The men of Alpha Phi gather for a group photo at The Algonquin Club December 4, 2015 where the fraternity was hosting a panel discussion about careers in the fields of politics, technology, business, entertainment to current college students. Boston University chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity celebrated it's 100th anniversary this past weekend with the panel discussion, receptions, and a banquet gala. Dr Martin Luther King was an initiate of the chapter in 1952 as well as other prominent African-American men over the past 100 years. Photo by Olivier Kpognon

December 9, 2015

The Men of Alpha Phi Alpha

100 Years of Alpha Phi Alpha: the BU chapter of the nation’s first African American fraternity, founded at Cornell in 1906, celebrated its century mark December 4. Among its members was Martin Luther King, Jr. (GRS’55, Hon.’59), initiated in 1952. Photo by Olivier Kpognon

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