Tussle At the Top

This book features years of research on both the competition between and the member-collaboration of Omega Psi Phi and Alpha Phi Alpha. These two storied Black Greek fraternities have contributed mightily to society through its respective organizational thrusts and the achievements of their members. This work highlights both and provides detailed and interesting research on the many personalities that have been initiated through both fraternities and the ways in which they have particularly impacted the struggles and challenges of African Americans.

For over a century, Black Greek fraternities have been at the forefront of leadership, achievement, and ground-breaking results. While the fraternities have graduate or alumni chapters through which some members are initiated through, the majority of the most-achieved members entered their respective fraternities through a chapter on a college campus. Many of those college campuses were Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Tussle at the Top: The Over One Hundred Year Competition Between the Omegas and the Alphas examines two of the prominent fraternities of that group - Omega Psi Phi and Alpha Phi Alpha. Not only does the book review historical events relative to Black Greeks - the Omegas and Alphas particularly - it also sets both their competition and collaborations within the context of the Civil Rights Movement.

Dr. Vincent Windrow is a university administrator, church leader, entrepreneur, and national conference presenter. He is a life-time member of both Omega Psi Phi Fraternity and the NAACP. In his thirty plus years as a fraternity member, he has served as the undergraduate chapter's president, the graduate chapter's secretary, and the undergraduate chapter's faculty advisor.