US EditionHow A Cold Day And Fraternity Founded 119 Years Ago Shaped History
Founded by seven Black students seeking brotherhood and leadership, Alpha Phi Alpha has grown to 70,000 members and raised $2.3 million in scholarships, officials said.
- On December 4, 1906, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. was founded at Cornell University by seven college men known as the Seven Jewels, creating the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity for African American men.
- Responding to racial challenges, seven students at Cornell University turned a social study program into a fraternity amid heated debate over identity and organized brotherhood.
- From a weather perspective, that December day ranked among Ithaca's coldest on record with temperatures falling to 10 degrees Fahrenheit and winds over 25 miles per hour, NOAA/Extreme Weather Watch reported.
- Its national initiatives, including Sphinx magazine and the World Policy Council, advance education and civic engagement, raising 2.3 million dollars in scholarships and training leaders like Martin Luther King and Thurgood Marshall.
- Lucien J. Metellus Jr., 37th General President, reflected on Founders' Day earlier this year and members of Alpha Phi Alpha marched in the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parade on Jan. 18, 2025.
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