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One of several father/son legacies within the Alpha Rho Brotherhood, the Burrells, father Greg and son Jordan, will take the brotherhood's summer sojourns to Martha's Vineyard to an exclusive level this summer as we inaugurate our "Alpha Rho On The Vineyard" series. Early word on their August 10th plans suggest that the gathering will be far from the ordinary, and invitations to the early evening outing will be hitting the street in late April of this year. Alpha Rho's MV outing is an off-shoot of the Greater Boston Morehouse College Alumni Association's legendary "House On The Vineyard" series which takes place every 2nd week of August. The GBMCAA's MV events are aligned with presenting pa

Surely, you can find the footprint of Alpha Rho in corporate, medical, government and legal offices throughout the nation. But recent high profile appearances on Broadway, network television, and in live music performance reminds us of how diverse the brotherhood has become in recent years. To that end, we turn our attention to three of several note-worthy alums who are definitely making big-time performance waves: Brothers Stu James, Vince Ferguson and Yaegel Welch. Based in Los Angeles, Brother Stu James can be seen on seasons 1 & 2 and upcoming season 3 of the Ron Howard & Brian Grazer's New Form Digital series "Mr Student Body President" as Asst. Principal, Mr. Dana Ditman on Go90. Y

My City Winery Atlanta gig is set for Sunday April 22nd at 7pm, and tickets will go on sale tomorrow, (Friday, Feb 16) at 3pm. You can go thru my website to purchase at that time. Simply open the site menu and scroll down to TICKETS. Thanks for supporting me, and I can't wait to see you at the show!! Tickets here 👉 https://goo.gl/FVoz27

In one week, I've seen "Don't Make Me Wait"(a song that originated in my apt) be performed on the Grammys AND the SUPERBOWL broadcasts. I'm humbled and honored as much as I am excited. It's the #1 Reggae song currently and those of you who know about the music business know what a successful single can do for a career. So, I've pasted the link for Itunes(it's available on all digital outlets though) to this single from Sting and Shaggy and I would be grateful if you could support it and in doing so, support me and everyone else who worked on it. It's a love song and right about now, a little love can go a long way. Thank you, peace and love. - Kam

Alpha Rho lost two legends in the early months of 2018 -- Brothers Edgar Smith, Sr. (Fall 1950) and Samuel Tucker (Spring 1951). Edgar L. Smith, Sr., DVM West Bloomfield - on December 2, 2017 at age 93. Devoted husband to the late Pauline Jackson Smith. Beloved Father of Edgar L. Smith, Jr. (Toni) and Eric J. Smith. Dear brother to Bertha LaVerne Creath and Charles Henry Smith, both of Dermott, AR. Uncle to a host of nieces and nephews. Beloved friend and colleague to many. Dr. Smith was a historic Veterinarian and 2012 Congressional Gold Medal Honoree for being one of the 51st Defense Battalion (Montford Point Marines) in the U.S. Marine Corps, its first African American fighting unit

Brother Williams, known campus-wide by the name "Nish Williams," was a member of the Morehouse Baseball Team in the position of catcher, and the "M" Club. Williams graduated from Morehouse College in 1926. ​ He was born in Atlanta, Georgia on February 29, 1904 and died on September 2, 1968 in his hometown. Negro Baseball League records indicate that his birth name was Vinicius J. Williams, and he went by the nickname Zeke during his 13 active years with the league. After retirement, he became a successful Atlanta resturaneur in Black Atlanta. ​ During Donn Clendenon's college years at Morehouse College, 1969 World Series MVP and one of the most pivotal players in Mets history was mentored

Spike Lee and how ‘School Daze’ made black colleges matter By Ernie Suggs Monday, February 19, 2018 Thirty years ago this month — “A Different World” was still finding its way, and “The Quad” was still a generation in the future — Atlanta-born filmmaker Spike Lee introduced a large portion of the culture to black colleges with his landmark film, “School Daze.” “Today, 30 years later, people still come up to me and say, ‘Spike, you are the reason I went to a black school. I didn’t even know there were black schools. You are the reason I went to college. You are the reason I am in this job,” Lee said. “That film really changed people’s lives.” Lee, a 1979 graduate of Morehouse College, was in

Alpha Rho's own legendary "Music Man," Dr. William Daniels, returned to Morehouse earlier this month to receive the prestigious "Bennie" award for his lifelong contributions to the performing arts. Dr. McDaniel was joined in Atlanta by fraternity brothers, family and friends -- most notably his sons Elliot (Alpha Rho Spring 2000) and William III., both Alphamen and Morehouse alums. William T. McDaniel’s musical roots were destined from birth. He was born on the famed Beale Street in Memphis, Tenn., to a high school band director, and he went on to build his own legacy in music education, becoming an expert in African American music, jazz history, and jazz performance. McDaniel began his adv

Microsoft's Corporate Vice President Fred Humphries brought a little Washington, DC benefit swagger to the Morehouse Gala this year, enlivening the customary sponsor speeches with a multi-thousand dollar "Boo-ya" all the way from the Beltway! Fred ignited the live gift giving and pledged the ongoing support of Microsoft to Morehouse and its emerging technology graduates. In total, more than $3 million was raised for scholarships at Morehouse College during the “A Candle in the Dark” Gala on February 17. The 30th annual event, held at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta, was sold out with more than 1,500 guests on hand as six men – Ohio State professor William T. McDaniel ’67, Silicon Valley executiv

Alpha Rho's continuing series on screencaps from the moment when two line brothers reunite after years apart today catches up with the bookends from the Auspicious 13 (Fall 1980). There reunion was a total early 80s affair, as they randomly bumped into each other in the lobby of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Atlanta. Erza, a decorated Captain with the Atlanta Fire & Rescue Department, was catching the Friday evening jazz performance by Brother Ernie Quarles (Fall 1981) when Fred, a Corporate Vice President with Microsoft, drops by unannounced after leaving the "Key Supporters Reception" for Morehouse College. As it happens, the house was full of Class of 1983 alums, so the reunion was memo

Jewel Henry Arthur Callis is the great, great uncle of Alpha Rho’s own Wesley Langston Palmer Curl who was initiated at Morehouse College in Spring 1980. These heirloom family images have never been published outside of this blog and depict Jewel Callis as a young 1904 undergrad at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. One of seven Founders (7 Jewels) of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., Dr. Henry Arthur Callis was born in Rochester, New York and attended Cornell University and Rush Medical College. He became a physician and worked as a medical consultant at the Veterans' Hospital in Tuskegee, Alabama. He was Professor of Medicine at Howard University and a frequent contributor to medic

What has become one of Atlanta’s top events of the social season was a tough sell for fairly recent Morehouse graduates Robert H. Bolton ’86 and Hardy “Petey” Franklin Jr. ’83. The two were young administrators at the College in the late 1980s and had a great idea: the College should put on a big event to celebrate Founder’s Day. Not just a dinner or a dance, but an elegant, fun, black-tie night that celebrated the best African American male achievement, along with raising money for scholarships at Morehouse. Instead of a nice dinner in Chivers Dining Hall, which had been done for a number of years, they saw something special in their idea for the “A Candle in the Dark” Gala. “We got pushbac

To many in the medical profession, it’s a public health crisis in the making: While African-Americans make up 12 percent of the U.S. population, only about 6 percent of doctors are black. And evidence shows that patients feel better about the quality of their health care when their doctors look like them. To address this workforce issue, a group of young doctors, dentists, and other health care professionals started a traveling program called Tour for Diversity that goes all over the U.S. to meet with young people of color who are interested in health career paths. STAT talked to some of the leaders of Tour for Diversity at a recent stop in Winston-Salem, N.C., about some of the challenges t

Wharton MBA student Andre Ellis Jr. has created an on-demand startup company called Taxes Served that is looking to transform the tax preparation industry by offering a digital platform that connects users with experienced tax professionals. The goal for Ellis was to create something that would help improve the financial situation for low-income communities. Prior to Wharton, Ellis worked on Wall St. developing software products for financial institutions. Ellis attended business school so that he could be exposed to different industries that seemed attractive for technology disruption. While at Wharton, Ellis had the opportunity to take an entrepreneurship course called Venture Implementati

Brother Cassander Sellers was born in Macon, Georgia on February 26, 1903. Sellers died in July 1958 in Albany, Georgia at 55 years of age. ​ Brother Sellers was a member of the Morehouse College Class of 1925, graduating with a degree in Journalism, and served as advertising manager of the Morehouse Commercial Club. Brother Sellers was also a charter member of the Epsilon Beta Lambda Chapter in Macon, Georgia -- founded in 1949. Brother Sellers was the son of the late Mr. Cassander Nunes Sellers and Mrs. Mildred Sellers King. Brother Seller's father was the first Black Lawyer in Macon. He attended the public schools of Bibb County. After high school he matriculated to Talladega College