Alpha Phi Alpha Famous Members

Alpha Phi Alpha is the first Greek-letter fraternity created for African-American men. It was founded on December 4, 1906 at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York by seven men: Henry Arthur Callis, Charles Henry Chapman, Eugene Kinckle Jones, George Biddle Kelley, Nathaniel Allison Murray, Robert Harold Ogle, and Vertner Woodson Tandy.

Motto: “First of All, Servants of All, We Shall Transcend All”

Colors: Gold and Black

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Symbol: The Sphinx

Also See: Famous Members Of Alpha Kappa Alpha Famous Members Of Omega Psi Phi Famous Members Of Delta Sigma Theta Famous Members Of Phi Beta Sigma Famous Members Of Zeta Phi Beta Famous Members Of Kappa Alpha Psi Famous Members Of Sigma Gamma Rho Famous Members Of Iota Phi Theta

1. Omari Hardwick

Zeta Pi

2. Roland Martin

Pi Omicron

3. Hill Harper

Kappa Phi Lambda

4. Lionel Richie

Alpha Nu Lambda

5. Keenan Ivory Wayans

6. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Sigma

7. Raphael Warnock Alpha Gamma Lambda

Alpha Gamma Lambda

8. Thurgood Marshall

Nu

9. Paul Robeson

Nu

10. Tim Reid

Eta Lambda

11. Kevin Powell

Zeta Eta

12. Joseph C. Phillip

 Iota Zeta Lambda

13. Will Packer

Beta Nu

14. Christian Keyes

Zeta Beta

15. Barry Jenkins

Iota Delta

16. Rusty Cundieff

Alpha Delta

17. Benny Boom

Pi Rho

18. Darryl M. Bell

Delta Zeta

19. Yahya Abdul-Mateen II

Alpha Epsilon

20. Donny Hathaway

Beta

21. Duke Ellington

Alpha Zeta Lambda

22. Jerry "Iceman" Butler

Xi Lambda

23. Gerald Albright

Iota Chi

24. Robert F. Smith

Alpha

25. John H. Johnson

Theta

26. Dr. Cornel West

Zeta Beta Lambda

27. Stuart Scott

Mu Zeta

28. Jason Wright

Alpha Mu

29. Charles Haley

Xi Delta

30. Lenny Wilkins

Zeta Pi Lambda

31. Walt "Clyde" Frazier