List of Alpha Phi Alpha Brothers - Religion

Religion

Name Original chapter Notability References
John Hurst Adams "unknown" President of Congress of Black Churches
Vinton R. Anderson Xi 92nd Bishop of African Methodist Episcopal Church; President of World Council of Churches
Tyrone Crider "unknown" National Director of Operation PUSH
Harold Davis (Pastor) Beta Sigma President of American Baptist Churches
Cain Hope Felder Beta First national director of the United Methodist Black Caucus; Professor of Theology at Howard University and Princeton University; Editor of The African American Jubilee Bible
T. J. Jemison Beta Upsilon Co-founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC); President of National Baptist Convention; Organized the Baton Rouge Bus Boycott of 1953
E. Edward Jones Delta Sigma President of National Baptist Convention, America
Martin Luther King, Jr. Sigma 1962 Nobel Peace Prize; Civil rights activist; Co-founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC); Martin Luther King, Jr. Day was established in honor; 1957 Spingarn Medal, 1977 Presidential Medal of Freedom, and 2004 Congressional Gold Medal recipient; first African American with a memorial on the National Mall
Alfred J. Smith "unknown" President of Progressive National Baptist Convention

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