APCAA Staff

March 21, 2026  ·  The Plaza, MLK International Chapel  ·  Morehouse College ·  On a sun-draped Saturday afternoon on the plaza outside the Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel, the grounds of Morehouse College became hallowed anew. Before an assembled throng of brothers, family members, and members of the greater college community, the Alpha Rho Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated, presented its spring 2026 line, the Tenacious 19, to the world — nineteen young men whose scholarship, leadership, and character had earned them a place among the organization's most storied ranks.

The probate show, held on March 21, 2026, was at once a celebration and a consecration. As the men crossed over into chapter membership, they joined a brotherhood whose lineage at Morehouse stretches back more than a century, to charter day on Saturday, January 5, 1924. With the addition of the spring 2026 line, the Alpha Rho Chapter's historical record of initiates now officially acknowledges 1,467 members — a living testament to more than a hundred years of First of All, Servants of All, We Shall Transcend All.

The nineteen men presented Saturday were not simply inductees. They were, by every measure, among the most accomplished and civically engaged students on campus — a cohort that includes the incoming leadership of the Student Government Association, published journalists, engineers, entrepreneurs, military officers in training, and sons carrying forward proud family legacies within the fraternity itself.

The Spring 2026 line was introduced to the world in full, each man announced in the order of his number among the Tenacious 19:

1. Awwal Robert Allen Boswell Jr.

Sophomore | Business: Marketing | Harrisburg, PA — The first man presented carries his entrepreneurial instinct well beyond the classroom. As Marketing Director for Morehouse Culinary and Social Media Chair for the campus NAACP chapter, Boswell has already demonstrated a fluency in brand, community, and cause that defines the Alpha ideal.

2. Darius Kenyatta Brown Jr.

Junior | Business: Finance | Columbus, GA — The second man on the line arrives with distinction in his own right and carries the weight of a proud family name. Brown currently serves as Junior Class Vice President and has been elected Senior Class Vice President, meaning his leadership of the student body will only deepen in the year ahead. He also serves as Economic Development Chair for Collegiate 100. His membership continues a legacy begun by his father, Darius Brown, Sr., initiated into the Beta Tau Chapter in fall 1993.

3. Randall Jason Gray Jr.

Senior | Biology | Flossmoor, IL — The third member of the line is a senior and veteran presence in the AUC media ecosystem, serving as a senior member of the Atlanta University Center Agency Media Team. Gray's eye for storytelling and his commitment to the broader AUC community reflect the fraternity's call to serve.

4. Surrell Aidan Taylor

Junior | Dual Degree Engineering | Sugar Land, TX — Crossing as the line's fourth member and designated Mental Medic, Taylor serves on the Executive Board of the National Society of Black Engineers, bringing STEM excellence to a line rich in academic breadth. He, too, carries a family legacy — his father, Victor Taylor, Sr., was initiated into the Delta Phi Chapter in fall 1997.

5. Noah Dean Cathey

Sophomore | Journalism: Social Justice | Dallas, TX — The fifth man presented is already shaping the political landscape of the Morehouse campus. Having served as Senator At-Large, Cathey has been elected SGA Executive Director — a role in which he will help administer student government for the coming year. His membership continues the legacy of his father, Victor Cathey, initiated into the Nu Pi Lambda Chapter in fall 2018.

6. Sheik Amad Kante

Sophomore | Business: Finance | New York, NY — Sophomore | Business: Finance | New York, NY — The sixth man on the line, the current Senator At-Large, came to his probate having successfully won a runoff for SGA Vice President.

7. Christopher Octavious Lambry Jr.

Junior | Political Science | Atlanta, GA — The seventh member stands at the very apex of student governance. A current Senate Pro Tempore, Lambry was recently elected as the 95th SGA President. An Oprah Winfrey Scholar and Vice President of Morehouse Democrats, he is among the most politically consequential students on campus.

8. Davis Gibson Dedner

Sophomore | Business: Finance | Washington, D.C. — Crossing eighth, Dedner served as the line's Physical Medic and continues a family tradition of Alpha brotherhood. His father, Kevin Dedner, was initiated into the Kappa Kappa Chapter in spring 1996.

9. Austin Tyler Sampson

Junior | Business: Finance | Montgomery County, MD — The ninth man on the line carries both a commitment to educational access and a family legacy within the fraternity. As a UNCF Ambassador, Sampson advocates for scholarship opportunity at the highest levels. His grandfather, Leon Sampson, was initiated into the Delta Omicron Lambda Chapter in 1999.

10. Xavier Josiah Woodhouse

Junior | Education and Sociology | Chicago, IL — Woodhouse stands as the tenth member and Line President — the man chosen by his brothers to lead the Tenacious19 through their journey. A Presidential Ambassador and recipient of the Michael L. Lomax Scholarship, he is the standard-bearer of a line that needed no shortage of candidates for such an honor.

11. Dohnoven Alexzander Dixon

Junior | Computer Science | Anne Arundel County, MD — The eleventh member of the line is as comfortable in civic engagement as in computer science. As SGA Elections Chair, Dixon has helped administer the democratic processes of student government. He was also selected as Mr. Crimson and Creme by the Eta Kappa Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated — an honor that speaks to his standing across the broader AUC community.

12. Freddrell Rhea Bolton Green II

Junior | Journalism | Athens, GA — The twelfth man on the line serves as its Secretary and holds an editorial post of real consequence: Chief Copy Editor of The Maroon Tiger, Morehouse College's historic student newspaper. He is also Co-Founder of Greenlit Media, a venture that signals an entrepreneurial spirit to match his journalistic craft. Green crosses carrying a proud lineage — his father, Freddrell Green I, was initiated into the Iota Chapter in fall 1993.

13. Ezekiel Shaun King

Sophomore | Business: Marketing | New York, NY — The thirteenth member doubles as a second Mental Medic on the line, a role that reflects both the trust his brothers placed in him and his own orientation toward service. King serves as Creative Director for CASA and President of the Morehouse NAACP chapter — a pairing of artistic vision and civic voice that is distinctly Alpha.

14. Brisco Luke Anderson

Junior | Business and Finance — The fourteenth man on the line and a Physical Medic, Anderson represents the full range of what an Alpha Man can be. He serves on the Executive Board of the Morehouse Business Association, and in 2024 was selected as a model for the Ralph Lauren/Polo Collection — a distinction that confirms his presence extends beyond campus. His membership continues the legacy of his father, Byron Anderson, initiated into the Beta Nu Chapter in spring 1992.

15. Jakai Elijah McCoy-Morton

Junior | Kinesiology | New Orleans, LA — The fifteenth member brings a health sciences orientation to a line defined by diverse scholarly ambition. As a member of the Phi Delta Epsilon Medical Society, McCoy-Morton is preparing for a career of healing and service — values that Alpha has always held close.

16. Elijah James Bradley

Sophomore | Communication Studies | Los Angeles, CA — Crossing sixteenth, Bradley serves as Vice President of the Morehouse Sports Business Association, positioning himself at the intersection of athletics, media, and commerce. His work reflects an understanding that the future of sport is as much a business conversation as an athletic one.

17. Ja'Rory Taron Purnell

Junior | Business: Marketing | Minneapolis, MN — The seventeenth man on the line is, in a very real sense, already an enterprise. As Owner and CEO of Soul Not For Sale, Purnell has built a brand grounded in authenticity and purpose. An Oprah Winfrey Scholar, he enters Alpha carrying both the support of one of the world's most recognized philanthropists and the discipline of a self-made businessman.

18. Jared Jaimez Myers

Junior | Computer Science | Chesapeake, VA — The eighteenth man presented Saturday serves as Line Vice President, the second in command of the Tenacious 19. As NROTC Administration Officer, Myers moves through the world with military precision and a sense of duty that runs in the family — his father, Thomas Myers, was initiated into the Epsilon Pi Chapter in fall 1993.

19. Kayden Ernest - Kwasi Tuffour

Junior | Business: Finance | Washington, D.C. — The nineteenth and final man presented Saturday holds a singular distinction: he serves on the Executive Board of the Martin Luther King Jr. Chapel Assistants, working in the shadow of the very chapel whose plaza hosted his own crossing. There is a poetry in that — a young man who has served that sacred space now entering the brotherhood in its light.

A Century of Brotherhood, A Living Legacy

With the Tenacious 19 now counted among Alpha Phi Alpha's initiated membership, the Alpha Rho Chapter's roll stands at 1,467 men since its founding on January 5, 1924. That number is not simply a statistic. It is a roster of doctors and lawyers, teachers and preachers, politicians and poets, entrepreneurs and engineers — men who passed through these same gates and went on to shape their communities and their world.

The Spring 2026 line, by any accounting, adds distinguished names to that roll. They bring legacies. They bring leadership. They bring scholarship in biology and kinesiology, computer science and communications, finance and journalism. Several carry on family traditions within the fraternity that span decades and multiple chapters. And at least three of them are about to assume the highest offices of student government at one of the nation's most historically significant institutions.

Their crossing was not an ending. It was a beginning — the moment when nineteen remarkable young men became Alpha Men, and added their chapter to a story that has been unfolding on this campus for more than one hundred years.

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.  ·  Alpha Rho Chapter  ·  Morehouse College  ·  Est. January 5, 1924