THE SPHINX | Spring 2014 | Volume 100 | Number 1 | 201410001 by Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity

INTRODUCTION

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NEW ASPECTS OF THE SPHINX

Winter 2013/Spring 2014 | LEADERSHIP

2. NAMEPLATE Modern and sophisticated.

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3. PAPER SIZE We changed the paper size so that it’s easier to handle and stow away for travel.

1. COVER PHOTO Both unique and bold, the cover of the magazine seems to marry the modern with the traditional look of an old school photograph.

4. PAPER TYPE/COST We have increased the quality of the paper, while drastically reducing the cost of the magazine.

5. TABLE OF CONTENTS Headers have been thought out and placed throughout the magazine to help you easily navigate its contents.

MARCH ON WASHINGTON MARKING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY 1

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The New Civil RIghts | The Sphinx and The Struggle | The Fight for Black Men | Redeeming the Dream

6. DEPARTMENT HEADERS Headers have been thought out and placed throughout the magazine to help you easily navigate its contents.

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CONTENTS

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in this issue

features

The New Civil Rights Defending the Dream

BY JOSHUA HARRIS

Official Publication of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Winter 2013-Spring 2014 | Volume 100, No. 1 www.apa1906.net

The New Sphinx

EDITOR IN CHIEF Rick Blalock

Service | Advocacy

Remembering the March BY JOSHUA HARRIS

The Fight for Black Men BY JOSHUA DUBOIS

Redeeming the Dream Summit Drum Majors for Justice

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CREATIVE DIRECTOR/EXECUTIVE EDITOR Bryan J.A. Kelly

Speeches from the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington

MANAGING EDITOR Joshua S.D. Harris

ASSOCIATE EDITORS Paul Brown, Robert L. Harris, Donald L. Ross

Leadership | Politics | Social Justice Alpha Remembers Mandela

COPY EDITOR Amy Kopperude

Arts | Sports | Entertainment It’s Alive, It’s Alive: I, Frankenstein

CONTRIBUTORS Phillip Agnew, Cory Anderson, DeShaun Artis, Thua Barlay, Fred A. Bonner II, Ismael Brown, Tony Lamair Burks, Christopher Chance, Bryan Cotton, Alex Dejarnett, Delores Diggs, Chaka Fattah, Keon Hardemon, Joseph Robinson, Jr., Kenneth Furlough, Jaquon C. Heath, Roy L. Irons, Rawn James Jr., William Douglass Lyle, Colin Marts, Gerard Merritt, Terrence Moore, Marc H. Morial, David Myers, K. Thomas Oglesby, French Pope, Marc A. Porch, Kevin Powell, Kenneth Robinson, Leo H. Ross, Cassius Rudolph, Victor K. Smith, Roderick L. Smothers, Sr., Calvin Stafford, Thomas Tatum, Billy Taylor, Stanley J. Taylor, Jr., Brandon Roderick Tucker, Marshall Washington, Eric Christopher Webb

Lifestyle, Education, and Wellness New Weapon in Fight Against AIDS

ARTS | SPORTS | ENTERTAINMENT

SENIOR WRITERS Sean M. Allen, Richard Butler, Terry Collins, Joshua Dubois, John M. Lee, Jamaal Myles

Business and Finance Tips for Your Resume

PHOTOGRAPHERS Bryan J.A. Kelly

2014-2015 SUBMISSION DEADLINES (11:59 P.M. Eastern Time) Summer 2014: June 15, 2014 | Fall 2014: August 15, 2014 Winter 2015: October 15, 2014 | Spring 2015: January 15, 2014

Chapter News

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Brothers re-enact the 1963 March on Washington by holding signs and singing freedom songs as they walk to the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.

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OMEGA CHAPTER

Hall of Famer Walt Bellamy

Below is a listing of members who have entered Omega Chapter. For each member: we list his name; the category of membership (college, alumni or life; with life member number if available); chapter of initiation; date of initiation; last chapter active with; and date of death. All of the information is based on what is submitted by chapters and family members and reconciled with the fraternity’s records.

[Gamma Eta, ‘58]

rother Walt Bellamy, a 1958 initiate of Gamma Eta Chapter, and Hall of Fame center who averaged 20.1 points and 13.7 rebounds in 14 seasons in the NBA, died Saturday November 9, 2013. He was 74 years old. Brother Bellamy was a former Indiana University star, won an Olympic gold medal in 1960 and was the first overall pick by the Chicago Packers in 1961. He was the rookie of the year with Chicago, averaging 31.6 points and 19.0 rebounds, and also played for the Baltimore Bullets, New York Knicks, Detroit Pistons, Atlanta and New Orleans Jazz. He played in four All-Star games and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1993.

The Honorable William H. Gray

William Wayman Ward

[Rho, ‘62]

[Xi ‘48]

Brothers, it is with great sympathy that we inform you of the passing of a political giant within Alpha. The Honorable Brother William H. Gray, a 1962 Rho Chapter initiate passed away suddenly on Monday July 1, 2013.

Brother William Wayman Ward entered the Omega Chapter on June 28, 2013. He could be considered a scion of “Alpha royalty” as his late father, Brother A. Wayman Ward, was the author of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity prayer and a national chaplain of the fraternity. Wayman, a lifelong servant, gave 65 years to Alpha, with a majority of those years as a cornerstone of Xi Lambda Chapter.

Born in Baton Rouge, La., Gray graduated from Franklin & Marshall College and Drew Theological Seminary in Jersey City, N.J., before being elected as a Democrat to Congress in 1978. He served as chairman of the powerful budget committee and became the first African-American in the 20th century to become majority whip of the U.S. House. During his tenure, he authored legislation implementing economic sanctions against South Africa. 96 96

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Zenoch G. Adams LM 6140 Tau Lambda: 6/4/62 Omega: 4/26/13

Harry L. Cross LM 2151 Delta Sigma Lambda: 3/1/50 Omega: 7/17/13

Anthony Carl Arnett Phi Lambda: 11/17/12 Omega: 5/22/13

Anthony Culpepper Jr. Gamma Xi: 11/8/03 N/A Omega: 6/26/13

Clifford Bridges Jr. Delta Delta Lambda: 12/1/67 Omega: 11/21/13 Webster B. Brooks LM 7417 Gamma Lambda: 11/4/83 General Organization Omega: 12/18/13

Tommie Cutts Jr. Delta Gamma: 4/1/69 Delta Theta Lambda Omega: 11/14/13 Eugene C. Davis Epsilon Nu Lambda: 1/19/90 Omega: 4/1/13

Joseph Brown Rho Beta: 11/4/49 Rho Beta Lambda Omega: 7/2/13

Ernest Davis Beta: 5/17/52 Zeta Delta Lambda Omega: 6/2/13

Jermaine E Byrd Gamma Lambda: 11/8/08 Omega: 5/30/13

Gwenard F. Davis Delta Beta: 12/17/61 Xi Psi Lambda Omega: 11/29/13

Lance Chaney Gamma Delta: 3/17/78 Omicron Upsilon Lambda Omega: 7/21/13 John L. Cohen LM 7826 Alpha Xi Lambda: 3/31/62 Omega: 5/1/13

Melvin L. Etienne Kappa Iota Lambda: 3/23/02 Omega: 12/17/13 William H. Franklin LM 1438 Beta Kappa: 12/5/41 Alpha Tau Lambda Omega: 6/16/13

Ralph C. T. Franklin LM 4464 Zeta Pi: 2/28/71 Nu Mu Lambda Omega: 10/13/13 Derek A. Fulson Epsilon Chi: 4/8/00 Alpha Lambda Omega: 11/30/13 Willie S. Garrett Xi Lambda: 10/2/76 Omega: 7/31/13 William H. Gray LM 3794 Rho: 2/1/62 Omega: 7/1/13 Richard L. Green LM 10312 Beta: 12/8/53 Tau Lambda Omega: 6/25/13 Eugene Grigsby Jr. Alpha Rho: 12/5/35 Delta Tau Lambda Omega: 6/9/13 Titus C. Hall Delta Rho Lambda: 5/25/56 Iota Beta Lambda Omega: 7/28/13

John L. Harvey Delta Psi: 11/30/63 Xi Psi Lambda Omega: 4/1/13

University of Michigan’s Billy Taylor

AN ALPHA MAN FROM GOTHAM

Brother Billy Taylor [Epsilon, ‘69] was a three-time all-American tailback for the University of Michigan. At Michigan, he became an all- American and broke the school record for career rushing yardage and finished second in scoring. Taylor attended the University of Michigan (U-M), where he became one of the most accomplished football players in school history. He was an All-Big Ten selection three times and a first team All-Big Ten selection two times (1969 and 1970). Taylor broke the Michigan career rushing record with 3,072 yards in three seasons. His 587 carries was also a school record at the time he graduated. He finished his U-M career second in scoring with 32 career touchdowns and 194 points. He also set the school record in average rushing yards per game at 102 yards. He rushed for 1,297 yards in his senior season (1971) and was selected as the team MVP. In the last two minutes of the 1971 Michigan-Ohio State game, Michigan was trailing, 7-3, when Taylor ran around the end and into the end zone and Michigan won to cap an undefeated regular season.

How did a scrawny black kid—the son of a barber and a domestic who grew up in Harlem and Trenton—become the 106th mayor of New York City? It’s a remarkable journey. Brother David Norman Dinkins [Beta, ‘47] was born in 1927, joined the U.S. Marine Corps in the waning days of World War II, went to Howard University on the G.I. Bill, graduated cum laude with a degree in mathematics in 1950 and married Joyce Burrows, whose father, Daniel Burrows, had been a state assemblyman well-versed in the workings of New York’s political machine. It was his father-in-law who suggested the young mathematician might make an even better politician once he also got his law degree.

A documentary on Taylor’s life was released. Titled ‘Perseverance,’ the fi explores his life as one of Michigan’s greatest running backs. The fi highlights Taylor’s college glories, but goes deeper to explore the setbacks that destroyed his reputation and sent him on a 25-year roller coaster ride to recover it. “We’re all going to stumble in life. It’s who gets back up and keeps moving forward,” said Taylor. He has also written a book about his life, titled “Get Back Up.” 66

NBA MVP AND AN ALPHA MAN Brother Nate “Tiny” Archibald [Theta Delta Lambda, ‘87] spent 14 years playing in the NBA, and is a world champion and six-time NBA all-star. He is known most notably for his stints with the Kansas City Kings and Boston Celtics. Growing up in South Bronx, New York City, Archibald was a playground legend. After being cut from his high school team as a sophomore, he returned as a junior and by his senior year was a star being named team captain and all-city team in 1966. Archibald went on to play for the University of Texas at El Paso, under the legendary coach Don Haskins. In 1970, Archibald was selected 19th pick of the second round to the Cincinnati Royals. Archibald led the NBA in scoring and assists, becoming the first and only player, to this day, to hold the record simultaneously in both categories. He averaged 34 points a game, which at the time was unheard of for a guard. His 910 assists gave him 11 assists per game, an NBA record at the time. Archibald won his first and only NBA championship with the Boston Celtics in the 1980–81 season alongside young NBA star Larry Bird. Archibald was also named most valuable player of the 1981 NBA all-star game. He was named to the NBA’s 50th anniversary all-time team, and in 1991 was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. THE SPHINX

The political career of David Dinkins is set against the backdrop of the rising influence of a broader demographic in New York politics, including far greater segments of the city’s “gorgeous mosaic.” After a brief stint as a New York assemblyman, Dinkins was nominated as a deputy mayor by Abe Beame in 1973, but ultimately declined because he had not filed his income tax returns on time. Down but not out, he pursued his dedication to public service, first by serving as city clerk. In 1986, Dinkins was elected Manhattan borough president, and in 1989, he defeated Ed Koch and Rudy Giuliani to become mayor of New York City, the largest American city to elect an African-American mayor. As the newly-elected mayor of a city in which crime had risen precipitously in the years prior to his taking office, Dinkins vowed to attack the problems and not the victims. Despite facing a budget deficit, he hired thousands of police officers, more than any other mayoral administration in the twentieth century, and launched the “Safe Streets, Safe City” program, which fundamentally changed how police fought crime. For the first time in decades, crime rates began to fall—a trend that continues to this day. Among his other major successes, Mayor Dinkins brokered a deal that kept the US Open Tennis Championships in New York—bringing hundreds of millions of dollars to the city annually—and launched the revitalization of Times Square after decades of decay, all the while deflecting criticism and some outright racism with a seemingly unflappable demeanor. Criticized by some for his handling of the Crown Heights riots in 1991, Dinkins describes in these pages a very different version of events.

Charles R. Holiday LM 5366 Eta Theta Lambda: 3/1/82 Iota Beta Lambda Omega: 9/16/13 Charles H. Jones Sr. Beta Kappa: 11/1/39 Epsilon Xi Lambda Omega: 4/7/13 Hinton C. Jones Jr. Tau Lambda: 3/12/81 Omega: 8/29/13 Ernest J.l. Lawson LM 2814 Theta Lambda: 5/27/61 Kappa Iota Lambda Omega: 6/23/13

TO ALL OUR BROTHERS IN OMEGA CHAPTER... MAY YOU REST IN PEACE 97 97

RAWN JAMES, JR. ZETA, ’95 Attorney and author Rawn James, Jr. appeared on ‘The Tavis Smiley Show’ in June to discuss his latest book, The Double V, which tells the history of how the struggle for equality in the military helped give rise to the fight for equality in civilian society. Brother James has also appeared on MSNBC’s ‘Politics Nation with Al Sharpton’ and NPR’s ‘Fresh Air with Terry Gross.’ His first book, Root and Branch, was a critically-acclaimed dual biography of Brothers Charles Hamilton Houston and Thurgood Marshall.

A Mayor’s Life is a revealing look at a devoted public servant and a New Yorker in love with his city, who led that city during tumultuous times.

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Otis J. Henderson LM 372 Alpha Rho: 4/11/46 Alpha Rho Lambda Omega: 10/22/13 Cornelius R. Hill Theta Iota Lambda: 2/19/78 Omega: 10/26/13

ARTS | SPORTS | ENTERTAINMEN

STORY OF PERSEVERANCE

Freddie C. Henderson Alpha Sigma: 12/13/63 Omega: 9/26/13

TO ALL OUR BROTHERS IN OMEGA CHAPTER, MAY YOU REST IN PEACE

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BOOK SHELF

7. OMEGA CHAPTER The section for the “Chapter of Sweet Rest” has gotten a makeover, to stand out from the other sections in the book. We want brothers to know that we respect the hard work of all those upon whose shoulders we stand on today.