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A brief history of ALPHA PHI ALPHA Fraternity, Inc.

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Incorporated was founded on the campus of Cornell University on a cold Tuesday, December 4th, 1906 by seven African American men affectionately referred to as the jewels. The Founding Jewels of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. were not ordinary achievers. Given the racial attitudes on campus during this period their accomplishments were monumental. As founder Henry Arthur Callis euphemistically stated—because the half-dozen African American students at Cornell University during the school year 1904-05 did not return to campus the following year, the incoming students in 1905-06, in founding Alpha Phi Alpha, were determined to bind themselves together to ensure that each would survive in the racially hostile environment. They came together meeting at various homes initially started as a social studies club. It later became a literary society to support the black students on campus in a retention effort and finally became a Fraternity. The organization grew rapidly through out the United States and even became international in 1908 with its Delta chapter being established at the University at Toronto. Alpha prides its self on service and scholarship and has been blessed to have many illustrious members grace the halls of Alpha since its founding.

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