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| | Letters | ΑΦΑ |
| Name | Alpha Phi Alpha |
| Founded | December 4, 1906(106 years ago) |
| Birthplace | Cornell University |
| Type | Social |
| Mission | Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. develops leaders, promotes brotherhood and academic excellence, while providing service and advocacy for our communities. |
| Motto | First of All, Servants of All,
We Shall Transcend All |
| Colors | |
| Symbol | Great Sphinx of Giza |
| Nicknames | Apes, Gorillas, Ice Cold Brothas, Men of Distinction, |
| Flower | Yellow Rose |
| Publication | Sphinx |
| Scope | International |
| Chapters | 730+ |
| Lifetime | 185,000+ |
| Factoid | The first inter-collegiate Greek-letter organization established for African Americans. |
| Free Label | Aims |
| Free | Manly Deeds,
Scholarship, and
Love for All Mankind |
| Address | 2313 Saint Paul Street |
| City | Baltimore |
| State | Maryland |
| Country | United States |
| Homepage | Alpha-Phi-Alpha.com |
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Alpha Phi Alpha (ΑΦΑ) is the first Inter-Collegiate Black Greek Letter fraternity. It was founded on December 4, 1906 at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Its founders are known as the "Seven Jewels". Alpha Phi Alpha developed a model that was used by the many Black Greek Letter Organizations (BGLOs) that soon followed in its footsteps. It employs an icon from Ancient Egypt, the Great Sphinx of Giza as its symbol, and its motto is manly deeds, scholarship, and love for all mankind. Its archives are preserved at the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center.
Chapters were chartered at Howard University and Virginia Union University in 1907. The fraternity has over 185,000 members and has been open to men of all races since 1940. Currently, there are more than 680 active chapters in the Americas, Africa, Europe, the Caribbean, and Asia.
Alpha Phi Alpha evolved into a primarily service organization and provided leadership and service during the Great Depression, World Wars, and Civil Rights Movements. It addresses social issues such as apartheid, AIDS, urban housing, and other economic, cultural, and political issues of interest to people of color. The Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial and World Policy Council are programs of Alpha Phi Alpha. It also conducts 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 Norman Manley, Nobel Prize winner Martin Luther King, Jr., Olympian Jesse Owens, Justice Thurgood Marshall, United Nations Ambassador Andrew Young, and Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson.
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