Alpha Phi Alpha is the first Greek-letter fraternity created for African-American men. It was founded on December 4, 1906 at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York by seven men: Henry Arthur Callis, Charles Henry Chapman, Eugene Kinckle Jones, George Biddle Kelley, Nathaniel Allison Murray, Robert Harold Ogle, and Vertner Woodson Tandy.
Motto: “First of All, Servants of All, We Shall Transcend All”
Colors: Gold and Black
Symbol: The Sphinx
Also See:
Famous Members Of Alpha Kappa Alpha
Famous Members Of Omega Psi Phi
Famous Members Of Delta Sigma Theta
Famous Members Of Phi Beta Sigma
Famous Members Of Zeta Phi Beta
Famous Members Of Kappa Alpha Psi
Famous Members Of Sigma Gamma Rho
Famous Members Of Iota Phi Theta
1. Omari Hardwick
Zeta Pi
2. Roland Martin
Pi Omicron
3. Hill Harper
Kappa Phi Lambda
4. Lionel Richie
Alpha Nu Lambda
5. Keenan Ivory Wayans
6. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Sigma
7. Raphael Warnock Alpha Gamma Lambda
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Alpha Gamma Lambda
8. Thurgood Marshall
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Nu
9. Paul Robeson
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Nu
10. Tim Reid
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Eta Lambda
11. Kevin Powell
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Zeta Eta
12. Joseph C. Phillip
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Iota Zeta Lambda
13. Will Packer
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Beta Nu
14. Christian Keyes
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Zeta Beta
15. Barry Jenkins
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Iota Delta
16. Rusty Cundieff
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Alpha Delta
17. Benny Boom
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Pi Rho
18. Darryl M. Bell
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Delta Zeta
19. Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
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Alpha Epsilon
20. Donny Hathaway
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Beta
21. Duke Ellington
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Alpha Zeta Lambda
22. Jerry “Iceman” Butler
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Xi Lambda
23. Gerald Albright
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Iota Chi
24. Robert F. Smith
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Alpha
25. John H. Johnson
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Theta
26. Dr. Cornel West
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Zeta Beta Lambda
27. Stuart Scott
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Mu Zeta
28. Jason Wright
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Alpha Mu
29. Charles Haley
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Xi Delta
30. Lenny Wilkins
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Zeta Pi Lambda
31. Walt “Clyde” Frazier
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