The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Mondays at Beinecke series presents Latif Legend, Albert Lucas, and Charles Warner, Jr.:
“Zeta Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha at Yale and in New Haven.”
Alpha Phi Alpha, the first Greek-letter fraternity established by African-Americans, was founded at Cornell University on December 4, 1906.
The Zeta Chapter of ΑΦΑ was founded at Yale on April 10th, 1909 and re-activated on March 29th, 1913 by A.J. Allen, J.W. Anderson, Charles H. Wesley, E.E. Caple, John M. Ross, Beale Elliott, Nimrod Allen, William N. Bishop, Frank Adams, John H. Lewis, Aiken A. Pope and Charles W. Burton.
Latif Legend, Albert Lucas, and Charles Warner, Jr., will discuss this story of early 20th century Black community building on campus and in New Haven.
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