NATIONAL HISTORY
Since it’s founding on December 4, 1906, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. has supplied voice and vision to the struggle of African-Americans and people of color around the world.
Alpha Phi Alpha, the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for African-Americans, was founded at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York by seven college men who recognized the need for a strong bond of Brotherhood among African descendants in this country. The visionary founders, known as the “Jewels” of the Fraternity, are Henry Arthur Callis, Charles Henry Chapman, Eugene Kinckle Jones, George Biddle Kelley, Nathaniel Allison Murray, Robert Harold Ogle, and Vertner Woodson Tandy.
The Fraternity initially served as a study and support group for minority students who faced racial prejudice, both educationally and socially, at Cornell. The Jewel founders and early leaders of the Fraternity succeeded in laying a firm foundation for Alpha Phi Alpha's principles of scholarship, fellowship, good character, and the uplifting of humanity.
Alpha Phi Alpha chapters were established at other colleges and universities, many of them historically black institutions, soon after the founding at Cornell. The first Alumni Chapter was established in 1911. While continuing to stress academic excellence among its members,Alpha also recognized the need to help correct the educational, economic, political, and social injustices faced by African-Americans. Alpha Phi Alpha has long stood at the forefront of the African-American community's fight for civil rights through leaders such as: W.E.B. DuBois, Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., Edward Brooke, Martin Luther King, Jr., Thurgood Marshall, Andrew Young, William Gray, Paul Robeson, and many others. True to its form as the “first of firsts,” Alpha Phi Alpha has been interracial since 1945.
CHAPTER HISTORY
Being the 13th oldest municipal institution in America, College of Charleston had never experienced what was to come. In the Fall of 1997, graduate brothers Cedric Rivers and David Hartwell were moved by the Alpha spirit and felt a strong need to bring the light of Alpha to a majority white school that was in darkness. Present on the campus at the time were only three black sororities and three black fraternities, all derivations of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Mu Pi Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha was soon to be the founders of Tau Eta, which was founded at Baptist College , now Charleston Southern University in 1977. Jason Jurkowski was the President of Mu Pi and Timothy Green was the chapter advisor for the Fall and Spring of 1997 and 1998.
During the Spring 1998 intake in Orangeburg, SC, Damion M. Waymer became the first initiate into Mu Pi from College of Charleston. He was the first of Tau Etas founders to emerge out of darkness. Seeing the torch lit that spring, five more distinct young men, Virgil Smith III, Robin F. Fraiser, Kendall J. Garvin, Charles I. Brown, and Keiron T. Kennedy, followed in the Fall 1998 intake. In Spring 1999, Quincy O. Tate crossed completing the number needed to start a chapter. Thoughts of a new chapter stirred at College of Charleston, which derived the Tau Eta Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc being chartered on Sunday, September 5, 1999.
Charter Members
Damion Enigma Waymer
Virgil Golden Haze Smith
Robin Sergeant-At-Arms Frazier
Kendal Quiet Storm Garvin
Charles The Big Joker Brown
Keiron Black I.C.E. Kennedy
Quincy Braveheart Tate
Tau Eta Charter Members
Lineage
And In The Beginning...
Spring 1998
Damion Enigma Waymer
The 5 Simians of the Sands
Fall 1998
Virgil Golden Haze Smith
Robin Sergeant-At-Arms Frazier
Kendal Quiet Storm Garvin
Charles The Big Joker Brown
Keiron Black I.C.E. Kennedy
The Sole Soldier of the Nile
Spring 1999
Quincy Braveheart Tate
The 2 Cold Soles of Darkness
Fall 1999
Michael Atlas Williams
Duane The Grim Reaper Lathan
The 4 Unconquerable Souls
Spring 2000
Sean The Outlaw Evans
Tavarius The Negotiator Butts
Cintron Total Recall Shiver
Eric Die Hard Jones
The 6 Symbols of Strength
Fall 2000
Travis Extreme Drayton
Donte Conviction Shannon
Orlando Brawn Singletary
Roy The Authority Mack
Ellis Vigor Watson
The Sole Guardian of the Sahara
Spring 2001
Jeremiah Survivor Pope
Pharaohs Volition
Spring 2002
Tyrone Impulse Brown
Travis Impetuous Chavis
Nicholas Indomitable Glover
Kaz Iceburg Weir
Creation Theory
Spring 2003
Steven Evolution Singletary
The 7th Pyramid of Giza
Fall 2003
Brandon Tutankhamen Williams
James Imhoptep Brown
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Spring 2004
Charles Head-of-State Loftley
Christopher Prime Minister Taste
Derick The Patriarch Harvin
Montrell Diplomat Fields
5 PHrozen M.E.N. (Mystical Elements of the Nyle)
Fall 2005
Matthew Phil-ICE-opher McClellan
Nicholas The PHrozen Phoenix James
Anthony Cold PHront Spears
Albert Tundra Sutton
Thomas PrecICE Miller
Ice Cold Trinity
Spring 2006
Javon Triumph Williams
Brenten Eclipse Weeks
Montrez COLDmination Greene
PHrozen Rein: The Centennial Prophecy PHullPHilled
Fall 2006
Marcus King COLDbra White
Markeesce Chief SacrifICE Craft
The Legend of 2 P.H.A.C.E (Pharaohs Holding Atomic Codominant Extremes)
Spring 2008
Juan Nitroglycerin Ray Jr.
Chad The Tephlon Don Elmore
The Evolution of A.P.E. (A PHrozen Egyptian)
Spring 2009
Jamar PHrozen Theory Brown
2 Pharaohs of Guilded Supremacy
Fall 2009
Myles Total DominACEtion Jackson
Willie Second 2 None Goodwin Jr.
By Any Means Necessary
Fall 2010
Jimmy Intrepid Freeman
Eric Redemption Stallings
Quentin Prodigy Ramsey
The 4 Elements of Guerilla WarPHare
Spring 2011
Tyler PHront1ine Person
Marsh 2econd Wave Moton
Andre Tripl3 THreat Jennings
Brandon Special PHources Upson
The 3 PHaraohs of Orion's Belt
Fall 2011
James ConPHined Aurora Vickers
Xavier ConPHlicted S.O.U.L Bromell
Damian Rar3 Conundrum Nelson
The L.O.R.D.S. of Discipline
Fall 2012
Antwuan S.T.E.A.L.T.H. Satterwhite
Andrew Ch4os THeory Perry
The 8 Deities of Imminent Supremacy
Spring 2013
Ross Anyanwu Drummond
Chris D.O.C. Asuzu
Tavaris Kamalu Jones
Brandon THoTH Brown
Odies Eshu Turner
Kola Ra George
Fabien Horus McGill
Jordan MenTHu Smith
The F.O.U.R. Sentinels of Kemet
Spring 2014
JaRon THe Art1san Richardson
Robert C.E.O. Taylor
Trevor R3conPHIguration Jones
Willie The L4st Kinsmen McCray
The Phrozen O.N.E.
Fall 2014
Jordon Esoter1c ICEotope Johnson
THe Sons of P.R.I.D.E.
Spring 2016
Lawrence Harb1nger Hickson
Jyair 2niper Dunning
Justin Rampag3 Toro
Joequise F.O.U.Rocious Wright
Mikel THe K.I.N.G. Hannah-Harding
THe PHrozen Souls of Glory
Fall 2017
Jarred TenACEty Pollard
Jayden THe Cold 2oldier Pollard
Kawayne PHrozen Str3ngTH Parker
Carlin THe M.A.S.T.E.R Nelson
THe 5 Resurgent Pharaohs of PHrozen Resilience
Fall 2018
Jailan Rev1val Williams
Larry Cold In2ition Abraham
Chakeem Cool Breez3 Blake
Dillon Golden 4mula Tartt
Jermaine THe M.V.P. Blackmon
THe Two Exalted Medjay of THe TH Kingdom
Fall 2020
Brandon Golden1 Burgess
Arman 2ilencer Frison
THe Sole Pr1nce of Sovereignty
Spring 2021
Bradley K1ongozi Odac
THe THree PHrozen Elements of THe Eternal Blizzard
Spring 2022
Jah’Mar Ava1anche Coakley
Logan PermaPHrost Smith
Jahiem PHrostbit3 President
THe Ice Age Era
Fall 2022
Justin Phrozen Ju1ce Geiger
Jalen 2nowstorm Newell
Jalen B3low Zero Wiley
Aiden Golden 4rce Mitchell
THe 1CEBREAKER
Spring 2023
Kamal Co1d SacrifICE Newson
THe T.I.T.A.N.S.
Fall 2023
Tracy MasterM1nd Nelson
Emmanuel 2plit Second Scott
Micah PHInal WarCry Watson
3 S.O.S
Spring 2024
Adem THe L1berator Byrdsell
Michael Golden Colossu2 Smith-Branch
Benjamine Wint3r SolstICE Cordova