ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY INC PRACTICE
GUIDE 2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
VERIFIED
◉ What year did Alpha Phi Alpha become interracial?. Answer: 1945
◉ What are the international chapter regions. Answer: Americas,
Africa, Europe, the Caribbean, and Asia
◉ Four Principles of Alpha Phi Alpha. Answer: Scholarship,
fellowship, good character, and the uplifting of humanity
◉ What year was the first alumni chapter founded. Answer: 1911
◉ What are the founders of Alpha Phi Alpha often referred to as?.
Answer: Founding Jewels
◉ Names of the Jewels. Answer: Henry Arthur Callis, Charles Henry
Chapman, Eugene Kinckle Jones, George Biddle Kelley, Nathaniel
Allison Murray, Robert Harold Ogle, Vertner Woodson Tandy
◉ Alpha Phi Alpha Mission Statement. Answer: Alpha Phi Alpha
Fraternity, Inc., develops leaders, promotes brotherhood and
,academic excellence, while providing service and advocacy for our
communities
◉ Who is the Current President of Alpha Phi Alpha. Answer: Mark S.
Tillman
◉ What is the symbol of Alpha Phi Alpha. Answer: Great Sphinx of
Giza, Great Pyramids of Giza, Pharaoh & Ape
◉ Flower of Alpha Phi Alpha. Answer: Yellow Rose
◉ Where are the Headquarters Located?. Answer: Baltimore,
Maryland
◉ Motto. Answer: First of All, Servants of All, We Shall Transcend All
◉ Aims of Alpha Phi Alpha. Answer: Manly Deeds, Scholarship, and
Love for All Mankind
◉ Where was the first international Charter Founded?. Answer:
University of Toronto in 1908
◉ What city was the first alumni chapter founded?. Answer:
Louisville, Kentucky
,◉ What are the official associations of Alpha Phi Alpha?. Answer:
National Pan-Hellenic Council
North-American Interfraternity Conference
March of Dimes
Head Start
Boy Scouts of America
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America
◉ Name the 3 Stages of ALPHA?. Answer: First stage of Alpha Social
Study club
Second stage of Alpha Literary Society
Final Stage of Alpha Fraternity
◉ Who came up with the name for Alpha Phi Alpha?. Answer: Jewel
Henry Arthur Callis
◉ Who is the mother of Alpha Phi Alpha Incorporated?. Answer:
Mrs. Annie C. Singleton
◉ Who were the first initiates of Alpha Phi Alpha?. Answer: Jewel
Eugene Kinckle Jones, Gordon Jones, Lemuel Graves
, ◉ Explain the Shield. Answer: Sphinx- Symbolizes secrecy
Fasces - Symbolizes strength due to unity
Dove - Symbol of purity and peace
Torch in Hand - Symbolizes intelligence and enlightenment to the
world
7 Stars- symbolizes Jewels
1906 - is the founding year
Knowledge and achievement surround AoA
◉ What are the national programs for Alpha Phi Alpha?. Answer: Go
to High School, Go to College- (established in 1919)
a Hopeless People (established in 1930)
Project Alpha (established in 1980)
Brother's Keeper (established in 2010)
◉ What is the official publication of Alpha Phi Alpha?. Answer: The
Sphinx
◉ How is the statue of the Great Sphinx of Giza significant to Alpha?.
Answer: The oldest, largest, most magnificent statue of its kind -
stands for the history and size of the fraternity.
GUIDE 2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
VERIFIED
◉ What year did Alpha Phi Alpha become interracial?. Answer: 1945
◉ What are the international chapter regions. Answer: Americas,
Africa, Europe, the Caribbean, and Asia
◉ Four Principles of Alpha Phi Alpha. Answer: Scholarship,
fellowship, good character, and the uplifting of humanity
◉ What year was the first alumni chapter founded. Answer: 1911
◉ What are the founders of Alpha Phi Alpha often referred to as?.
Answer: Founding Jewels
◉ Names of the Jewels. Answer: Henry Arthur Callis, Charles Henry
Chapman, Eugene Kinckle Jones, George Biddle Kelley, Nathaniel
Allison Murray, Robert Harold Ogle, Vertner Woodson Tandy
◉ Alpha Phi Alpha Mission Statement. Answer: Alpha Phi Alpha
Fraternity, Inc., develops leaders, promotes brotherhood and
,academic excellence, while providing service and advocacy for our
communities
◉ Who is the Current President of Alpha Phi Alpha. Answer: Mark S.
Tillman
◉ What is the symbol of Alpha Phi Alpha. Answer: Great Sphinx of
Giza, Great Pyramids of Giza, Pharaoh & Ape
◉ Flower of Alpha Phi Alpha. Answer: Yellow Rose
◉ Where are the Headquarters Located?. Answer: Baltimore,
Maryland
◉ Motto. Answer: First of All, Servants of All, We Shall Transcend All
◉ Aims of Alpha Phi Alpha. Answer: Manly Deeds, Scholarship, and
Love for All Mankind
◉ Where was the first international Charter Founded?. Answer:
University of Toronto in 1908
◉ What city was the first alumni chapter founded?. Answer:
Louisville, Kentucky
,◉ What are the official associations of Alpha Phi Alpha?. Answer:
National Pan-Hellenic Council
North-American Interfraternity Conference
March of Dimes
Head Start
Boy Scouts of America
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America
◉ Name the 3 Stages of ALPHA?. Answer: First stage of Alpha Social
Study club
Second stage of Alpha Literary Society
Final Stage of Alpha Fraternity
◉ Who came up with the name for Alpha Phi Alpha?. Answer: Jewel
Henry Arthur Callis
◉ Who is the mother of Alpha Phi Alpha Incorporated?. Answer:
Mrs. Annie C. Singleton
◉ Who were the first initiates of Alpha Phi Alpha?. Answer: Jewel
Eugene Kinckle Jones, Gordon Jones, Lemuel Graves
, ◉ Explain the Shield. Answer: Sphinx- Symbolizes secrecy
Fasces - Symbolizes strength due to unity
Dove - Symbol of purity and peace
Torch in Hand - Symbolizes intelligence and enlightenment to the
world
7 Stars- symbolizes Jewels
1906 - is the founding year
Knowledge and achievement surround AoA
◉ What are the national programs for Alpha Phi Alpha?. Answer: Go
to High School, Go to College- (established in 1919)
a Hopeless People (established in 1930)
Project Alpha (established in 1980)
Brother's Keeper (established in 2010)
◉ What is the official publication of Alpha Phi Alpha?. Answer: The
Sphinx
◉ How is the statue of the Great Sphinx of Giza significant to Alpha?.
Answer: The oldest, largest, most magnificent statue of its kind -
stands for the history and size of the fraternity.
