We are the organization whose members led the Civil Rights Act. We’re the organization whose members founded and supported institutions such as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, The Crisis magazine, National Urban League and the National Association of Black Journalists.

 

We are the organization whose members led the charge in historic court cases such as Brown v. Board of Education. We are the organization whose members have continuously been among the lead voices in our communities around the world. This is the organization whose members dreamed to erect the only memorial to an American born of African decent in the nation’s capital. This is the organization whose members today still dream to build better communities. The organization whose members are Focused on the Future.

Your Future. Our Future. The Future.

Welcome to Alpha Phi Alpha!

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Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. was founded on Tuesday, December 4th, 1906 in Ithaca, New York by 7 extraordinary men, our Jewels:

 

Dr. Henry Arthur Callis

Charles Henry Chapman

Eugene Kinckle Jones

George Biddle Kelley

Nathaniel Allison Murray

Robert Harold Ogle

Vertner Woodson Tandy