Alpha Phi Alpha..........Alpha Delta Lambda Chapter

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., the first intercollegiate Greek letter fraternity established for black students, was organized at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, on Tuesday, December 4, 1906. Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity was born out of the desire for maintaining close association and unified support for members of this small minority group. It started as a small social study club that originally met at 421 North Albany Street, Ithaca, NY. The prejudices of the time, even at a relatively liberal institution such as Cornell, placed an extra burden on Black students. Furthermore, Blacks were denied, for the most part, the mutual helpfulness which the majority of the students attending Cornell University regularly enjoyed. The first unit of the Fraternity that was established was called Alpha Chapter. From Alpha Chapter the Fraternity spread to many other college campuses. The Fraternity was incorporated on January 29, 1908.
With an infinite vision of an organization encompassing the ideals of Scholarship, Leadership, Manly Deeds, and Love For All Mankind, seven visionary founders, whom we respectfully call the "Jewels," aspired to bring forth a Fraternity dedicated to social purpose and social action.

These men labored in the years of severe economic times and racial conflict in the United States. Despite their difficulties of organization, the early Fraternity pioneers succeeded in laying a firm foundation and remained steadfast in their goals pointing toward development of the Fraternity membership that is espousing the principles of good character, sound scholarship, fellowship, and uplifting of humanity, especially in the struggling Black community in the United States.
Currently, Alpha Phi Alpha continues to grow and push for these ideas with nationally mandated programs such as "Project Alpha," "Go To High School, Go To College," A Voteless People Is A Hopeless People," and many others, which are maintained on both the undergraduate and graduate level as well. The Fraternity has grown steadily in influence throughout the years. It has expanded tremendously to the extent that there are now approximately 800 chapters located throughout the United States, Caribbean Islands, Africa, West Indies, Europe, and Asia. some of the more prominent sons of Alpha include the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., W.E.B. DuDois, Paul Robeson, Dick Gregory, John Hope Franklin, Thurgood Marshall, David Dinkins, Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., John H. Johnson, Duke Ellington, and Jesse Owens. The Brother of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. continue to Uphold The Light Of Alpha 94 years later.

A Few Distinguished Brothers of Alpha

Activists:

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: Civil Rights Activist
Julius L. Chambers: NAACP Legal Defense Fund
Lester Granger: National Urban League
Frederick Douglass: Anti-Slavery Activist
W.E.B. Dubois: Writer, Historian, Civil Rights Activist
Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.: Civil Rights Activist
Thurgood Marshall: Civil Rights Activist, Supreme Court Justice
Paul Robeson: Activist, Scholar, Singer, Football Player
Dick Gregory: Activist
William Gray: United Negro College Fund, Businessman
Franklin Williams: Phelps-Stokes Fund

Education/Scholarship:

James Check: Howard University
Thomas W. Cole, Jr.: President, Clark-Atlanta University
Eric Jerome Dickey - Author
William B. DeLauder: President, Delaware St. University
John Hope Franklin: Historian
E. Franklin Frazier: Sociologist
Dennis Kimbro: Author
Frederick Patterson: Founder, UNCF
Dr. Ronald J. Temple: Chancellor, City Colleges of Chicago
Cornell West: Author
Andrew Zawacki: Rhodes Scholar, Author
Dr. Raymond W. Cannon: 1st Edition, Sphinx Magazine
Norm Francis: President, Xavier University

Military:

Roscoe Cartwright: General, AUS
Samuel Gravel: Admiral, USN
Edward Honor: Major General, AUS
Fred A. Gorden: Brigadere General
Samuel Gravely: Admiral
Benjamin Hacker: Rear Admiral
Edward Honor: Major General
James McCall: Major General

Science/Medicine:

Dr. Lessall D. Leffall: President, American College of Surgeons
James Comer: Psychologist
Garrett Morgan: Inventor, Traffic Signal
Louis Sullivan: Secretary of Health and Education
Winston Scott: Commander NASA

Government/Politics:

Kwame Kilpatrick: Mayor of Detroit
Dennis Archer: former, Mayor of Detroit
Richard Arrington: Mayor of Birmingham
Willie Brown: Mayor of San Francisco
David Dinkins: Former Mayor of New York
Rev. Emmanuel Cleaver: Mayor of Kansas City
Chaka Fattah: Congressman, Pennsylvania
Ernest Finney: South Carolina Supreme Court Justice
Earl Hilliard: Congressman, Alabama (7th District)
Maynard Jackson: Former Mayor of Atlanta
Thurgood Marshall: Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice
Earnest "Dutch" Morial: 1st Black Mayor of New Orleans
Marc Morial: Mayor of New Orleans
Charles Rangel: Congressman, New York (15th District)
Robert C. Scott: Congressman, Virginia (3rd District)
AC Wharton - Mayor, Shelby County Tennessee (Metro Memphis)
Andrew Young: Former Mayor of Atlanta

Business:

Thomas J. Burrell: CEO, Burrell Advertising
W. Melvin Brown: CEO, American Development Corp.
John H. Johnson: Entrepreneur
Delano Lewis: President, National Public Radio
Henry Parks: Founder, Parks Sausages, Inc.
Joshua Smith: CEO, Maxima Corporation

Entertainment:

Daryl Bell: Actor
Tony Brown: Journalist/Producer
Countee Cullen: Poet
Duke Ellington: Jazz Musician
Donny Hathaway: Musician
Eugene Jackson: National Black Network
Stuart Scott: ESPN Anchorman
Chuck Stone: Philadelphia Daily News
Keenan Ivory Wayans: Comedian, Producer

Sports:

Quinn Buckner: Former NBA Player and Coach
Wes Chandler: Former NFL Player
Todd Day: NBA Player
Rosie Greer: Former NFL Player
Charles Haley: NFL Player
Michael Jackson: NFL Player
Carnell Lake: NFL Player
Jesse Owens: Olympic Gold Medalist
Fritz Pollard: 1st Black Head Coach in the NFL
Mike Powell: Track Star
Eddie Robinson: Winningest Football Coach in NCAA History
Art Shell: Former NFL Player and Coach
Wes Unseld: Former NBA Player and Coach
Gene Upshaw: President of the NFL Players Association
Lenny Wilkens: Winningest Coach in NBA History
John "Hot Rod" Williams: Former NBA Player
Reggie Williams: Cincinnati Bengals




	Fraternity History Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., the first intercollegiate Greek letter fraternity established for black students, was organized at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, on Tuesday, December 4, 1906. Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity was born out of the desire for maintaining close association and unified support for members of this small minority group. It started as a small social study club that originally met at 421 North Albany Street, Ithaca, NY. The prejudices of the time, even at a relatively liberal institution such as Cornell, placed an extra burden on Black students. Furthermore, Blacks were denied, for the most part, the mutual helpfulness which the majority of the students attending Cornell University regularly enjoyed. The first unit of the Fraternity that was established was called Alpha Chapter. From Alpha Chapter the Fraternity spread to many other college campuses. The Fraternity was incorporated on January 29, 1908. With an infinite vision of an organization encompassing the ideals of Scholarship, Leadership, Manly Deeds, and Love For All Mankind, seven visionary founders, whom we respectfully call the "Jewels," aspired to bring forth a Fraternity dedicated to social purpose and social action. These men labored in the years of severe economic times and racial conflict in the United States. Despite their difficulties of organization, the early Fraternity pioneers succeeded in laying a firm foundation and remained steadfast in their goals pointing toward development of the Fraternity membership that is espousing the principles of good character, sound scholarship, fellowship, and uplifting of humanity, especially in the struggling Black community in the United States. Currently, Alpha Phi Alpha continues to grow and push for these ideas with nationally mandated programs such as "Project Alpha," "Go To High School, Go To College," A Voteless People Is A Hopeless People," and many others, which are maintained on both the undergraduate and graduate level as well. The Fraternity has grown steadily in influence throughout the years. It has expanded tremendously to the extent that there are now approximately 800 chapters located throughout the United States, Caribbean Islands, Africa, West Indies, Europe, and Asia. some of the more prominent sons of Alpha include the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., W.E.B. DuDois, Paul Robeson, Dick Gregory, John Hope Franklin, Thurgood Marshall, David Dinkins, Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., John H. Johnson, Duke Ellington, and Jesse Owens. The Brother of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. continue to Uphold The Light Of Alpha 94 years later. A Few Distinguished Brothers of Alpha Activists: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: Civil Rights Activist Julius L. Chambers: NAACP Legal Defense Fund Lester Granger: National Urban League Frederick Douglass: Anti-Slavery Activist W.E.B. Dubois: Writer, Historian, Civil Rights Activist Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.: Civil Rights Activist Thurgood Marshall: Civil Rights Activist, Supreme Court Justice Paul Robeson: Activist, Scholar, Singer, Football Player Dick Gregory: Activist William Gray: United Negro College Fund, Businessman Franklin Williams: Phelps-Stokes Fund Education/Scholarship: James Check: Howard University Thomas W. Cole, Jr.: President, Clark-Atlanta University Eric Jerome Dickey - Author William B. DeLauder: President, Delaware St. University John Hope Franklin: Historian E. Franklin Frazier: Sociologist Dennis Kimbro: Author Frederick Patterson: Founder, UNCF Dr. Ronald J. Temple: Chancellor, City Colleges of Chicago Cornell West: Author Andrew Zawacki: Rhodes Scholar, Author Dr. Raymond W. Cannon: 1st Edition, Sphinx Magazine Norm Francis: President, Xavier University Military: Roscoe Cartwright: General, AUS Samuel Gravel: Admiral, USN Edward Honor: Major General, AUS Fred A. Gorden: Brigadere General Samuel Gravely: Admiral Benjamin Hacker: Rear Admiral Edward Honor: Major General James McCall: Major General Science/Medicine: Dr. Lessall D. Leffall: President, American College of Surgeons James Comer: Psychologist Garrett Morgan: Inventor, Traffic Signal Louis Sullivan: Secretary of Health and Education Winston Scott: Commander NASA Government/Politics: Kwame Kilpatrick: Mayor of Detroit Dennis Archer: former, Mayor of Detroit Richard Arrington: Mayor of Birmingham Willie Brown: Mayor of San Francisco David Dinkins: Former Mayor of New York Rev. Emmanuel Cleaver: Mayor of Kansas City Chaka Fattah: Congressman, Pennsylvania Ernest Finney: South Carolina Supreme Court Justice Earl Hilliard: Congressman, Alabama (7th District) Maynard Jackson: Former Mayor of Atlanta Thurgood Marshall: Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Earnest "Dutch" Morial: 1st Black Mayor of New Orleans Marc Morial: Mayor of New Orleans Charles Rangel: Congressman, New York (15th District) Robert C. Scott: Congressman, Virginia (3rd District) AC Wharton - Mayor, Shelby County Tennessee (Metro Memphis) Andrew Young: Former Mayor of Atlanta Business: Thomas J. Burrell: CEO, Burrell Advertising W. Melvin Brown: CEO, American Development Corp. John H. Johnson: Entrepreneur Delano Lewis: President, National Public Radio Henry Parks: Founder, Parks Sausages, Inc. Joshua Smith: CEO, Maxima Corporation Entertainment: Daryl Bell: Actor Tony Brown: Journalist/Producer Countee Cullen: Poet Duke Ellington: Jazz Musician Donny Hathaway: Musician Eugene Jackson: National Black Network Stuart Scott: ESPN Anchorman Chuck Stone: Philadelphia Daily News Keenan Ivory Wayans: Comedian, Producer Sports: Quinn Buckner: Former NBA Player and Coach Wes Chandler: Former NFL Player Todd Day: NBA Player Rosie Greer: Former NFL Player Charles Haley: NFL Player Michael Jackson: NFL Player Carnell Lake: NFL Player Jesse Owens: Olympic Gold Medalist Fritz Pollard: 1st Black Head Coach in the NFL Mike Powell: Track Star Eddie Robinson: Winningest Football Coach in NCAA History Art Shell: Former NFL Player and Coach Wes Unseld: Former NBA Player and Coach Gene Upshaw: President of the NFL Players Association Lenny Wilkens: Winningest Coach in NBA History John "Hot Rod" Williams: Former NBA Player Reggie Williams: Cincinnati Bengals