Down to the bone Welcome to the Qumran report may the peace and blessings of the life-giving creative spirit be upon you and upon your family my name is Melvin Ishmael Johnson coming at you live from Morris media studio I’ll call in Nimba is one three two three two nine three three three seven
Five and give us a call now this week on the qumran report we would talk about the history of black fraternities and sororities with playwright George Corbin who’s played the daughters of the cush open said to Stella a dirty ADA October the thirteen and it runs Friday and
Saturday at 8:00 p.m. and Sunday at 3:00 and ends its run on Sunday October to 13 2017 the Stella ality it is located as six seven seven three Hollywood Boulevard zip code 900 – a ticket information and reservations 1/2 1/3 908 503 – so we
Here live at Mars media studio give us a call then the playwright George Carlin will be here in a few minutes we’ll be giving away a few pairs of tickets to opening night of this great play the daughters of the push I like to talk about next our next
Broadcast would be on the 21st of September Thursday lavender – way of right here at Mars media studio and we would do our second pod on black fraternities and sororities and it would be called black fraternity history I mean black Greeks and the impact on the
Black community and this is on the 21st we will be discussing this great book here called stolen legacy by Georgia GM James he did some extensive research and this is a classic book that talks about the the Greek fraternities the divine nine in their impact on the black
Community we’ll be doing that on the 21st today we want to look at the whole history of this divine nine what is known as the divine nine and let me just list these fraternities and sororities first one Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity which was founded in 1906 at Cornell
University and then Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority founded in 1908 at Howard University and in Kappa Alpha sine Phi fraternity found in 1911 and Indiana University Omega Phi Phi sci-fi found in 1911 Howard University Delta Sigma Theta Sorority found in 1913 at Howard University Phi Beta Sigma found in 1914 at Howard University
Zeta Phi Beta found in 1920 at Howard University Sigma Gamma Rho found in 1922 at Butler University and then I told Phi Theta fraternity founded in 1963 at Morgan State University and these are known as the divine nine it was at the turn of the century some of you outstanding african-american scholars
And leaders of dr. WB Dubois dr. King etc was involved in these black fraternities now while we wait on our guests let me give you a little background on some of these fraternities and sororities I’d like to start off with one and and when we get our guests
Here I would have talked to him extensively about them but one is Sigma Pi five also known as the double ladies reference that’s a bootleg but this is one of your earlier black fraternities it was found about Henry M Minton and here in his home city of Philadelphia
Henry McGee Minton in a small group of his colleagues found that Sigma Pi Phi fraternity the nation’s first black letter for Turnitin Minton who was a dentist he shared his vision of such a fraternity he had been thinking about this for some time with his colleague
Consisting of a B Jackson who was a doctor Edwin see J Howard also a doctor and Richard J Warwick jr. who was in Dennis now meeting on Sunday May the 15th 1904 at the home of dr. Howard the group discussed and agreed on establishing of fraternity and its purpose as envisioned
By Minton along with the pregnancy of membership educational and professional achievement commitment to addressing needs in the black community call to compatibility and the potential to engage in good fellowship additionally membership would be by invitation only and with these with these laid out and agreed upon the group elected to meet
Again in two weeks from May 15 1904 day to discuss and approve eternity rituals and its constitution now during that interval two other distinguished means was added to the initial group Eugene T Henson MD and Robert Albee MD together the forlorn 6 mins Henry M Minton a be Jackson f1c JT Howard Richard
Warren Eugene T Henson and Robert J Abbey are the founders of Sigma Phi Phi fraternity who was purposed in that it is now expressed in the words of the preamble to its constitution and it reads whereas is seen wise and good that me and of ambition refinement and
Self-respect should seek to society of one another both for the mutual benefit and to be an example of a higher type of manhood so I want to project a picture of of dr. Minton so you get an idea of how you looked very important in terms of
The history mm-hmm and in the bottom part of their Constitution reads be it resolved that a society be organized for the purpose of mining Mane’s of light quality into a close sacra paternal union that they may know the best of one another and that each in this life made to his field
Ability aid to other and by concerted action bring about those things that seem best for all that cannot be accomplished by individual effort now this R eternities Sigma Phi Phi fraternity is also known as the boule which in ancient Greece was a Council or chief and we would really get into that
Next week when we began to talk about George G M James book called stolen legacy when he get into the historical act spec of the whole Greek civilization which he approved in this book that was based mainly on the the thought of the ancient Egyptians and he detailed and in
That book and that’s what we’re gonna talk about next week is the impact of these Greek fraternities and sororities upon the overall black community here in the United States of America and on a international basis one of the individuals who would come out of I
Think he was out for his name was Carter G Woodson and in the twenties he would write an excellent book called the mis-education of the negro in which he he bring up that issue that we’re still debating today on investing influence of Western education on the overall impact
Of the african-american mind here in the United States of America especially coming out of almost 400 years of slavery now another individuals that I want to get into before we talk about the history of these divine nine because this is an individual he was an educator
He was very also very important to the history in terms of Greek fraternities and sororities and also the press Hall mason movement and his name was Charles H Wesley and like to project an image of dr. Wesley too because he was a very very important um individual read a
Little about dr. Wesley his name was Charles Harris Wesley he’s born December the 2nd 1891 and he passed authors of 16 1987 so lived a long time he was an American historian educator minister and author he published more than 15 books on african-american history and he served as president in the Wilberforce
University and also founding president of Central State University both in Ohio he was noted for writing the history of the black fraternities and sororities and the press Hall movement here in the United States of America now Charles Wesley was born in Louisville Kentucky the only child of materia and Charles
Snowden Wesley he attended local schools as a boy and went on to graduate in 1911 from Fisk University a historical black college in Nashville Tennessee he earned a master’s degree from Yale University in 1913 continuing with his graduate work in 1925 Wesley became the fourth african-american to receive a PhD from
Harvard University he was ordered of Doctor of Divinity in 1928 by Wilberforce University now Wesley became an ordained minister of the African Methodist Episcopal Church the AME he also had an academic career as a professor of history and wrote a total of more than 15 books on african-american history and political
Science he served as the Dean of the liberal arts in the graduate school at Howard University and he is considered the the noted historian in terms of writing about the black fraternities and sororities okay now let me get into a little about the history of the divine
Now the divine nine and I listed them earlier and the first one that I want to talk about is the Alpha Phi Alpha Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity incorporated it is the first African American intercollegiate Greek letter paternity the individuals recognized by the fraternities as founders are known as
The seven jewels who were Henry Arthur Kahless Charles Henry Chapman Eugene nickel Jones George Kelly Nate Daniel Marie Robert augury and Verta woods intended now it was initially a literary and social study club organized in 1905 to 1906 school year at Cornell University in Ithaca New York the group later evolved into a
Fraternity with a founding date of December the 4th 1906 at Cornell it employs an icon from ancient Egypt the great sphinx abusive as its symbol its aims are manly deed scholarship and love for all mankind and its motto is first of all servant of all we shall transient
Off its archives are preserved at the moorland swing of research of Center in New York the chapters were chartered at Howard University and Virginia Union University in 1907 as I mentioned early some of the most prestigious individuals come from this particular fraternity Martin Luther King jr. w eb Dubois
Frederick Douglass Dick Gregory musician Duke Ellington Lionel Richie NBA legend Walt Frazier Cornel West integer Jamaican Prime Minister Norman Manley was also a member of dis paternity Olympic gold medal Jesse Owens Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall United Nation ambassador Andrew Young Academy award-winning director Barry Jenkins and of the late Stuart Scott sports
Announcer and J hair is just dimensional few individuals that was involved with this particular fraternity and when our guests come George Coleman he’s also a member I will talk to him in depth about that particular fraternity ok the necks of the ER divine nine is the Alpha Kappa
Alpha it’s a Greek letter sorority the first established by african-american college women membership is for college educated woman the sorority was founded on January 15 1908 at the historical black Howard University in Washington DC by a group of sixteen students led by after henchmen flowers forming a sorority broke barriers for African American
Women’s in areas where they had little power of authority due to a lack of opportunities for minorities and women’s in the early 20th century Alpha Kappa Alpha was incorporated on January 29 1913 consisting of college-educated women of many diverse backgrounds from around the world including African American Caucasian Asian Native American
Hispanic Indian the descent the sorority serves to a membership of more than two hundred and eighty three thousand women and this was in 992 chapters in the United States mm-hmm okay it’s a second the third of the divide nine is Kappa Alpha side it is a collegiate Greek letter fraternity with a predominant
African-american membership since the fraternities founding on January 5th 1911 and Indiana University Bloomington the fraternity has never limited membership based on color creed or national organ origin the fraternity have over a hundred and fifty thousand members with 721 under graduate and alumni chapters in every states of the United States and international chapters
In the United Kingdom Germany Korea Japan United States Virgin Islands area and South Africa Kenya that is campus now let’s look at the fourth member of the group Omega thighs sapphire it’s an international fraternity with over 50 undergraduate and graduate chapters the fraternity was founded on November 17 1911 by three Howard
University juniors edwin amos love Oscar James Koopa and Frank Coleman and therefore ticket faculty adviser dr. Ernest ever Jess Oh Myka phi phi phi is the first predominantly african-american fraternity to be found it at a historical black university and in some of the in known individuals that belongs
To this particular fraternity bill cosby Benjamin Mays Bayard Rustin Langston Hughes Count Basie Roy Wilkins Benjamin hooks Vernon Jordan Reverend Jesse Jackson Reverend dr. Mac King Khan Douglas whiner Earl Grey’s tomjohn Oh Charles Bolton Michael Jordan Shaquille O’Neal Vince Carter Steve Harvey Steven Smith Ray Lewis this is the Omega fire
Sapphire the next one is the Delta Sigma Theta sometime abbreviated deltas or DST is a not-for-profit Greek letter sorority of college-educated woman dedicated to public service with an emphasis on programs that target to african-american community delta sigma theta were founded on January 13 1913 by 22 collegiate women at Howard University
In Washington DC it’s open to any women who meet the requirements regardless of religion race or nationality woman made you want to undergraduate chapter at a college or university or through an alumni chapter after earning a college degree this was the Delta the necks of
The divine nine is a Phi Beta Sigma Phi Beta Sigma is a social service collegiate and professional fraternal fraternity founded at Howard University in Washington DC on January the 9th 1914 by three young African American male students with nine of the Howard student as charted members the Pretender to the
Fraternity founders a Langston Taylor linen F Morris and Charles R Brown wanted to organize eternities that would exemplify the idea is a brotherhood scholarship and service while taking an exclusive perspective to serve the community as opposed to having an exclusive purpose 5 beta 6 the necks
Of the divine 9 that we mentioned is Zeta Phi Beta 0 Phi Beta is an international historically black Greek letter sorority in 1925 women’s from Howard University envision a sorority that would raise the consciousness of their people encouraged a high standard of scholarship achievement and foster a
Greater sense of unity among his members these women believed that the sorority Eli teal a sorority liked him he liked and socializing overshadow the real mission for progressive organization sinces found that Zeta Phi Beta has historically focus on addressing social issues the necks of the divine nine is the Sigma Gamma Rho
Sigma Gamma Rho sorority incorporated was founded on November 12 1922 at Butler University in Indianapolis Indiana by seven young educators it was incorporated within the state of Indiana in December 1922 and became a national collegiate sorority on December 30 1929 when a Charter was granted to the half of challenges and
This is iota Phi Theta incorporated is a nationally incorporated historical African American collegiate of eternities whose purpose is the development of scholarship leadership citizenship fidelity and brotherhood among men it was founded on September 19 1963 at Morgan State University in Baltimore Maryland at present it consists of over 70,000
Members there are currently over 300 undergraduate and alumna alumni chapters as well as Colin is located in 40 US states the District of Columbia the Bahamas Colombo South Korea and Japan so those are your divine and these are the sororities in fraternities that make up the bulk of the African American
Leadership since slavery I was hoping to get some call names about the thing that stands out in my mind when I’m looking at these divine nine it’s it seemed like five of them we’re starting at Howard University so the question always pop in my mind is why since we have a hundred
And fourteen historical black schools you would think that most of these fraternities and sororities would be situated in the southern state at this particular time so I one of the questions that I wanted to ask my guess is why was these fraternities and sororities found that most of them found
In in the Washington d.c Baltimore area of Howard University another thing that stood out in my mind is the fact that when we look at OD the Fatima’s that was started in 1904 these Sigma 5 5 for turned into you it’s interesting to me that this was started
By these six doctors that’s founded and I’m wondering about their significance behind that but on the twenty first one would come back we’re gonna really dabble into and try to answer some of the questions about that was brought by this particular book here stolen legacy
About George G M James who also was a member of the Alpha fraternity was a prince haw Mason but he had a lot of regrets he thought that the the Greek letter the Greek letter fraternities had a gap in terms of the historical information in terms of not connecting
It to the ancient Egyptian this is an excellent book he in this book he talked about where this ship seemed to have developed during the time of Alexander the Great and uh and then under the tutelage of Aristotle who was able to organize that all of the knowledge that
You had in the Greek in the ancient Egyptian library that they transfer it looked like we have a phone call coming in so Who am I speaking with Kurt I’m speaking with Kurt yeah how you doing I have a theory of a possible theory I’m doing fine you
Oh just mine I have a possible theory about Howard University yes and if my memory serves me correctly wasn’t Howard can you turn can you turn your phone turn it down okay turn it down in the background okay go ahead Kurt look like we lost Kurt Maxie
Okay Kirk give us a call back in so he was getting ready to talk about Howard University and the reason that most of these fraternities and sororities were starting in that Washington DC area okay that was Kirk NASA we still waiting on our special guest George Corben who
Had a play the daughters of the push that’s slowing up the daughters of the coaches a world premiere played excellently written by George Corben directed by Veronica Thompson October the 13th to the 29th a world premiere plane Friday Saturday at 8 o’clock and Sunday at 3 o’clock at the hollywood los
Angeles so more so than african-americans in the south I think maybe the economy with them with the proximity to Washington DC that there you know their because they were more exposed to the white society and they could see okay they’re doing this we can do it – mm-hmm as maybe opposed to
People on a farm or in a small community not not close to the city thing they’re out you out in the country down here in Mississippi you’re on a farm and they saw these things in Washington and they were able to you know they made up their
Mind that they they wanted to emulate it and do what not imitate what they saw that be equal to what they thought around what you what’s your mom’s was she in a sorority what wouldn’t you think that an institution like tusky honor educator like Booker T Washington would put black fraternities and
Sororities would mushroom out of an airy intellectual disagreement maybe between Booker T and Dubois and I think maybe he was more inclined to grow in a community and a different type of fashion you know there’s be more self-sufficient mm-hmm due to the fact that they you know they were in more but act
Agricultural yeah and doctor de Boer he did teach one year at Tuskegee and I know they had a disagreement later on but the boys you know he changed over period them what do you think and then your father went to Morehouse he went to a seminary school in Anniston Alabama
That was run by the Lutheran Church MBA things that I find strange and traffic of something is my father didn’t join a fraternity and I think it was like it was I mean I think I think by when he went to win the army and came and fought
In the war three or four years he came back and I get the impression that he felt that he wasn’t going to be constrained by mm-hmm anything you know anything just to say you know this is an American Society had to offer he always worked for himself but you know
Needless to say he probably probably couldn’t have been wouldn’t have been hired by a white company anyway so well let me let me ask let me actually what do you think of the values of black fraternities and sororities to the overall black community as a whole to
The Greek life much that in certain I you know another thing he took me you were talking about the deltas you think their membership is like triple or I was extremely high compared to the the fraternities do a lot of work this morning and they you know they worked
Hurricane Katrina I maybe the fraternities were involved with increasing the education getting people black people in the colleges achieving academic welcome let me actually about the odorous of the cush you’ve been involved with that since to your first reading what are your thoughts on the daughters of the cush
What kind of impact that you do you think that that could have out here in Southern California that thing about this play is you have it occur because we we had the reading last year there was discussion about a woman who was Jewish and she joined the deltas and I
Can’t remember it was in Florida you know right oh yeah Tupelo Mississippi yeah she wanted to period now what things seem to be more separate than they were in the past seems to be more of a push with a push towards civil rights that was stronger back then and
It has particularly that the play takes place in 1963 and what Kurt thank you so much for calling here you know we got um we got a couple of tickets for you for the opening night performance for let you go do you think for turn ities and sororities isolate themselves from the
Overall african-american community yeah okay in what way and what’s the danger of that what what is the danger of death I grew up in Southern California in Los Angeles in a time period early and I went to a high school that was basically it was 80% Jewish and they had
Off-campus social club and it was just like being in a fraternity you know we wore jackets do they lost minorities to get in the and the men clubs thought you know guys to get into their to their clubs but they were always you know you have to top at the
Lead are they’re just class president so on and so forth you see what I’m saying I mean they were what the talented yes I think that it was more of a social social thing and that’s why they call themselves social cultural clubs and maybe some of these black fraternities
Fell into that trap the same way yeah I think that I think it depends on the size of the city okay Maxine playwright himself from pity the proud ones and the agreement about Truman and Roman say excellent but way no some more your work to come to
Alright thank you very much for calling in and I’ll make sure those tickets for opening night right okay we didn’t get our I was in studio guest I guess he got caught up in the traffic George Corman I talked to him a little earlier but let me just mention again the daughters of
The cush world premier played by George Corbin directed by Veronica Thompson October the 13th to the 29th Friday and Saturday and eight o’clock Sunday at 3 o’clock that said to Stella Adler the agent six seven seven three Hollywood Boulevard Hollywood California 900 two eight to RSVP or information about tickets called
Two one three 908 503 to or email drama stage one at yahoo.com ok now we’re heading down to out the last part of our program which is community voices and events and on September 13 2017 at seven o’clock done asana play reading series produced by Bill White and myself at the
Moment Playhouse we have two excellent plays that’s this coming Wednesday it’s a free event plenty refreshments and it’s an open discussion after so come check that out that’s F Dean been asana play reading series at the moments Playhouse now also on September the 20th 2017 6:30 p.m. financial management workshop for
Veterans and the workshop instructor would be e J peers this is at the vortex two three four one East Olympic Boulevard Los Angeles California 900 to one and was hoping to get a call from EJ to tell us a little about the the workshop he has mr. and mrs. EJ
Pierce a kosher and EJ my eat and excellent financial advice so we’re looking forward to this workshop that’s once again 6:30 financial management workshop for veterans and non-veterans can attend also but we focusing in on veterans and that’s EJ peers at the vortex two three four-one East Olympic Boulevard Los Angeles California
900 to one and I also like to do a shout out to my brother Reverend Freddy Johnson who’s starting his new church in Memphis Tennessee it’s called a Zebedee’s Baptist Church and the doors will be opening on Sunday September 224 and on our 21st on our September and toid them first broadcast
I will give you more informations about the opening of his church I hope to have him on live so we can find out a few things that’s happening down in Memphis Tennessee so so I would like to extend the special things to Kirk Maxie who called in on the phone Curtis of Exxon
The playwright he’s part of the Roby theatre advanced playwriting program and so am I so is George Curtis had an excellent play about Billie Holiday and Artie Shaw that was performed at the second Paul Robeson festival last weekend at the Los Angeles theatre center now please please listen to pass
Hills of the Qumran report by just googling in the Qumran report and thank you for tuning in to the Qumran report and from your host Melvin Ishmael Johnson may the peace and bless and upon your family I leave you with home Chance on love register to vote money ain’t everything the Juke is by her ring
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