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In the Beginning
Ezra C. Cummings was born July 7, 1937 to Ezra Calvin Cummings and Carrie Cavanaugh Cummings in Washington, DC. He had four siblings; Joan, Floyd Lee Cummings, Theodore (“Teddy”) Cummings and Joan Carolyn Perkins.
He attended public schools in Washington, DC.
Baby Ezra
Smother’s Elementary School
Kelly Miller Jr. High School
Carrie Cummings Mother
Galloway Tower, Central State University
Spingarn High School
Off to College One day in 1955 on the campus of Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio I met Ezra Calvin Cummings, who was a graduate of Spingarn High School in my hometown, Washington, DC. His friends affectionately called him “Chopper”. I never learned why they called him “Chopper”; however I got to know him better when he became an applicant for membership in Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., the fraternity in which I was a member. He was initiated at Central State University, December 13, 1957, the Delta Zeta Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.
Fall 1957 Kappa Line: Ezra Cummings is at the far right (He was the shortest member of his line.)
Ezra Calvin Cummings Father
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