Historical Context
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| Category | Wikiproject |
| Members |
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| Founders |
| General Presidents |
| Notable brothers |
| African American Firsts |
| Programs |
| World Policy Council |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial |
| Conventions |
| Associations |
| National Pan-Hellenic Council |
| North-American Interfraternity Conference |
| March of Dimes |
| Head Start |
| Boy Scouts of America |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of America |
| Related Topics |
| Jena Six |
| Murray v. Pearson |
| Arizona SB 1070 |
Alpha Phi Alpha is an American intercollegiate organization that is the first established by African Americans. Founded on December 4, 1906 on the campus of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, the fraternity utilizes motifs and artifacts from Ancient Egypt to represent the organization and preserves its archives at the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center.
The leadership of Alpha Phi Alpha recognized early on the need to correct the educational, economic, political, and social injustices faced by African-Americans and the world community and began its continuing commitment of providing scholarships for needy students and initiating various other charitable and service projects.
Alpha Phi Alpha has provided leadership and service during the Great Depression, World Wars, Civil Rights Movements, and addresses social issues such as apartheid, AIDS, urban housing, and other economic, cultural, and political issues affecting people of color. The Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial is a program of Alpha Phi Alpha and the fraternity jointly leads philanthropic programming initiatives with March of Dimes, Head Start, Boy Scouts of America and Big Brothers Big Sisters of America.
Alpha men such as W. E. B. Du Bois, Jesse Owens, Duke Ellington, Thurgood Marshall, Andrew Young, and Martin Luther King, Jr. are among the litany of fraternity members who have dedicated their lives to the fraternity's principles of "scholarship, manly deeds, and love for all mankind."
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