Predominantly African-American Fraternity, Phi Beta Sigma, has just inducted President Bill Clinton as an honorary member. The Fraternity reached out to Clinton because the work of his global William J. Clinton Foundation closely parallels the health, social, and environmental efforts of the fraternity.
Congressman John Lewis (D-GA), a long-time member of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. responded, "I am so pleased and delighted that President Bill Clinton has accepted membership in my fraternity. As a true servant-leader it is fitting for him to join the ranks of civil rights activist and labor leader A. Philip Randolph, Atlanta businessman Herman Russell, former U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige, former NAACP Leader James Weldon Johnson and renowned scientist George Washington Carver. My heart is warmed today."
Clinton has long been cheekily hailed as "the first Black President"---a sentiment almost universally abandoned once Obama stepped onto the scene. Now he can at least say he was the first President of the United States to join a Black Greek organization.
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Congressman John Lewis (D-GA), a long-time member of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. responded, "I am so pleased and delighted that President Bill Clinton has accepted membership in my fraternity. As a true servant-leader it is fitting for him to join the ranks of civil rights activist and labor leader A. Philip Randolph, Atlanta businessman Herman Russell, former U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige, former NAACP Leader James Weldon Johnson and renowned scientist George Washington Carver. My heart is warmed today."
Clinton has long been cheekily hailed as "the first Black President"---a sentiment almost universally abandoned once Obama stepped onto the scene. Now he can at least say he was the first President of the United States to join a Black Greek organization.
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I can't believe this. Are you serious? Bill a Sigma? Wow!
ReplyDeleteI saw him trying to holla at some Deltas at the step show last Friday.
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