Alpha Phi Alpha

Alpha Phi Alpha is a fraternity founded on December 4, 1906, at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York by seven college men who recognized the need for a strong bond of brotherhood among African descendants in this country. The visionary founders, known as the “Jewels” of the fraternity, are Henry Arthur Callis, Charles Henry Chapman, Eugene Kinckle Jones, George Biddle Kelley, Nathaniel Allison Murray, Robert Harold Ogle, and Vertner Woodson Tandy.[1]

Its national headquarters is in Baltimore, Maryland.

## References[edit]

1. ↑ http://www.apa1906.net/history

## External links[edit]

* website