Alpha Phi Alpha facts for kids
Alpha Phi Alpha is the first Black, inter-collegiate Greek-lettered fraternity in the United States. It was founded on December 4, 1906 at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. It uses an icon from ancient Egypt, the Great Sphinx of Giza, as its symbol. Its aims are "manly deeds, scholarship, and love for all mankind." Its motto is First of All, Servants of All, We Shall Transcend All. Its archives are preserved at the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center. Chapters were chartered at Howard University and Virginia Union University in 1907. The fraternity has over 290,000 members. Since 1940 it has been open to men of all races. Currently, there are more than 730 active chapters worldwide.
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The 1906 charter for ΑΦΑ's Alpha chapter at Cornell University
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The 1907 ΑΦΑ Constitution and Bylaws
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The first General Convention of Alpha Phi Alpha, held at Howard University in 1908
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Alpha Phi Alpha member W. E. B. Du Bois was founder of the NAACP and its journal, The Crisis.
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Group Photograph of Alpha Phi Alpha Fourth Annual Convention 1912, Elected President Charles H. Garvin on bottom right hand corner
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Alpha Phi Alpha member and Harlem Renaissance singer, bandleader, playwright and composer, Noble Sissle
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Paul Robeson
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Alpha Phi Alpha member Thurgood Marshall successfully argued the U.S. Supreme Court case styled Brown v. Board of Education which declared segregation unconstitutional.
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Birmingham, Alabama, residents viewing the bomb-damaged home of Arthur Shores, NAACP attorney and Alpha Phi Alpha member, on September 5, 1963. The bomb exploded the previous day.
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Arguably the most recognized Alpha Phi Alpha member, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial during the 1963 March on Washington.
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Alpha Phi Alpha member and Congressman Chaka Fattah
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Alpha Phi Alpha and Cornell University dedicated a centennial memorial on Ho Plaza in 2006
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Memorial site, shown in relation to areas including the National Mall, West Potomac Park, and the Tidal Basin
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Alpha Phi Alpha honorary member Hubert H. Humphrey was the 38th Vice President of the United States.
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Alpha Phi Alpha member Marc Morial is the CEO of the National Urban League.
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Alpha Phi Alpha member Edward Brooke is congratulated by President George W. Bush at the Ceremony for the 2004 Recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, The East Room of the White House.
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A portion of the Morial Convention Center Complex in New Orleans, namesake of Alpha Phi Alpha General President Ernest Morial
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Alpha Phi Alpha chose to use Egyptian symbolism more representative of the members' African heritage. The Great Sphinx and Great Pyramids of Giza are fraternity icons.
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Alpha Phi Alpha members were among the list of some of the 600 expected guests of lawmakers, prominent black leaders and civil rights veterans on the South Lawn of the White House as President George W. Bush talked about the reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act.
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Alpha Phi Alpha delegate's pin from the 1940 Pan-Hellenic convention of ΑΚΑ, ΑΦΑ and ΚΑΨ
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