Alpha Phi Alpha: A Legacy of Greatness, the Demands of Transcendence

By Michael A. Blake and Stefan M. Bradley

Book Overview

Established on the campus of Cornell University in the fall of 1905, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity began as an organization to meet the needs of a handful of male African American college students. Founded with ideals of civic action and community uplift, Alpha Phi Alpha was established almost 40 years after the end of the Civil War and just a few years after the end of The Nadir-the period when institutional racism was worse than at any other post-bellum period. Exemplified by its founders, known

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813134218
• ISBN13: 9780813134215
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 412 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.4" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up