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Re: [APO-L] Interesting Article on Senator Lott's Fraternity Days . . .
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Randy Finder)
Sun Dec 15 23:54:39 2002
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Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2002 23:53:19 -0400
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From: Randy Finder <naraht@DRYCAS.CLUB.CC.CMU.EDU>
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On Sun, 15 Dec 2002, Derek J. Cashman wrote:
> Like you thought APO was racially divided! Anyway, as it states in the
While there is somewhat of a cultural divide, at appears that our path to
admitting african americans was considerably smoother than that of the IFC
greeks.
(note, I am using the terminology of the time, not to be hateful, but
accurate)
Yes, all of Alpha Phi Omega's founders were white, Lafayette had no
negro students in 1925. University of Pittsburgh and Cornell did, Alabama
Poly (now Auburn) did not.
The first chapter of Alpha Phi Omega at a colored school was at Johnson C.
Smith University in North Carolina, a relatively small Presbyterian based
universion. The second was at much more well known colored school, Howard
University.
These chapters are Delta Phi and Zeta Phi respectively. And chartered in
1947 and 1948.
I don't know if the founders of Delta Phi chapter were the first negros in
Alpha Phi Omega or not. Even if they were, 1947 for breaking the color
line is considerably ahead of many national public and private
institutions.
And I also know that at an APO regional held in Washington DC in the early
fifties, the dance was at the Jewish community centre, becuase it was the
only one to allow whites and negros to dance together.
*personal comment - Sort of makes you wish that our Alpha Phi Omega
brother Tom Daschle was still going to be Senate Majority leader. :)
YiLFS
Randolph Finder
--
Leadership, Friendship and Service - Alpha Phi Omega
