85th Tenth District Meeting - Souvenir Journal

OMEGA PSI PHI FRATERNITY, INC.

NU OMEGA CHAPTER

PO BOX 2614 • DETROIT, MICHIGAN 48202 • (313) 872-1646 WWW.NUOMEGA.COM

April 21, 2022 Greetings, On behalf of the brothers of Nu Omega Chapter, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., we want to extend our thanks to each of you for your participation in this 85th Tenth District Convention, Souvenir Journal. On the pages that follow, you will see candidate campaign advertising, congratulatory messages, well wishes, inspirational messages, as well as promotional advertising for various goods and services. Please review each advertisement, and if you have a need for one of the featured products or services, please consider making your purchase from one of our sponsors.

This journal would not have been possible without the hard work and effort of several brothers within our chapter. I would like to thank Brother Deolis Allen, the Nu Omega Chapter fundraising chair, Brother Brandon Graham, Nu Omega KRS, as well as Souvenir Journal Committee members Brother Harvey Farmer and Brother Mario Hall for their assistance in making this book a reality.

"Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much."

Again, thank you for your support.

Kevin W. White, Sr. Kevin W. White, Sr. Vice Basileus, Nu Omega Chapter Chair, Souvenir Journal Committee

NU OMEGA CHAPTER HISTORY ​​

Dr. Dewitt T. Burton, Francis M. Dent, Odie T. Davis, Charles Washington, David Smith and Livingston Jeffries, chartered the Nu Omega graduate chapter of Detroit, in 1923. In the early 1940s Brother George Isabel, who served as 10th Grand KRS (1937-1944), lobbied for Nu Omega as a member of the Detroit Housing Commission, to assist the chapter in purchasing a property for meetings. Brother Isabel helped make it possible for Brothers Dent, Burton, Jeffries, Davis, Smith and Washington to acquire the Historic Omega House located at 235 East Ferry, Detroit, Michigan, in 1942. This property is one of the oldest continuously owned properties by a chapter in the fraternity’s history. Nu Omega is the largest chapter in the 10th District and one of the largest in the fraternity.

Men of Nu Omega Chapter have distinguished themselves as being leaders in the community. In 1961, Brother Otis Smith served as the 1st African-American on the Michigan Supreme Court and the 1st African-American to serve as the legal counsel for General Motors in 1967.

In 1963, Brother Nicholas Hood II, pastor of Plymouth Congregational Church of Christ, supervised a 2.3 million dollar housing development in the City of Detroit, which at that time, was the single largest development by an African-American in Detroit. That same year Brother Hood, as Secretary of the SCLC, assisted in organizing Dr. Martin Luther King’s March in Detroit, which was the forerunner to the March on Washington that same year. Brother Hood also served as a member of Detroit’s Common (nee City) Council for 28 years.

In 1964, Brother Robert Millender, attorney, assisted as campaign manager in the election of John Conyers to the US House of Representatives and also in the same capacity, assisted in the election of Coleman Young, the first African-American Mayor of the City of Detroit, in 1973. In 1965, Brother Dr. Charles H. Wright solicited and received from brothers of Nu Omega Chapter, the first public funding for the establishment of the Museum of African-American History in Detroit, which became the largest museum of its kind in the United States only recently surpassed by the Smithsonian Museum of African-American History in Washington DC. Brother Charles Allen become President of 1st Independence Bank in 1982, one of the largest Black-Owned banks in the United States. In 1998, Brother Walter Watkins became president of Banc One Michigan. He was the 1st African-American to serve in this capacity. Following in the footsteps of Brother Nicholas Hood, Brother Andre Spivey, pastor of St.Paul A.M.E. Church, was elected to the Detroit City Council in 2009. In keeping with the goals of the fraternity, men of Nu Omega have sponsored many projects for the improvement of Detroit’s African-American community. Several noteworthy projects include the granting of college scholarship awards to deserving students and sponsoring a national talent hunt directed at seeking students with outstanding musical ability. Over the years Nu Omega has donated in excess of $500,000 to the United Negro College Fund.

Friendship is Essential to the Soul

The State of Indiana asks for your vote in support of Bro. Melvin L. Thomas for the next Tenth District First Vice District Representative. Thank you in advance for your consideration.

Long Live the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. F.I.E.T.T.S Bro Danny Pierson, Indiana State Representative Bro Michael Durrett, Indiana State Representative Bro Anthony Douglass Sr., Indiana State Representative Bro Leonard Law, 21st Tenth District Representative

Bro Vernon Smith, 24th Tenth District Representative Bro Dwight Pointer, 28th Tenth District Representative Bro Johnny Lynch, 32nd Tenth District Representative

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Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. Salutations

to the 85th Tenth District Convention of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.

The Brothers of the Auspicious Zeta Phi Chapter and the State of Indiana fully support Bro. Melvin L. Thomas for the next Tenth District First Vice District Representative.

Congratulations to the Brothers of nu omega Chapter on a suCCessful 85th 10th DistriCt meeting

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The Brothers of Nu Omega Chapter, hosts of the 85th Tenth District Convention, congratulate the brothers of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., on a successful Tenth District Convention.

Nu Omega Chapter, Detroit, Michigan established January 24, 1923

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Past Tenth District Representative 8-Chi Gamma-70 Past Chairman, Omega Life Membership Foundation

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Past Tenth District Representative 2-Chi Gamma-70

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Past Tenth District Representative - 4 Theta Gamma –86

Brother Arnold Simmons

Past Tenth District Representative –3 Omicron Alpha Alpha-88

Brother Lawrence T. Moon 8-Omicron Rho 05

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The Brothers of Nu Sigma Chapter congratulate Brother Larry Ato Polk, 1- ΝΣ-75, for his leadership as the 58th Basileus of Nu Omega Chapter We also celebrate those visionary and stalwart men who established the Nu Sigma Chapter on the campus of Wayne State University on May 21, 1938, the 1st and oldest undergraduate Omega chapter in the City of Detroit.

THE NOTORIOUS SONZ OF ΝΣ Visionaries & Petitioners of ΝΣ Morris O. Williams - Υ 1936 Wesley Brown Jr. - ΘΣ 1936 Maurice "Buck" Wiley - ΘΨ 1936 Saturday evening of May 21, 1938 Charter Initiates Frederick Yates: Basileus Robert Fletcher Routt: Vice Basileus Ligins Moore: Keeper of Records & Seal Spearman Jones: Keeper of Finance Earl "Bull" Moore: Keeper of Peace Hosea Young: Chaplain Jack P. Hickman: Chapter Editor Oscar E. Liggett: Parliamentarian Edward M. Gett Kenneth Lewis Philip Davenport Elvin Davenport 1938 Initiate Frank Green

“Friendship is Essential to the Soul”

Welcome men of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. to Detroit, Michigan. Detroit, like your fraternity, is rooted in a rich and legendary history, a history built on the ideas of hard work and dedication. We wish you success at your 85th District Convention. Continue to build and grow a dynamic future for your fraternity and the communities, cities, and states of the “Talented Tenth District, which you serve!”

From the men of the Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. and the Executive Board and Chapter of Xi Beta Sigma - Detroit Alumni:

President- Brother Jeff Liggens V. President - Brother Brian Morrison Treasure- Brother Kenneth Moore Financial Secretary- Brother Xavier Carr Secretary- Brother Marlon Roberts Dir. of Social Action - Brother Alex Allen Dir. of Education - Brother Mark Simpson Dir. of Collegiate Affairs - Brother Devon Chupp Dir. of Bigger and Better Business - Brother Wilson Albert and our current State Director Brother Mikal Ansari

Brother Darryl J. Lewis, Initiated at Nu Phi Chapter April 17, 1982.

Congratulations on your 40 years of service to the

Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.

Bro. Sylvester Mosley , II 2 - Upsilon Gamma - 1976

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To my Brothers in Nu Omega Chapter Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.: Friendship is indeed essential to the soul, and I truly treasure each of you. May God continue to bless us in our endeavors to uphold our cardinal principles:

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Welcome Brothers of the Talented Tenth District to Southeast Michigan. The Nu Omega Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. welcomes you to Detroit, “The Oasis of Omega” for the 85th District Convention!

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