Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity

Alpha Phi Alpha, The First Black Greek Letter Society, Was Founded December 4, 1906, In New York, At Historically White, Cornell University.

Alpha Phi Alpha Was Organized As A Literary And Study Group.

After Banning Together Within The University’s Racially Hostile Environment, Henry Arthur Callis, Charles Henry Chapman, Eugene Kinckle Jones, George Biddle Kelley, Nathaniel Allison Murray, Robert Harold Ogle And Vertner Woodson Tandy, Collectively Known As The “Jewels” Of The Fraternity, Established The Organization On The Principles Of Scholarship, Fellowship, Good Character And Uplifting Humanity.

Today Alpha Phi Alpha’s Membership Totals More Than 175,000. Among Its Members, Past And Present: W.E.B. DuBois, Frederick Douglass, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Jesse Owens, Dick Gregory, Thurgood Marshall, Paul Robeson, Dr. Cornell West, Dr. John Hope Franklin, Dennis Kimbro, Rosie Grier, Duke Ellington, Countee Cullen, Donny Hathaway, Andrew Young, Lionel Richie, Stuart Scott, Ron Brown, Adam Clayton Powell, Tony Brown, John Johnson, Garrett Morgan, Lenny Wilkins And Keenan Ivory Wayans.

“In Order For Black History To Live, We Must Continue To Breathe Life Into It.” — Hubert Gaddy, Jr.

Hugh Gaddy

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