Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. has continued to supply voice and vision to the struggle of African Americans and people of color around the world. The Fraternity has long stood at the forefront of the African-American community's fight for civil rights
"Leaders among the Negroes must teach colored working men that they must create their own opportunities for retention and advancement by giving
superior and efficient service in spite of the handicaps that are before
them. " -Jewel Eugene Kinckle Jones, 1920
"We must never lose sight of the fact that we must take part in the development, not only of ourselves but of all humanity."-Jewel Charles Henry Chapman, 1931
"I wish to urge upon all of the brothers the necessity for a broader bond of brotherhood in the communities where you reside. After allegiance to your God, family and country, let nothing shake your love for the fraternity and its ideas. Let every brother be truly a brother, promote his interest as if it were yours and show to the world that Alpha Phi Alpha stands for more than mere words."
-Jewel Robert Harold Ogle, 1936
"We deemed it essential that such a fellowship of Negroes of training and culture emphasize unity, in order that they might best serve the needs of large masses of people, hungry for leadership and in need of honest, altruistic guidance."
-Jewel Vertner Woodson Tandy, 1939
"Our purpose is to raise the intellectual and cultural level, yes-and the moral level also; to aid in the development of special skills: to build men of vision, courage, self sacrifice, who are willing to develop a wise, consistent leadership toward the integration of a truly democratic society."
-Jewel Henry Arthur Callis,1946
"Let those on the higher rounds reach down and pull while those on the lower rounds reach up and push as they climb. Let us ever touch hands and grow."
-Jewel George Biddle Kelley, 1954
"We must put service before self and put aside all petty differences and undertake to meet the needs of our race...according to the demands of the times."
-Jewel Nathaniel Allison Murray, 1956