In the Bond of the Black and the Gold 1948-2002 : A Memoir of Brotherhood and Self Realization

The book is essentially a memoir by a 58-year member of Alpha Phi Alpha who in 1961 was a founder of its Eta Chi Lambda Chapter in Rockland County, New York, and who has held office in its national organization. The book is a history in that it sketches the development of the Fraternity in New York State in the 20th century. Moreover, throughout the book the author pays tribute to Alpha Fraternity for the role it has played in his own self-fulfillment. Further, the book is a pantheon to the extent that it memorializes a number of deceased members of the Fraternity. Finally, In the Bond relays to Alpha Phi Alpha a challenge made to the nine BGLOs by a team of scholars, one of them a member of Alpha Phi Alpha. This is a call to the nine to study their individual organizations and determine how each can be viable, relevant and meaningful to society in the 21st century when fraternal organizations targeting a unique race, albeit black, could be inexpedient.Dunbar, Harry B. is the author of 'In the Bond of the Black and the Gold 1948-2002 : A Memoir of Brotherhood and Self Realization', published 2006 under ISBN 9780964365421 and ISBN 0964365421.