and universal peace is my game
I attended Benedict College in South Carolina and earned
MY Bachelor Degree
Then I went to Fisk and received MY Masters in Nashville, Tennessee
At Howard University in Washington, D.C.-
That's where I earned MY Ph.D
I have offices in Dallas, Chicago, and Mexicana-
A penthouse in New York and a home in Atlanta
I play the harp-And pilot a jet-
Now tell me brother, where do you think we met?"
I rung the bell-Got up and left-
Aunt Jemima done got besides herself!
Just something to keep you laughing and striving to be the best.
