HISTORY

Alpha Phi Alpha (ΑΦΑ) is the first intercollegiate fraternity established by African Americans. Founded on December 4, 1906, on the campus of Cornell University , Ithaca, New York, as a social fraternity, Alpha Phi Alpha has initiated over 175,000 men into the organization and has been open to men of all races since 1945. The founders, Henry Callis, Charles Chapman, Eugene Jones, George Kelley, Nathaniel Murray, Robert Ogle, and Vertner Tandy, are collectively known as the “Seven Jewels”. The fraternity expanded when a second chapter was chartered at Howard University in 1907. Beginning in 1908, Alpha Phi Alpha became the prototype for other Black Greek Letter Organizations (BGLO).

NOTABLE ALPHA’S

Bro. John H. Johnson - Founder & Publisher, Ebony & Jet Magazines, Bro. Tony Brown- Host, Tony Brown’s Journal (PBS),Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Civil Rights Activist, Frederick Douglass Anti-Slavery Activist, W.E.B. Dubois- Writer, Historian, Civil Rights Activist, Thurgood Marshall- Civil Rights Activist, Supreme Court Justice, Dick Gregory- Activist, Cornell West- Author,Jesse Owens-
Olympic Gold Medalist, Lenny Wilkens- Winningest Coach in NBA History, Duke Ellington- Jazz Musician

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