Bill Text: FL S2786 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-18 - Introduced -SJ 00264; Read 2nd time -SJ 00264; Adopted -SJ 00264 [S2786 Detail]
Download: Florida-2010-S2786-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2010 (NP) SR 2786 By Senator Smith 29-02887-10 20102786__ 1 Senate Resolution 2 A resolution honoring Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, 3 Inc., as its Florida members celebrate the 2010 “Alpha 4 Days on the Hill.” 5 6 WHEREAS, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity was founded on December 7 4, 1906, at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, as the first 8 intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for African 9 Americans and, since its inception, has supplied voice and 10 vision to the struggle of African Americans and other people of 11 color around the world, and 12 WHEREAS, the founders of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, known 13 as the “seven jewels of the fraternity,” were visionaries Henry 14 Arthur Callis, Charles Henry Chapman, Eugene Kinkle Jones, 15 George Biddle Kelley, Nathaniel Allison Murray, Robert Harold 16 Ogle, and Vertner Woodson Tandy, all of whom recognized the need 17 for a strong bond of brotherhood among African descendants in 18 this country, and 19 WHEREAS, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, incorporated on 20 January 29, 1908, to serve as a study and support group for 21 minority students who faced racial prejudice and discrimination, 22 both educationally and socially, and 23 WHEREAS, the founders and early leaders of Alpha Phi Alpha 24 Fraternity, Inc., succeeded in laying a firm foundation for the 25 fraternity’s principles of scholarship, fellowship, good 26 character, and the uplifting of humanity, and 27 WHEREAS, chapters of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., have 28 been developed at other colleges and universities, many of them 29 historically black institutions, and 30 WHEREAS, Charles Henry Chapman, who served as a professor 31 of agriculture at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical 32 University, was active in the founding of the Beta Nu Chapter, 33 the first African American Greek-lettered organization in this 34 state, and 35 WHEREAS, the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., continues to 36 grow, spanning the globe with over 400 undergraduate chapters 37 and 200 graduate chapters, and 38 WHEREAS, the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., 39 realistically faces the educational, economic, political, and 40 social challenges encountered by African Americans in the United 41 States and internationally, and responds to these challenges 42 with continued emphasis on academic excellence through mandated 43 programs like “Project Alpha,” “Go To High School,” “Go To 44 College,” and “A Voteless People Is A Hopeless People,” and 45 WHEREAS, the membership of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, 46 Inc., has included the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Dr. 47 W.E.B. DuBois, Paul Robeson, Dick Gregory, John Hope Franklin, 48 Justice Thurgood Marshall, United States Vice President Hubert 49 Humphrey, United States Senator Edward Brooke, Congressman Adam 50 Clayton Powell, Jr., NASA Astronaut Winston Scott, Lenny 51 Wilkens, Duke Ellington, Stuart Scott, Jesse Owens, Marc Morial, 52 Donny Hathaway, and scores more, and 53 WHEREAS, current Alpha membership includes many Florida 54 leaders, including Senator Christopher Smith, former 55 Representatives Curtis Richardson and Alzo Reddick, and former 56 Senator Arnett Girardeau, DDS, and 57 WHEREAS, the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., is 58 celebrating more than 103 years of outstanding achievement in 59 upholding the aims of manly deeds, scholarship, and love for all 60 of mankind, NOW, THEREFORE, 61 62 Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida: 63 64 That the Florida Senate honors and congratulates the Alpha 65 Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., on more than 103 years of service 66 and recognizes its past and present Florida members as they 67 convene in Tallahassee to celebrate the 2010 “Alpha Days on the 68 Hill.”
