Which of the following individuals is a founder of Alpha Phi Alpha?

• A. Nathaniel Allison Murray
• B. Barack Obama
• C. Go to High School, Go to College
• D. A Voteless People is a Hopeless People

Answer: (A)

Founders are the people who started Alpha Phi Alpha at Cornell University in 1906. Nathaniel Allison Murray is one of the seven founders, so he is the correct choice. The original seven are Henry Arthur Callis, Charles Henry Chapman, Eugene Kinckle Jones, George Biddle Kelly, Nathaniel Allison Murray, Robert Harold Ogle, and Vertner Woodson Tandy. The other options aren’t founders: Barack Obama is a well-known public figure with no role in the fraternity’s founding, while the remaining two are not people but a public service program and a motto associated with Alpha Phi Alpha.