VIDEO: Alphas' Private Ceremony at MLK Memorial

Members of Alpha Phi Alpha, the oldest black Greek fraternity and the force behind the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial, held a private ceremony at the memorial Friday in honor of King, who joined the fraternity as a student at Morehouse College in the 1940s. They were joined by Merlie Evers-Williams, the widow…

Members of Alpha Phi Alpha, the oldest black Greek fraternity and the force behind the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial, held a private ceremony at the memorial Friday in honor of King, who joined the fraternity as a student at Morehouse College in the 1940s. They were joined by Merlie Evers-Williams, the widow of Medgar Evers.

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The Washington Post featured a video clip from the ceremony above and here.

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