Leading Figures in the History of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.

Highlighting 21 members of this illustrious historically Black fraternity



Omega

Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., was founded in 1911 at Howard University to

cultivate and nurture a generation of leaders who would work toward

racial uplift and influence American society. In an unprecedented two

volumes, Judson Jeffries brings together original works on 21 of the

fraternity's accomplished and influential members. Written by a diverse

group of scholars, these profiles highlight the national importance of

these figures in their chosen fields of endeavor as well as the enormous

impact of this great fraternity.



Volume 2

discusses Brigadier General Charles Young; the fraternity's one female

member, artist and activist Charlotte "Lottie" Wilson; modern civil

rights activists T.R.M. Howard, Bayard Rustin, Lawrence Guyot, Jesse L.

Jackson, and Emory O. Jackson; and scholars Lewis V. Baldwin, Asa Grant

Hilliard III, and Benjamin E. Mays. Jeffries concludes by celebrating

the recent rise in scholarship that draws attention to the fraternities

and sororities that have connected other Black trailblazers such as

these.



Including both widely recognized and

little-known individuals and featuring people who were on the front

lines of the struggle for racial equality as well as those whose work

took place behind the scenes, these volumes show the contributions of

Black leaders in the areas of science, civil rights, athletics, the

arts, the military, politics, education, and more. Leading Figures in the History of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.

is a testament to the significance of Black Greek-letter organizations,

whose members have made history through lives of struggle,

accomplishment, triumph, and uplift.



Contributors:

Judson L. Jeffries Qiana M. Cutts Francis V. Gourrier, Jr. Dereck

J. Rovaris Kyle Brooks Brian G. Shellum Kimberly Mangun Cynthia

Hawkins William J. Southerland Raymond Sommerville Jeaninne D.

Wallace