• Jewel Robert Harold Ogle

    Jewel Brother Robert Harold Ogle served as a professional staff member to the United States Senate Committee on Appropriations which was pioneering in 1909. He also had the distinct honor of serving as a clerk for two Washington Municipal Judges.…

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  • Jewel Eugene Kinckle Jones

    Jewel Brother Eugene Kinckle Jones became the first Executive Secretary for the National Urban League.  Jewel Brother Eugene Kinckle Jones was an instructor at the State University in Louisville teaching classes in English and math. (“Jewel Eugene Kinckle Jones,” 2013)

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  • Jewel Brother Vertner Woodson Tandy was the state of New York’s first registered architect. He was also the first African American to pass the military commissioning examination. He was commissioned First Lieutenant in the 15th Infantry of the New York…

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  • Jewel Henry Arthur Callis

    Jewel Brother Henry Arthur Callis became a physician and Howard University Professor of Medicine. Dr. Callis also made several contributions to medical journals as an expert in his field. Jewel Callis is credited with the following quote: “The chief significance…

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  • Jewel Charles Chapman

    Jewel Brother Charles Chapman became a Professor of Agriculture at Florida A&M University and help found a chapter there. Jewel Brother Charles Chapman graduated from Cornell and continued his studies at Howard University, Hampton Institute, and Ohio State University. (“Jewel…

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  • Brother Dr. Martin Luther King joined Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Incorporated on June 22, 1952, at Boston University via Sigma Chapter. (Stanford University, 2017) Despite being a little older than the other students and a minister, Martin was comfortable being…

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  • Unsung Hero

    Sheriff Bobby Lane was sort of a mystical character around my small community of Tibbee. He passed away on November 5, 2020. I did not know much about him, but I would always hear horror stories about the ordeal of…

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  • Unconditional Love

    Same song but different interpretations based on the visual presentation. The second video was filmed in 1999, while the first one was released in 1997 after 2pac’s death. The song became one of 2pac’s most popular ballads although it was…

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  • The Democratic-Republican party started in 1796 as opposition to the Federalists party according to ushistory.org. 1796 marked the first election in the United States according to the same online article. The Federalists party preferred the policies of Alexander Hamilton and…

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  • My Brother’s Keeper

    This one of the poems that I failed to commit to memory, but it is an important one that talks about the value of brotherhood. BROTHER’S KEEPER Dr. Richard T. James, Jr. A special bond among black college men.We reflect…

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