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Nov 8, 2026
Larry JohnsonHOST
There's other states that have elected governors that are Negroes that are also part of black Greek organizations.
Larry JohnsonHOST
David Crowley, governor of Wisconsin, Alpha Phi Alpha.
Larry JohnsonHOST
Aaron Ford, governor of Nevada, Kappa Alpha Psi.
Larry JohnsonHOST
And one of the things that Keisha Lance Bottoms is going after is abortion.
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Larry JohnsonHOST
Supposedly, he just flipped Forest County, Mississippi, the county named after Nathan Bedford Forrest, the first Grand Wizard of the KKK, flipped it blue.
Larry JohnsonHOST
You know how dumb that sounds, especially when you see it on WNBC.
Larry JohnsonHOST
They ran a little spoof piece with Scott Collum, who is an Alpha Phi Alpha member.
Larry JohnsonHOST
They ran some little story that the last time that there was a black Senate senator out of the state of Mississippi, they went all the way back to a guy named Blanche Bruce.
John SpannGUEST
that were one of the first nine organizations to be created on collegiate campuses.
John SpannGUEST
So one of the first, just for an example, is in 1906, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Incorporated was founded on Cornell's University or Cornell University's campus.
John SpannGUEST
And I'm a member of that fraternity and that fraternity and other fraternities and sororities were created together.
John SpannGUEST
some of these PWIs as a way of building camaraderie and closeness around a Jim Crow society, right? Helping them.
John SpannGUEST
That is unique to them.
John SpannGUEST
Yeah.
John SpannGUEST
Same thing with Alpha Phi Alpha.
John SpannGUEST
There's something that we do called tutting and it's kind of like.
Camara WilliamsGUEST
Are you a friend? Oh, yes, I am.
Camara WilliamsGUEST
Alpha Phi Alpha.
Camara WilliamsGUEST
Okay.
Camara WilliamsGUEST
Ice cold brothers.
John Hale IIIGUEST
I ran across a group of guys wearing the old gold and black, and I said, I got to get over there.
John Hale IIIGUEST
So as a freshman, I placed Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.
John Hale IIIGUEST
The fifth chapter, Epsilon chapter, was founded at University of Michigan.
John Hale IIIGUEST
And I did not know at the time, but I was following in the footsteps of W.E.B. Du Bois, who was an Alpha from University of Michigan.
Jimmy McMichaelGUEST
Well, look, it was a great day.
Jimmy McMichaelGUEST
It was an amazing day for the B9 fraternities, for Alpha Phi Alpha, Cap Alpha Psi, Omega Psi Phi, Phi Beta Sigma, and Iota Phi Theta, along with all of our event partners, the NWCP, National Urban League, and 100 Black Men, and so much more.
Jimmy McMichaelGUEST
So the day was in support of an effort to get 100,000 Black Men to vote early.
Jimmy McMichaelGUEST
It was stressing the importance that you have to vote because it's the vote that has the power to change circumstances and outcomes.
Neville JamesHOST
We got a summit coming up.
Neville JamesHOST
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, the IOTA Sigma Lambda chapter is sponsoring a youth leadership summit.
Neville JamesHOST
Looks like it's next weekend, November the 14th, 2026.
Neville JamesHOST
We got Shamari Morehead and Arthur Burton here in the studio.
Neville JamesHOST
Introduce yourself.
Arthur BurtonGUEST
Yes, Arthur Burton.
Arthur BurtonGUEST
I'm the president of the Iota Sigma Lambda chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Incorporated.
Neville JamesHOST
Matriculated
Tony ReevesHOST
It's what I pledged.
Tony ReevesHOST
When I pledged Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Incorporated, I need people to understand that pledging back in the 80s was very different than And back then, there was a concept that we call in the black Greek community called pledging above ground.
Tony ReevesHOST
Strike that.
Tony ReevesHOST
Being online, which was done above ground, which means everybody could see what you were doing.
Lauren DarbyGUEST
I will let Kishan go ahead and explain.
Keyshawn WardGUEST
yes so we um underneath our forward together um administration forward together 100-day plan we finally have installed our hbcu uh director uh who is from famu um so that's an amazing not only legacy of my own but uh forward together um as well as we have a greek director from tulu college his name is terry rogers um he is a senior so he is great And he's Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity incorporated 1906 for those of you who don't know what that is and then we have a political affairs director Tay and he's from Sacramento State.
Keyshawn WardGUEST
He's a sophomore and then we have a public public Health Policy Director Miles Darby.
Keyshawn WardGUEST
He is a junior and he is from Morehouse College.
Duvalier MaloneHOST
I'm an Alpha as well.
Duvalier MaloneHOST
Alpha Phi Alpha in the house.
Duvalier MaloneHOST
All right.
Duvalier MaloneHOST
So what do you think? What do you think? Should Vice President Harris run again? And if so, does she have your support as a young person?
Rickey SmileyHOST
Slow-mo.
Rickey SmileyHOST
And we have the president of Florida Memorial University, member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Incorporated.
Rickey SmileyHOST
Tell us your name and speak loud in the mic and let everybody know what y'all got going on at the historical Florida Memorial University.
William McCormickGUEST
Good morning, Ricky.
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