South Carolina S 1105: Companion to 492DG: "Alpha Day" at the State House

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2025-2026 Bill 1105 Text of Previous Version (Apr. 07, 2026) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 1105

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A senate RESOLUTION

to encourage all citizens to recognize and Honor 
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., for one hundred nineteen years of 
contributions in its commitment of making our communities stronger and better 
and to declare April 14, 2026, as "Alpha Day at the State Capitol." 

Whereas, Alpha Phi 
Alpha Fraternity, Inc., the first intercollegiate Greek letter fraternity 
established for African American men, was founded at Cornell University in 
Ithaca, New York, on December 4, 1906, by Henry Arthur Callis, Charles Henry 
Chapman, Eugene Kinckle Jones, George Biddle Kelley, Nathaniel Allison Murray, 
Robert Harold Ogle, and Vertner Woodson Tandy. These men, known as the 
"Jewels," recognized the need for a strong bond of brotherhood among African 
descendants in the United States; and

Whereas, for one 
hundred nineteen years, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., has been a beacon of 
light to the community by staying true to its aims of manly deeds, scholarship, 
and love for all mankind; and

Whereas, Alpha Phi 
Alpha Fraternity, Inc., has a membership of more than seventy thousand college 
educated men inducted into over seven hundred college and alumni chapters in 
the United States, Europe, Asia, and the Caribbean; and

Whereas, this esteemed 
fraternity continues to live out its mission of developing leaders, promoting 
brotherhood and academic excellence, and providing service and advocacy for our 
communities by contributing more than 2.3 million dollars in educational 
scholarships and volunteering eight hundred fifty thousand community service 
hours; and

Whereas, Alpha Phi 
Alpha Fraternity, Inc., counts many renowned citizens as members, including 
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Ambassador Andrew Young, W.E.B. Dubois, Dr. 
Louis Sullivan, and Actor Omari Hardwick. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the Senate:

That the members of the 
South Carolina Senate, by this resolution, 
encourage all citizens to recognize and honor the contributions of Alpha Phi 
Alpha Fraternity, Inc., for one hundred nineteen years of contributions in its 
commitment of making our communities stronger and better, and declare April 14, 
2026, as "Alpha Day at the State Capitol."

Be it further resolved 
that a copy of this resolution be presented to Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.

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