Description
Members of the Citywide Pledge Club of the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity. These young men were attending different colleges around the region. Front row, left to right, holding banner, Vernon Dancy, Bob Williams, James White (behind word “Alpha” on the banner) and Sam Strain; middle row, left to tight, Pyromn Taylor (wearing glasses and a tie standing stooped to the left of James White), Teddy Williams, Johnny Delgardo (directly behind Sam Strain), John Boyd (with horizontal stripped tie and dark suit stand right of Sam Strain), Sherrill Luke --; back row, left to right, Price P. Cobbs, Ed Johnson, Haywood Thompson (plaid shirt), John T. Johnson (to the right of Haywood Thompson and back with a white shirt and dark tie), Bill Jones (two-color jacket), --, Cleophus Bouy (dark shirt and the most rear in the back row), Cairo Collins and Gene Walker (left of Sherrill Luke in the back row).
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