[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Page 22400]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




   COMMEMORATING THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, today I rise to salute Alpha Phi Alpha 
Fraternity, which celebrated its 100th anniversary on December 4, 2006. 
Founded at Cornell University in 1906, Alpha Phi Alpha is the Nation's 
oldest African-American fraternity. In addition to Martin Luther King, 
Jr., the fraternity also proudly claims notable American leaders such 
as former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, former Senator 
Edward Brooke, Congressman Charlie Rangel, Detroit Mayor Kwame 
Kilpatrick, and countless others.
  From advocating for the rights of African Americans to encouraging 
young people to attend college, Alpha Phi Alpha has played an important 
role in our country. Most recently, the fraternity successfully pushed 
to create a national memorial for Martin Luther King, Jr., on the 
National Mall in Washington, DC. I send my best wishes upon this 
important milestone, and I am certain that the fraternity will continue 
its rich legacy of service and social justice in the next 100 years.

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