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Alpha Phi Alpha, a historically black Greek letter organization, was established in 1906 at Cornell University. The Alpha chapter of the organization was initially founded as a support organization used to bond men of African descent with one another…

In November of 1991, the Interfraternity Council (IFC) required each fraternity in their council to vote on the colonization of Alpha Phi Alpha, the first historically black Greek organization. Then IFC President Greg Hicks delayed the original vote…

Dana Bolden '89, then a sophomore journalism major, founded a minority recruitment group with fellow sophomore Tom Brickel. Students are working to attract qualified minority students to W&L while also working to invite non-minority students to…

History would be derived of truth if every story had but one side. In this Ring-tum Phi article, the leaders on the Student Activities Board (SAB) struggle to come up with a conclusion about how the SAB was “saved.” One opinion article reads, “The…

This February 1964 issue of the Ring-tum Phi is replete with topics covering desegregation at Washington and Lee and the nation at large. In this one issue alone, the Ring-tum Phi covers the Hampton Institute visit, covering the first black students…