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BALTIMORE
–America and the world has lost a great humanitarian and a great leader with
the death of Senator Edward M. Kennedy.
Members of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. around the world are saddened to
hear about the passing of “Ted” Kennedy, the third-longest-serving member of
the United States Senate, who was affectionately called the “lion of the
Senate.”
“Senator Kennedy was both a man of faith and one of the greatest political
leaders of our age,” said Herman “Skip” Mason Jr., general president of Alpha
Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. “His track record speaks for itself. Alpha Phi Alpha
salutes all men and women who step up to lead in the toughest of times, where
leading the charge to do what is right and just, seems to be both an
inconvenience and inconsequential; Senator Kennedy was such a man.”
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. encourages others to learn more about
Senator Kennedy and the current health care reform issue for which he lived
and fought every waking day of his public life. The members of Alpha also ask
that those who believe pause to pray for him and his family during this
period of mourning.
About Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Founded on December 4, 1906 at Cornell University in
Ithaca, New York, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. has continued to supply
voice and vision to the struggle of African Americans and people of color
around the world. The fraternity has long stood at the forefront of the
African-American community's fight for civil rights, through Alpha men such
as Martin Luther King Jr., Adam Clayton Powell, Thurgood Marshall, Andrew
Young, Edward Brooke and Cornel West. The fraternity through its college and
alumni chapters serves the community through nearly a thousand chapters in
the United States, Europe and the Caribbean. For more information, please
visit www.apa1906.net. |
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