02/17/2026
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. mourns the death today of the late Civil Rights Movement icon and Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. Frater Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr., a founder of the Rainbow PUSH Organization, and protégé and close aide of the late Brother Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He was 84.
“We the men of Alpha lift up his family and community in prayers,” said Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. General President Brother Lucien J. Metellus, Jr. “The strives we have made as a nation can be directly tied to the work of Jesse Jackson and now more than ever, we need more people that will fight the good fight.”
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