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      *Edward W. Brooke, the first African American to be elected by popular vote to the United States Senate, has donated $100,000 to his fraternity, Alpha Phi Alpha.

       This donation will benefit the fraternity's Charitable Foundation, which provides scholarships for young African American males seeking careers in education, specifically teaching; an area that Senator Brooke holds dear.

      “African American male teachers in public schools are needed in order to curtail the imbalance between the number of African American males currently in jail rather than in college,” said Brooke at a private luncheon held Saturday at the Four Seasons Hotel in Miami.

      Sen. Brooke, who was exposed earlier this year as having had an affair with Barbara Walters during the 1970s, was also the first African American elected to the Senate since the 19th century, and is one of only five African American Senators in history, which includes now President –Elect Barack Obama.