Beta Mu

The Beta Mu Chapter was chartered on April 28, 1932, at Kentucky State College, now Kentucky State University. It was the first Greek-lettered organization on the campus and the first college chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha in the state of Kentucky. Representing the General Organization were Alpha Lambda member Frank L. Stanley, Sr. and Alpha Beta Lambda member Henry Arthur Merchant. Charter members and original chapter officers were: Brother William Colran, president; Brother William Coleman, vice president; Brother J. Waymon Hackett, secretary; Brother Howard Givens, treasurer; Brother William Davidson, corresponding secretary; Brother John W. Givens, associate editor of The Sphinx; Brother Lonnie Moton, chaplain; Brother Russell Stone, sergeant-at-arms; and Brothers Stephen Samuels, Robert Thompson, James V. Washington, William Didlick, W.M. Thomas, Warren Whyte, and James Drummer.