To the youths who march onward and upward toward the light…
Since 1924, the Eta Lambda Chapter has served as the mentoring chapter to four active chapters (Alpha Rho - Morehouse College; Alpha Phi - Clark Atlanta University; Iota - Morris Brown College;
Zeta Mu - Georgia State University).
CHAPTER PRESIDENTS
Dr. Avery Kenly - Eta Lambda
David Smith - Alpha Rho (Morehouse College)
Isaac Goodlow - Alpha Phi (Clark Atlanta University)
Jerron Johnson - Iota (Morris Brown College)
Basil Hibbert - Zeta Mu (Georgia State University)
ALPHA RHO CHAPTER
MOREHOUSE COLLEGE
CHARTERED JANUARY 5, 1924
Advisors: Henry Goodgame and Donald Webster
The number of undergraduates at Atlanta University and Morehouse College had grown to such an extent that with the consent of Eta Lambda, undergraduate chapters were established at these schools with the Alpha Rho Chapter chartered at Morehouse College on January 5, 1924.
ALPHA PHI CHAPTER
CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY
CHARTERED JANUARY 28, 1927
Advisors: Cafabian Heard and Lawrence Pressley, Jr.
In December of 1926, delegates from Eta-Lambda presented an application to establish an Alpha chapter at Clark University. The application was approved to establish a chapter, and the following semester on January 28, 1927, the Alpha Phi Chapter was chartered at Clark University.
IOTA CHAPTER
MORRIS BROWN COLLEGE
CHARTERED MARCH 10, 1941
Advisor: Keith Mosely
In the Fall of 1940, Eta-Lambda members thought it was time to complete Alpha's presence at the Atlanta University Center. Therefore, four members of Eta-Lambda, petitioned for a chapter at Morris Brown College. As a result, a Sphinx Club was established, and the following semester, the Iota Chapter was chartered on March 10, 1941.
ZETA MU CHAPTER
GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY
CHARTERED AUGUST 8, 1968
Advisor: Kirk Brown
During the height of the Civil Rights Movement, 7 students served as charter members for the Zeta-Mu Chapter at Georgia State University on August 8, 1968. Zeta-Mu was the first Black Greek-lettered Organization to be chartered on a predominantly white campus in the state of Georgia.