For over 100 years, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. has helped support and encourage both college aspiration and high achievement among young men.  Providence area Alpha men continue to contribute to this great legacy through mentorship, scholarship, teaching, leadership and service in our community.  To that end, we invite college bound men in the Providence, RI area to apply for the Joseph G. LeCount Scholarship to help offset the cost of higher education for college-bound men. The LeCount Scholarship provides recipients with a total of $2000.  The scholarship is divided into four installments of $500 distributed prior to each semester.  LeCount Scholarship winners will be mentored by members of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. throughout all four college years and Alpha men will serve as integral resources and advocates throughout this important period.

The scholarship honors Joseph G. LeCount, the first African American attorney registered to practice law in the state of Rhode Island. Brother LeCount went on to become the most influential civil rights leader in Rhode Island, responsible for ending segregation in the state’s theatres and public establishments. In 1979, Brother LeCount helped establish the Mu Theta Lambda Alumni Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. in Providence, RI

2024

Daunte Melton

Daunte Melton is this year’s Joseph G. LeCount scholarship recipient. Daunte is a graduating senior from Woonsocket High School and a three-year starter for the high school football team. He will be a freshman at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, where he will study kinesiology and sports medicine.