alpha phi alpha fraternity inc.
​history
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. was founded on Tuesday, December 4, 1906 on the campus of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Seven men (known as The Jewels) sought to create an organization for the betterment of African-American collegiate men, then all men.
Mission Statement
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., develops leaders, promotes brotherhood and academic excellence while service and advocacy for our communities.
Aims
Manly Deeds, Scholarship, and Love For All Mankind
Objectives
to stimulate the ambition of its members; to prepare them for the greatest usefulness in the cause of humanity, freedom, and dignity of the individual; to encourage the highest and noblest form of manhood; and to aid downtrodden humanity in its efforts to achieve higher social, economic, and intellectual status.
Colors
Black and Old Gold
flower
Yellow Tea Rose
motto
First of All, Servants of All,
We Shall Transcend All
Symbol
The Great Sphinx of Giza
The Jewels
Jewels Dr. Henry Arthur Callis, Charles Henry Chapman, Eugene Kinckle Jones, George Biddle Kelley, Nathaniel Allison Murray, Robert Harold Ogle, and Vertner Woodson Tandy strove forward and worked diligently to become the first African-American Greek Letter Organization for collegiate men. These Jewels also present a legacy that was and remains to be profound, uplifting, and enterprising.
"Our purpose is to raise the intellectual and cultural level, yes - and the moral level also; to aid in the development of special skills: to build men of vision, courage, self sacrifice, who are willing to develop a wise, consistent leadership toward the integration of truly democratic society. Such men in Alpha are legion. Their loyalties have required no houses."
-Jewel Dr. Henry Arthur Callis
