On this day in 1906, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. was founded at Cornell University, becoming the first Black fraternity in the United States. The Seven Jewels created a brotherhood dedicated to scholarship, leadership and service. Today, Alpha Phi Alpha has more than 900 chapters across the globe and counts leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Thurgood Marshall among its members.

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