TITLE: Recognizing January 24, 2023, as Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Day at the State Capitol.

SUMMARY: Recognizing January 24, 2023, as Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Day at the State Capitol.

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WHEREAS, Proud members of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity are gathering at the State Capitol on January 24, 2023, providing a fitting opportunity to celebrate the fraternity's exceptional legacy of civic engagement; and WHEREAS, Launched at Cornell University on December 4, 1906, Alpha Phi Alpha was the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established by African Americans; founded by seven men who came to be known as the "Jewels" of the organization, Alpha Phi Alpha initially served as a study and support group for minority students who were struggling against racial prejudice; these early leaders laid the foundation for the fraternity's principles of scholarship, fellowship, character, and the uplifting of humanity; and WHEREAS, In the years that followed, Alpha Phi Alpha chapters were formed at other colleges across the nation; while the fraternity placed a strong emphasis on the academic excellence of its members, it also expanded its focus to address the educational, economic, political, and social injustices faced by African Americans and people of color around the world; over the decades, many former Alpha Phi Alpha members have stood at the forefront of the fight for civil rights, including W. E. B. Du Bois, Paul Robeson, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Thurgood Marshall, Adam Clayton Powell Jr., Edward Brooke, Andrew Young, and William Gray; and WHEREAS, Alpha Phi Alpha has been an interracial group since 1945 and now encompasses chapters across the United States; the fraternity has an especially rich history in the Lone Star State, which has been home to three of the organization's general presidents, and a number of prominent Texas leaders are Alpha Phi Alpha alumni; and WHEREAS, For more than a century, Alpha Phi Alpha has worked to foster a brotherhood of concerned citizens who devote themselves to the greater good, and its members may indeed reflect with pride on their organization's noteworthy tradition of activism and achievement; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas Legislature hereby recognize January 24, 2023, as Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Day at the State Capitol and extend to all those associated with the organization sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for the fraternity as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Reynolds Phelan Guerra Murr Allen Guillen Neave Criado Allison Harless Noble Anch a Harris of Anderson Oliverson Anderson Harris of Williamson Ordaz Ashby Harrison Orr Bailes Hayes Ortega Bell of Kaufman Hefner Patterson Bell of Montgomery Hernandez Paul Bernal Herrero Perez Bhojani Hinojosa Plesa Bonnen Holland Price Bowers Howard Ramos Bryant Hull Raney Buckley Hunter Raymond Bucy Isaac Reynolds Bumgarner Jetton Rogers Burns Johnson of Dallas Romero, Jr. Burrows A. Johnson of Harris Rose Button J. Johnson of Harris Rosenthal Cain Jones of Dallas Schaefer Campos Jones of Harris Schatzline Canales Kacal Schofield Capriglione King of Hemphill Shaheen Clardy King of Uvalde Sherman, Sr. Cole Kitzman Shine Collier Klick Slaton Cook Kuempel Slawson Cortez Lalani Smith Craddick Lambert Smithee Cunningham Landgraf Spiller Darby Leach Stucky Davis Leo-Wilson Swanson Dean Longoria Talarico DeAyala Lopez of Bexar Tepper Dorazio Lopez of Cameron Thierry Dutton Lozano Thimesch Flores Lujan Thompson of Brazoria Frank Manuel Thompson of Harris Frazier Martinez Tinderholt Gamez Martinez Fischer Toth Garcia Metcalf Troxclair Gates Meyer Turner Gerdes Meza VanDeaver Geren Moody Vasut Gervin-Hawkins Morales of Harris Vo Goldman Morales of Maverick Walle Gonz lez of Dallas Morales Shaw Wilson Gonz lez of El Paso Morrison Wu Goodwin Mu oz, Jr. Zwiener Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 30 was adopted by the House on January 24, 2023, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House