"The Alpha Kappa Mu National Honor Society (ΑΚΜ) is an American collegiate honor society recognizing academic excellence in all areas of study. Alpha Kappa Mu was founded on November 26, 1937 at Tennessee A&I State College. Alpha Kappa Mu Honor Society grew out of an idea conceived by Dr. George W. Gore, Jr., then Dean of Tennessee A & I State College. Representatives from five colleges which already had local scholastic honor societies on their campuses met in November 1937, to study Honorary Scholastic Societies at the invitation of Dr. Gore. The formation of "The Federation of Honor Societies" was the outgrowth of this meeting. The Executive Committee chosen for this Federation was: Dean James C. Evans, West Virginia State College, Chairman Miss Georgia L. Jenkins, Tennessee A & I State College, Secretary-Treasurer Dean W. T. Gibbs, North Carolina A & T College Dr. W. E. Farrison, Bennett College Dr. George W. Gore, Jr., Tennessee A & I State College The original goal of the honor society was to promote and reward academic excellence among African-American students. Due to its roots, most Alpha Kappa Mu chapters are located at Historically Black Colleges and Universities, though some can be found at predominantly white colleges; today acceptance of new members is race-blind. A biennial convention is held during odd years, in March, at a rotating selection of universities. The Society has grown to approximately 92,000 members affiliated with 79 different chapters. Most chapters are found in the South and Midwest, and the majority are at public colleges and universities. Alpha Kappa Mu was admitted to the Association of College Honor Societies in 1952. Juniors, seniors, and graduate students are permitted to join with a minimum GPA of 3.3." Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_Kappa_Mu #bhm #blackhistorymonth #blackhistory #scholars #academics #honors #honorsociety

A few years ago, when I called Trump a racist, more than one fellow Quoran would ask me: how could he be a racist when he received a medal from the Ellis Island Society along with Muhammad Ali and Rosa Parks? I had never heard of the Ellis Island Society, which right away tipped me off that maybe this wasn’t a particularly prestigious award. After all, don’t we hear about it when someone receives a Nobel Prize, a Kennedy Center Honor, an Academy Award, or a Medal of Honor? But the Ellis Island Society? A Google search told me that the Ellis Island Honors Society (full name) was founded in 1986 to honor the contributions of immigrants to the United States. True, Trump was honored along with Ali and Parks — but so were 79 other people, and this was the Society’s first year of existence. It strikes me as an “Everybody gets a trophy” stunt, with celebrities chosen for their name recognition in order to drum up publicity for a brand-new organization. And of course, Trump, Ali and Parks weren’t even immigrants. In fact, his award was described as in recognition of his real estate development career, which is ironic considering Trump’s longstanding policy of not renting or selling to nonwhites, which many of today’s immigrants are. It was definitely not in recognition of any efforts on his part to promote a multiracial and multicultural American society.