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Charles Henry Chapman (June 20, 1876 – November 17, 1934) was an American academic and one of the founders of Alpha Phi Alpha, the first Greek letter fraternity for African American men. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He is known for advancing agricultural education and fraternal organizations.
Alpha Phi International Women's Fraternity (ΑΦ, also known as APhi) is an international sorority with 175 active chapters and over 270,000 initiated members. Founded at Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York in 1872, it was the fourth Greek-letter organization for women, and the first women's fraternity founded in the northeast.
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. (ΑΦΑ) is the oldest intercollegiate historically African American fraternity. It was initially a literary and social studies club organized in the 1905–1906 school year at Cornell University but later evolved into a fraternity with a founding date of December 4, 1906.
Alpha Co-founder of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity; first Black licensed engineer of New York [11] Nathaniel Allison Murray: Alpha Co-founder of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity; career educator [11] Robert Harold Ogle: Alpha Co-founder of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity; professional staff member to the US Congressional Committee on Appropriations [11]
Co-founder of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity at Cornell University Eugene Kinckle Jones (July 30, 1885 – January 11, 1954) was a leader of the National Urban League and one of the seven founders ( commonly referred to as Seven Jewels ) of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity at Cornell University in 1906.
The council's membership expanded as Alpha Phi Alpha (1931), Phi Beta Sigma (1931), Sigma Gamma Rho (1937), and Iota Phi Theta (1996) later joined. [5] In his book on BGLOs, The Divine Nine: The History of African-American Fraternities and Sororities in America (2001), Lawrence Ross coined the phrase "The Divine Nine" when referring to the ...
Despite Poindexter's role in the formation of Alpha Phi Alpha, it was agreed that his name would not be linked to the early formation of the fraternity by the Jewels of Alpha Phi Alpha. [13] This view was emphatic especially from Nathanial Murray. [16] The term used for Poindexter as agreed by members of the fraternity was Precursor. [17]
Vertner Woodson Tandy (May 17, 1885 – November 7, 1949) was an American architect. [1] He was one of the seven founders (commonly referred to as "The Seven Jewels") of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity at Cornell University in 1906.