Alpha Phi Alpha is the first intercollegiate fraternity established by African Americans. Founded on December 4, 1906, on the campus of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, as a social fraternity, Alpha Phi Alpha has initiated over 175,000 men into the organization and has been open to men of all races since 1945. The fraternity utilizes motifs and artifacts from Ancient Egypt to represent the organization and preserves its archives at the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center.
The founders, Henry Callis, Charles Chapman, Eugene Jones, George Kelley, Nathaniel Murray, Robert Ogle, and Vertner Tandy, are collectively known as the "Seven Jewels". The fraternity expanded when a second chapter was chartered at Howard University in 1907. Beginning in 1908, Alpha Phi Alpha became the prototype for other Black Greek Letter Organizations (BGLO). Today, there are over 680 active Alpha chapters in the Americas, Africa, Europe, Asia, the West Indies, and the Virgin Islands.
Alpha Phi Alpha evolved into a primarily service organization and has provided leadership and service during the Great Depression, World Wars, Civil Rights Movements, and addresses social issues such as apartheid, AIDS, urban housing, and other economic, cultural, and political issues affecting people of color. The Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial is a project of Alpha Phi Alpha and the fraternity jointly leads philanthropic programming initiatives with March of Dimes, Head Start, Boy Scouts of America and Big Brothers Big Sisters of America.
Members of Alpha Phi Alpha include Jamaican Prime Minister and Rhodes Scholar Norman Manley, Nobel Prize winner Martin Luther King, Jr., U.S. Vice President Hubert Humphrey, Olympian Jesse Owens, Justice Thurgood Marshall, United Nations Ambassador Andrew Young, and Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson. Numerous other American leaders are among the men who have adopted the fraternity’s principles—manly deeds, scholarship, and love for all mankind.
The founders, Henry Callis, Charles Chapman, Eugene Jones, George Kelley, Nathaniel Murray, Robert Ogle, and Vertner Tandy, are collectively known as the "Seven Jewels". The fraternity expanded when a second chapter was chartered at Howard University in 1907. Beginning in 1908, Alpha Phi Alpha became the prototype for other Black Greek Letter Organizations (BGLO). Today, there are over 680 active Alpha chapters in the Americas, Africa, Europe, Asia, the West Indies, and the Virgin Islands.
Alpha Phi Alpha evolved into a primarily service organization and has provided leadership and service during the Great Depression, World Wars, Civil Rights Movements, and addresses social issues such as apartheid, AIDS, urban housing, and other economic, cultural, and political issues affecting people of color. The Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial is a project of Alpha Phi Alpha and the fraternity jointly leads philanthropic programming initiatives with March of Dimes, Head Start, Boy Scouts of America and Big Brothers Big Sisters of America.
Members of Alpha Phi Alpha include Jamaican Prime Minister and Rhodes Scholar Norman Manley, Nobel Prize winner Martin Luther King, Jr., U.S. Vice President Hubert Humphrey, Olympian Jesse Owens, Justice Thurgood Marshall, United Nations Ambassador Andrew Young, and Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson. Numerous other American leaders are among the men who have adopted the fraternity’s principles—manly deeds, scholarship, and love for all mankind.
by BlackCsr3 November 12, 2007
alpha phi all-for-free
by alphabetagammadelta July 23, 2006
Alpha Phi is a woman’s fraternity offering lifelong sisterhood providing encouragement, understanding, and opportunities to grow.
With members all over the world and collegiate and alumnae chapters throughout the United States and Canada, sisterhood in Alpha Phi knows no bounds
by PanhellenicPrincess April 05, 2004
The first and the finest of all Black Greek Fraternities that was founded in 1906 on the campus of Cornell University. They are sexy, sophisticated, involved in their communities and smart as hell. Especiaslly those Bad BoyZZ of the Zeta Zeta chapter!!
by Swizzle May 31, 2005
The hottest girls ever. We're the smartest, nicest, prettiest, sexiest, friendliest girls EVER
a-l-p-h-a alpha alpha alpha phi!!!! aaaaa a PHI A PHI
Other girls wanna be us, all the guys wanna meet us, the classiest and the sweetest..ALLLLPHA PHI.
be jealous
a-l-p-h-a alpha alpha alpha phi!!!! aaaaa a PHI A PHI
Other girls wanna be us, all the guys wanna meet us, the classiest and the sweetest..ALLLLPHA PHI.
be jealous
Fratty Guy: Damn that girl is so hot and she's not a bitch like dem other chicks in houses
Other Frattish Guy: Duh brosef, she an Alpha Phi.
Other Frattish Guy: Duh brosef, she an Alpha Phi.
by Alphaphibabe March 13, 2008
Sorority known for having the sluttiest girls. Also known for being: annoying, usually not too focused in their studies, and just for being all around shitty people.
by nauchik April 24, 2017
Alpha Phi Delta (ΑΦΔ), commonly referred to as APD, is a Greek social fraternity that evolved from an exclusive Italian society (Il Circolo Italiano) at Syracuse University in 1914. There were seven founding members who strove to create a brotherhood that would last long after their college days. Soon after founding, Alpha Phi Delta spread from Syracuse and became a National Fraternity. Alpha Phi Delta is traditionally an Italian-American heritage Fraternity; however, since September 2, 1965 it has welcomed young men of all racial backgrounds to join in its one of a kind brotherhood.
They are the Greek GODS of the Tristate area, and most likely the world.
They are the Greek GODS of the Tristate area, and most likely the world.
sally: hey jen what are you doing tonight.
jen: OMG didnt you hear APD is having one of their crazy parties again.
sally: OMG!!! no way
jen: yeah!!! im totally sleeping with one tn.
sally: SLUT!!
jen: oh please like your not.
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Joe: yo steve i wanna pledge a fraternity next semester what house has the best parties and hottest girls.
Steve: Alpha Phi Delta with out a doubt.
jen: OMG didnt you hear APD is having one of their crazy parties again.
sally: OMG!!! no way
jen: yeah!!! im totally sleeping with one tn.
sally: SLUT!!
jen: oh please like your not.
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Joe: yo steve i wanna pledge a fraternity next semester what house has the best parties and hottest girls.
Steve: Alpha Phi Delta with out a doubt.
by 1914 May 03, 2011