Alpha Legacy: A Brief History

Precinct Reporter | February 16, 2006 | Copyright

Precinct Reporter
02-16-2006
Since its founding on December 4, 1906, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
has supplied voice and vision to the struggle of African-Americans and
people of color around the world.

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 ...

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