Greetings Brothers!
As proffered in past posts, the history of any organization is best told through the biographies of its members. It is there where you’ll find the soul of the concern (a strong argument for selecting well new members). Although the encyclopedic lists of contributions, accolades, trials, and accomplishments are elemental to any fulsome recording of history, the really good stuff is discovered when we learn more about the people behind it all and find with no surprise their personification of the full complement of the organization’s ideals.
I am happy to share the attached June 1943 profile on Brother James Madison Nabrit, Jr, accomplished civil rights attorney and former president of Howard University, written by the very able Brother Otto McClarrin. It represents to me one of those illuminating discoveries of which I speak. A bonus, through his writing Brother McClarrin, who would go on to serve as the Editor of the Oracle in the early 1970s, reveals his own Omega sense of fraternalism.
Read More – Nabrit_June1943_Oracle
Make it a great week Brothers. Be noble!
F.I.E.T.T.S.
3rd District History and Archives Committee
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The Monday Pearl is provided by the Third District History and Archives Committee and is a weekly sharing of fraternity content, commentary, and research of historical value we hope Brothers will enjoy and from which Brothers will draw inspiration. Previous “Pearls” can be found at http://3rddistrictques.org/about-us/overview/monday-pearl/. The Committee encourages your feedback. Should you have reactions, comments, information, anecdotes, documents, and the like, related to any of the content we share, we’d very much like to hear from you. Please send all communication to 3dhistoryandarchives@gmail.com.
