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House
Resolution 2129
By:
Representatives Holmes of the
61st,
James of the
135th,
Everson of the
106th,
Morgan of the
39th,
Hugley of the
133rd,
and others
A
RESOLUTION
Commending
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity and the Eta Lambda Chapter; and for other
purposes.
WHEREAS,
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., was founded by the Seven Jewels (Henry Arthur
Callis, Charles Henry Chapman, Eugene Kinckle Jones, George Biddle Kelley,
Nathaniel Allison Murray, Robert Harold Ogle, and Vertner Woodson Tandy) on
December 4, 1906, at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York; and
WHEREAS,
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., was the first intercollegiate fraternity
established for African-Americans and the Eta Lambda graduate chapter was
established in 1921; and
WHEREAS,
the Jewels laid a firm foundation for the principles of scholarship, fellowship,
good character, and the uplifting of humanity; and
WHEREAS,
Alpha college and graduate chapters have worked diligently and tirelessly to
help correct the educational, economic, political, and social injustices facing
African-Americans through their many programs, such as "Go-to-High-School,"
"Go-to-College," voter registration and voter rights campaigns, Alpha Head Start
Male Initiative, Project Alpha, Leadership Academy, mentoring, building
affordable housing, scholarships, and many other community service projects;
and
WHEREAS,
the Eta Lambda Chapter has provided outstanding leadership in national programs
and has become a model chapter in living up to the fraternity's goals of Manly
Deeds, Scholarship, and Love for all Mankind; and
WHEREAS,
numerous brothers in the fraternity have been outstanding national leaders in
the struggle to achieve civil rights in America, such as Senator Edward Brooke,
Dr. W. E. B. DuBois, Congressman William Gray, Mayor Maynard Jackson,
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Congressman Adam Clayton Powell, Supreme Court
Justice Thurgood Marshall, and Ambassador Andrew Young; and
WHEREAS,
Alpha Phi Alpha is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2006 and Eta Lambda its
86th year.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the members of
this body commend Alpha Phi Alpha and the Eta Lambda Chapter for their
outstanding contributions to this nation.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized
and directed to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to National
President Daryl Matthews and Eta Lambda Chapter President Ronald Natson.