Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. was founded on Tuesday December 4th, 1906 on the campus of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Initially a literary society meant to serve as a study and support group for minority students who faced racial prejudice, both educationally and socially, at Cornell. The literary society developed into a fraternity founded by seven college men who recognized the need for a strong bond of brotherhood among African descendants in this country. The fraternity's seven founders and early leaders succeeded to build a strong foundation for the organization's mission to develop leaders, promote brotherhood and academic excellence, while providing service and advocacy for our communities. The fraternity's mission continues to push brothers of Alpha Phi Alpha to help correct the educational, economic, political, and social injustices faced by African Americans. Alpha Phi Alpha has long stood at the forefront of the African-American community's fight for civil rights through leaders such as W.E.B. DuBois, Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., Edward Brooke, Martin Luther King, Jr., Thurgood Marshall, Andrew Young, William Gray, Paul Robeson, and many others. 

The Delta Mu chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha was founded on March 25th, 1950 by 9 distinctive men on the campus of Wichita State University. The Delta Mu chapter hosts annual events on campus such as the Miss Black and Gold Scholarship Pageant, Stroll Like an Alpha, SNAPS Open Mic Nights, and voter registration drives. The brothers on campus continues to push the fraternity's four national programs known as A Voteless People is a Hopeless People, Project Alpha, My Brother's Keeper, and Go-to-High-School, Go-to-College. All of which help realize the fraternity's vision of to stimulate the ambition of its members; to prepare them for the greatest usefulness in the causes of humanity, freedom, and dignity of the individual; to encourage the highest and noblest form of manhood; and to aid downtrodden humanity in its efforts to achieve higher social, economic and intellectual status.