Richard Arrington Jr. born in October of 1934 in Livingston, Alabama  was the first African American mayor of the city of Birmingham, Alabama  serving 20 years, from 1979 to 1999. He replaced David Vann and, upon retiring after five terms in office, installed then-City Council president William A. Bell as interim mayor. Bell went on to lose the next election to the current mayor, Bernard Kincaid.

Arrington's father moved his family to the steel-town of Fairfield from rural Sumter County, Alabama when Richard Jr. was five years old to take a job with U.S. Steel. The steady work was an improvement over sharecropping, but Richard Sr. still had to supplement the family income by working off-hours as a brick mason.   more »

Dr. Alonzo G. Moron, a 1932 Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Brown University and member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, served for three years as commissioner of public welfare in the Virgin Islands, his birthplace. He was the first African-American head of public housing in the city of Atlanta.

On October 29, 1949, Dr. Alonzo G. Moron becomes the eighth president of Hampton Institute and the first African American to hold the position at the school. He served from 1948-1959. A 1927 graduate of the school, he administered the dormitory additions, changed the curriculum, phased out agricultural and the trades, established the academic program, addressed ideological conflicts, and provided an intellectual voice regarding school desegregation in Hampton. Dr. Moron is also recognized as the first Hampton Institute graduate to become President of the school.   more »

On Tuesday night, hundreds of Greek students cheered for their Homecoming groups and waved posters with their Greek letters above the loud, excited crowd on the steps of Jesse Hall.

At midnight, the Homecoming Talent Committee announced the fraternities and sororities that made it into finals and the winners of superlative awards.

For weeks before Homecoming, fraternity and sorority members worked on dances, skits and songs to perform in the Homecoming talent competition, one of several events that earns points for Homecoming Greek pairings and can help them win the first place participation   more »

On Monday, October 15, the brothers of the Beta Epsilon chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated, kicked off their "Real World: Business Weekly" Sean Nickols, director of educational activities and programs and his assistant, Lorenza Coffin, welcomed everyone to the event before introducing the guest speaker, Zebedee Talley, III.

Talley is a career counselor for the Office of Career Services located in Murphy Hall. Before coming to A&T in 2005, Talley spent six years working as a corporate recruiter. He worked for several   more »

This Monday, the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity sponsored the first “Black Men’s Think Tank” of the year, inviting black men and women to discuss an important issue relevant to MU students.

This month’s topic was avoiding and defeating domestic abuse in honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

The Alpha Phi Alpha program “EVOLUTION: The Black Men’s Think Tank” was founded 10 years ago to discuss issues relevant to black men at MU.

The program faded in popularity and ended, but was implemented again in 2004, this time allowing women to participate.

“We felt that it was important to open the forum for important subjects here at MU,” Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity member Matthew Oates said.

Women from The Shelter for Victims of Domestic Violence or Sexual Assault, a special center for women recovering from   more »

Instead of spending Saturday morning preparing for USC's afternoon football game, members of Alpha Phi Alpha and Delta Sigma Theta prepared back lunches to hand out to the homeless in Downtown Los Angeles.

Seventeen USC fraternity and sorority members from the National Pan-Hellenic Council chapters and volunteers from CSU Los Angeles packed hot dogs, condiments and crackers into 200 brown paper bags and brought boxes of bottled water to Skid Row residents for the second annual Service on Skid Row.

"Every time we do this event, I feel humbled because you don't know why [they're here] or their position," Delta Sigma Theta President Helsa Irizarry said. "I'm humbled that we came down here, and we put a smile on their faces."   more »

Funeral services for Floyd E. Carroll, 80, former president of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity's Theta Chapter, is Saturday noon at Greater Bethesda Baptist Church, 5301 S. Michigan, where he served as chair of the Deacon Board. The funeral will be preceded by a wake beginning at 10 a.m. Two visitations are scheduled at Leak's Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage: Friday, 6-8 p.m., and Saturday, 3-5 p.m. He will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va.

Carroll, who celebrated 50 years as an Alpha in March, retired from   more »

Men are known to enjoy talking about sports and exchanging opinions while getting a haircut at the barbershop.

Now a group of barbers and fraternity members plans to encourage barber customers, particularly black men, to turn the talk into action that will transform customers into mentors for young black males.

The barbers and Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity members are urging barber customers to sign up as mentors for about 780 black boys in North Texas who are on a Big Brothers Big Sisters waiting list.

Fraternity members and Big Brothers recruiters will be   more »

"Success 101: Management Leadership Series, Strategies for Building a Successful Business Operation" to Begin on Tuesday, October 23, 2007 in NYC

Strategic Solutions Group Incorporated in its continued commitment to empower the small business community will launch a dynamic new series on October 23, 2007. This exceptional series will equip business owners, entrepreneurs, and executives with practical ways to distinguish themselves from the competition and be recognized as the "best" in the marketplace.

Dante G. Dixon, Chief Executive Officer of Strategic Solutions Group, will discuss several topics aimed at providing participants with the information they require to move their business operations to the next level. Dante G. Dixon CEO and Founder of SSG is a dynamic professional who has worked with companies, groups of executives, entrepreneurs, industry leaders, and students throughout the United States and abroad.

Dixon was recently recognized as a 2007 Trailblazer Award recipient by the    more »

When members of the National Association of Black Journalists learned about the controversial trial taking place in Jena, La., they responded quickly to ensure student awareness and to generate support for the victims.

The NABJ, like other organizations on campus, chose to create T-shirts with “Free the Jena ‘6’” printed in bold white letters. Members of the NABJ gathered in Speaker’s Circle last week selling T-shirts and passing out flyers to raise awareness for the six teenagers being charged with attempted second-degree murder.   more »