Alpha Phi Alpha
| Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated | |
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| ΑΦΑ | |
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| Founded | December 4, 1906 411 E. State St Ithaca, New York,Cornell University |
| Type | Social |
| Emphasis | Service |
| Scope | International |
| Mission statement |
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., develops leaders, promotes brotherhood and academic excellence, while providing service and advocacy for our communities.
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| Motto | First of All, Servants of All, We Shall Transcend All |
| Colors | Old Gold and Black |
| Symbol | Great Sphinx of Giza |
| Flower | Yellow Rose |
| Publication | The Sphinx |
| Chapters | 800+ |
| Members | 290,000+ lifetime |
| Nickname | Apes, Ice Cold Brothas, Men of Distinction |
| Aims | Manly deeds, scholarship, and love for all mankind |
| Headquarters |
National Headquarters: 2313 Saint Paul Street Baltimore, Maryland United States |
| Homepage | APA1906.net |
| First African American Accomplishments by Alpha Phi Alpha Men |
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| Dennis Archer | President–American Bar Association |
| Richard Arrington | Mayor–Birmingham, Alabama |
| Edward Brooke |
State Attorney General, U.S. Senator since Reconstruction |
| Willie Brown | Mayor–San Francisco, California |
| Emanuel Cleaver | Mayor–Kansas City, Missouri |
| E. Franklin Frazier | President–American Sociological Association |
| Malvin Goode | Reporter–American Broadcasting Company |
| Samuel Gravely | Commandant of a U.S. Fleet |
| Charles Houston | Editor–Harvard Law Review |
| David Dinkins | Mayor–New York, N.Y. |
| Maynard Jackson | Mayor–Atlanta, Georgia |
| Ted Berry | Mayor–Cincinnati, Ohio |
| John Johnson | Forbes 400 |
| Ernest Morial | Mayor–New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Thurgood Marshall | Justice–U.S. Supreme Court |
| Samuel Pierce | Board of Director for Fortune 500 company |
| Fritz Pollard | Head coach–National Football League |
| Chuck Stone | President–National Association of Black Journalists |
| Otha E. Thornton Jr. | President–National Parent Teacher Association |
Alpha Phi Alpha (ΑΦΑ) is the first African-American, intercollegiate Greek-lettered fraternity. It was initially a literary and social studies club organized by Charles Cardoza Poindexter in the 1905–1906 school year at Cornell University, in Ithaca, New York. The group later evolved into a fraternity with a founding date of December 4, 1906, at Cornell. The individuals recognized by the fraternity as founders are known as the Seven Jewels. It employs an icon from ancient Egypt, the Great Sphinx of Giza, as its symbol. Its aims are "manly deeds, scholarship, and love for all mankind," and 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 and has been open to men of all races since 1940. Currently, there are more than 730 active chapters in the Americas, Africa, Europe, the Caribbean, and Asia.
Alpha Phi Alpha is a social organization with a service organization mission and provided leadership and service during the Great Depression, World Wars, and Civil Rights movement. It addresses social issues such as apartheid, AIDS, urban housing, and other economic, cultural, and political issues of interest to people of color. The Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial and World Policy Council are programs of Alpha Phi Alpha. It also conducts philanthropic programming initiatives with the March of Dimes, Head Start, the Boy Scouts of America, and Big Brothers Big Sisters of America.
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