About the chapter
Rho Xi Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. — chartered October 7, 2004, serving Canton, Mississippi and the surrounding Madison County region.
From the Office of the President
Brother Dr. Corky F. Wicks
Chapter President
On behalf of the brothers of the Rho Xi Lambda chapter, I would like to welcome you to the website of the 668th House of Alpha Phi Alpha, Fraternity, Inc., chartered on October 7, 2004 in Canton, Mississippi.
Our chapter is built on the timeless aims of our fraternity — manly deeds, scholarship, and love for all mankind. We carry those aims into the schools, churches, civic squares, and family homes of Canton and Madison County every day of the year.
Whether you are a prospective member, a Brother considering reclamation, a community partner, or a friend of the chapter — there is a place for you here. Goodwill is the Monarch of this House.
Mission
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. was founded on December 4, 1906 at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York — the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for African Americans.
Founded by seven men who came to be known as the Jewels, Alpha Phi Alpha has chartered chapters at colleges, universities, and alumni communities across the United States, the Caribbean, Africa, Europe, and Asia. Brothers of Alpha have included Dr. W.E.B. Du Bois, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Justice Thurgood Marshall, Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., Andrew Young, and many others who shaped the American century.
The Rho Xi Lambda Chapter was chartered in Canton, Mississippi on October 7, 2004. As an alumni chapter, our work is the steady, unglamorous work of brotherhood — showing up for the community we live in, the schools that raised many of us, and the next generation of brothers coming behind us.
“Goodwill is the Monarch of this House.”
Our aims
Service and leadership in the Canton community — voter engagement, mentorship, and youth development.
Education foundation, scholarship awards, college tours, and academic readiness programs.
Brotherhood that crosses generations — strengthening alumni Brothers and supporting our undergraduate chapter.
By the numbers
Since October 7, 2004
Annually across Canton
Through the Education Foundation
National + chapter initiatives
Chapter history
The Rho Xi Lambda Chapter was chartered on October 7, 2004 as the 668th House of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. — an alumni chapter serving the Canton, Mississippi area and the surrounding Madison County region.
Rho Xi Lambda was chartered by Brothers who shared a commitment to alumni leadership in Canton — a community with deep civic, educational, and faith traditions. From the chapter's first meeting, the work has centered on what alumni chapters of Alpha Phi Alpha do best: showing up consistently for the schools, churches, and civic institutions of our city.
As the local alumni chapter, Rho Xi Lambda serves as the affiliate to the Omicron Gamma Chapter at Millsaps College in Jackson, MS. We mentor, advise, and partner with the undergraduate Brothers — sharing programming, opening doors, and standing alongside them as they live out the aims of the fraternity on campus.
Across two decades, Rho Xi Lambda has run voter registration drives on the Canton Square, mentored hundreds of young men through Go-to-High-School / Go-to-College, awarded scholarships through the chapter's Education Foundation, and held the line on the fraternity's national programs.
The Seven Jewels
The Jewel Founders of Alpha Phi Alpha gathered at Cornell University in 1906 and chartered a fraternity that has stood for more than a century. Their lives — in medicine, architecture, public service, civil rights, education, and engineering — remain the chapter's standard.
Co-Founder • Physician
1887 – 1974
Physician and educator who served as the second General President of Alpha Phi Alpha. The last surviving founder.
Co-Founder • Educator
1881 – 1934
Educator and agricultural scientist. The first Chapman to convene the founders at Cornell.
Co-Founder • Civil Rights Leader
1885 – 1954
Co-founder of the National Urban League and a pillar of early 20th-century civil rights work.
Co-Founder • Engineer
1884 – 1962
The first African-American engineer registered in the State of New York.
Co-Founder • Educator
1885 – 1959
Career educator in the Washington, D.C. public schools for more than four decades.
Co-Founder • Public Servant
1885 – 1936
Long-time staff member of the United States Senate Committee on Appropriations.
Co-Founder • Architect
1885 – 1949
The first African-American architect registered in the State of New York. Designed Madam C.J. Walker's Villa Lewaro.
Milestones
1906
Founded on December 4, 1906 at Cornell University by seven young men — the Seven Jewels.
2004
Chartered on October 7, 2004 as the 668th House of Alpha Phi Alpha, serving Canton, Mississippi.
2014
The chapter's 501(c)(3) Education Foundation begins awarding scholarships and supporting Canton-area students.
Today
An active alumni chapter advancing the fraternity's aims through six core programs and ongoing partnership with Omicron Gamma at Millsaps College.
Alumni affiliate
Rho Xi Lambda serves as the alumni affiliate to the Omicron Gamma Chapter at Millsaps College — supporting undergraduate Brothers through mentorship, joint programming, and continuous brotherhood.
Undergraduate chapter
Omicron Gamma Chapter
