National Pan-Hellenic Council
Alpha Phi Alpha
|
Nickname |
Alphas |
|
Founded |
December
4, 1906
Cornell University- Ithaca, NY |
|
Chapter Name |
The
NoTorious Nu Tau |
|
Flower |
Yellow
rose |
|
Colors |
Black
and Old Gold |
|
Mascot |
Sphinx,
Ape |
|
Philanthropy |
A
Voteless People is a Hopeless People;
Go to High School;
Go to College;
Project Alpha |
|
Motto |
First of
all, Servants of all
We shall transcend all |
National
Website |
www.alphaphialpha.net |
Alpha Phi Alpha, the first intercollegiate
Greek-letter fraternity established for
African-Americans, was founded at Cornell
University in Ithaca, New York by seven college
men who recognized the need for a strong bond of
Brotherhood among African descendants in this
country. The visionary founders, known as the
"Jewels" of the Fraternity, are Henry Arthur
Callis, Charles Henry Chapman, Eugene Kinckle
Jones, George Biddle Kelley, Nathaniel Allison
Murray, Robert Harold Ogle, and Vertner Woodson
Tandy.The Fraternity initially served as a
study and support group for minority students
who faced racial prejudice, both educationally
and socially, at Cornell. The Jewel founders and
early leaders of the Fraternity succeeded in
laying a firm foundation for Alpha Phi Alpha's
principles of scholarship, fellowship, good
character, and the uplifting of humanity.
Alpha Phi Alpha chapters were developed at
other colleges and universities, many of them
historically black institutions, soon after the
founding at Cornell. While continuing to stress
academic excellence among its members, Alpha
also recognized the need to help correct the
educational, economic, political, and social
injustices faced by African-Americans.
Alpha Phi Alpha
has long stood at the forefront of the
African-American community's fight for civil
rights through leaders such as: W.E.B. DuBois,
Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., Edward Brooke, Martin
Luther King, Jr., Thurgood Marshall, Andrew
Young, William Gray, Paul Robeson, and many
others.
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