This Act relieved some of the burdens that made it difficult for women and minority groups to succeed in employment discrimination lawsuits.10 President George H. One of the prominent, substantive issues for Alpha Phi Alpha was the proposed Civil Rights Act of 1990. to pay their respects to Brother King and noted that this would be the first monument of an African American in Washington, D.C.3 Alpha Phi Alpha agreed to finance the entire project and there were 115 sponsors of the legislation.4 When the proposed legislation progressed into the House Subcommittee on Libraries and Memorials, it failed to approve the legislation.5 Over the next ten years, Alpha Phi Alpha worked to receive approval from the National Capital Planning Commission and the National Capital Memorial Commission.6 However, the Fraternity had not yet received Congressional approval to raise money to build the monument.7 Finally, twelve years after the Fraternity proposed this legislation, President Bill Clinton signed the bill authorizing Alpha Phi Alpha to begin its fundraising campaign.8 Because securing authorization to fundraise was the Fraternity’s primary goal at that point in time, Alpha Phi Alpha was able to shift its focus on efforts to locate a site and finalize a design for the monument.9 in Washington, D.C.1 Congressman Julian Dixon introduced a joint resolution to build the monument.2 In his proposal to Congress, Dixon stated that it would be fitting for visitors to Washington, D.C. One of Alpha Phi Alpha’s primary projects in the early 1990s focused on erecting a monument of Brother Martin Luther King, Jr.
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