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Kutora chigaro kwaBarack Obama, sangano rehama pasi pehutungamiri hutsva hwa33rd General President Herman "Skip" Mason vakagamuchira chirongwa cheMartin Luther King Holiday kuNational Press Club "kuitira kukudza 'vokutanga' nezuro munhoroondo avo vakagadzira nzira yekuti nyika ikwanise kupemberera mutungamiri wekutanga weAfrica-America". Alpha Congressman Chaka Fattah akati "Hupenyu nenhaka yaDr. King [zvaive] chirevo chekusarudzwa kwaBarack Obama", "Izvi zviviri zvakabatana zvisingaiti". Alpha Phi Alpha yakapindura kudanidzira kwaPurezidhendi Obama kuvaAmerica kuti vagadzirise America kupfurikidza nokushandisa purogiramu yemitemo yehurumende kuti isimbise kuponesa vakomana vatema veAmerica. Mutungamiri Mukuru Mason akamirira sangano racho akakumbira Mutungamiri Obama kuti agadzire "White House Council on Men and Boys" uye kubatana neAlpha Phi Alpha kuti vanyatsotaura zvinodikanwa zveboka iri pamwero wenyika.