Tau Lambda’s First 100 Years: A Century of Leadership & Service

Nashville, Tenn.-The Tau Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. will celebrate the 100th anniversary of its founding in 2025. Plans include several civic and social events, culminating in May 2025. As the 20th century turned twenty-five, the Tau Lambda Chapter was seated at TennesseeAgricultural and Industrial State College at Nashville, Tennessee, now Tennessee StateUniversity. Aged memories recall the august charter members who were notable contributors to Nashville’s civic, social, and educational endeavors of the day. The chapter consisted of G. W. Gore, Head of the Department of English, Tennessee State College, Author of “Negro Journalism”, Senior delegate to the 19th Alpha Convention; W. S. Ellington, Jr., Dentist, Instructor of Physiology at Tennessee State College; C. H. Harper, Dean, Tennessee State College; Author: “Text in Psychology”; Roy Clinthorne, Instructor in Chemistry, Fisk University; James J. Tapp, Instructor in Mathematics, Fisk University, and J. W. Riley, Instructor, History Department, Tennessee State College. The first initiates were R. B. J. Campbelle, Jr., Bursar, Tennessee State College; I. I. Moore, Dentist; W.S. E. Ellington, Sr., Pastor, Frist Baptist Church, East Nashville, noted Leturer, Orator, Editor of Baptist Sunday School Literature; A. R. Turner, District Manager, Atlanta Life Insurance Company; Member of the...