Winter 2012
Alpha Phi Alpha: A Legacy of Greatness, the Demands of Transcendence
Gregory S. Parks and Stefan M. Bradley (’98 MA History)
University Press of Kentucky
2012
Alpha Phi Alpha is the only black fraternity to be founded at an Ivy League school. Starting at Cornell in 1906, its founders were just a generation away from slavery and intent on creating an organization to foster academic scholarship, build lifelong friendships, and promote social progress. The organization soon opened chapters at Harvard, Howard, and Virginia Union … » More …