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Convened in December 1905 as a literary society with the first presiding officer being CC Poindexter, it was established as a fraternity on December 4, 1906, at Ithaca, New York. Alpha Phi Alpha opened chapters at other colleges, universities, and cities, and named them with Greek letters.
In December 1906, George Tompkins resignation was accepted. Seven of the original 12 men from the initial meeting in December 1905 would continue as members of the fraternity. [5] The 1906 charter for Alpha chapter at Cornell University. By December 4, 1906, the decision on a name was made: "fraternity".
Alpha Phi Alpha is an international fraternity established at Cornell University in 1906 as the first intercollegiate fraternity for African American men. [1] As of 2023, Alpha Phi Alpha has chartered 979 chapters; 686 chapters are active in the United States and the Bahamas, Bermuda, Canada, Germany, Korea, and the Virgin Islands.
Alpha Theta Lambda: 38 th 31 st 1945 Chicago, Illinois: Theta and Xi Lambda: 39 th 32 nd 1946 Columbus, Ohio: Kappa and Alpha Rho Lambda: 40 th 33 rd December 28, 1947: Tulsa, Oklahoma: Alpha Tau Lambda: 41 st [39] [j] 34 th 1948 Atlantic City, New Jersey: Alpha Theta Lambda: 42 nd 35 th 1949 Atlanta, Georgia: Eta Lambda, Alpha Rho-Alpha Phi ...
The initiation of new members took place on October 30, 1906, at a Masonic Hall including Eugene Kinckle Jones, Lemuel Graves and Gordon Jones. [12] James Morton was considered and selected but at the time was not registered at the university. [11] It was felt that Poindexter being a graduate student dominated the meetings of Alpha Phi Alpha. [13]
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 ...
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