10 Facts about Alpha Phi Alpha

Thursday, January 1st 2015. | Organizations

If you want to know one of the famous organizations in the world, get Facts about Alpha Phi Alpha. It was established on 4 December 1906 at Cornell University in Ithaca New York. It is called as the first black intercollegiate Greek lettered organization. Check out more facts about Alpha Phi Alpha below:

Facts about Alpha Phi Alpha 1: Seven Jewels

Seven Jewels are called as the founders of Alpha Phi Alpha. The great sphinx of Giza is employed as the symbol. This sphinx is the icon from ancient Egypt.

Facts about Alpha Phi Alpha 2: the motto of Alpha Phi Alpha

Can you tell me the motto of Alpha Phi Alpha? It is First of All, Servants of All, We Shall Transcend All.

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Facts about Alpha Phi Alpha 3: the archives of this fraternity

If you want to know the archives of Alpha Phi Alpha, you have to go to Moorland Spingam research Center since all of them are saved here. In 1907, the Howard University and Virginian Union University chartered the chapters.

Facts about Alpha Phi Alpha 4: members

There are least 290,000 members in this fraternity. Since 1940s, the men of all races can be a member in Alpha Phi Alpha.

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Facts about Alpha Phi Alpha 5: the active chapters

The active chapters of Alpha Phi Alpha spread around Europe, Africa, America, and Asia. You can find at least 730 active chapters.

Facts about Alpha Phi Alpha 6: a service organization

Alpha Phi Alpha has a contributed a lot by giving service during the Civil Rights Movement, World Wars, and Great Depression.

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Facts about Alpha Phi Alpha 7: philanthropic program

Philanthropic program is one of the main concerns of Alpha Phi Alpha. It took the initiative by having Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, Boy Scouts of America, and March of Dimes. The urban housing, AIDS, apartheid and problem faced by the colored people are some issues addressed by Alpha Phi Alpha. Get facts about AIDS in Africa here.

Facts about Alpha Phi Alpha 8: the famous members

Let me show you the famous members of Alpha Phi Alpha. They included Olympian Jesse Owens, Nobel Prize winner Martin Luther King, Atlanta mayor Maynard Jackson, Jamaican Prime Minister Norman Manley, United Nations Ambassador Andrew Young and Justice Thurgood Marshall.

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Facts about Alpha Phi Alpha 9: black students

The founders of this fraternity were the black students at Cornell in 1905 -1906. The purpose to have this organization is by providing the chance of mutual support and association for Afro American students.

Facts about Alpha Phi Alpha 10: the founder members

Some of the original founding members of Alpha Phi Alpha included Henry A. Callis, Charles Henry Chapman, Robert H. Ogle, Vertner Woodson Tandy, Eugene K. Jones, and Nathaniel Allison Murray, and George Biddle Kelley.