Alpha Phi Alpha

Article summary

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. ( ) is the oldest intercollegiate historically African American fraternity. It was initially a literary and social studies club organized in the 1905–1906 school year at Cornell University but later evolved into a fraternity with a founding date of December 4, 1906. It employs an icon from Ancient Egypt, the Great Sphinx of Giza, as its symbol. Its aims or pillars are "Manly Deeds, Scholarship, and Love For All Mankind," and its motto is "First of All, Servants of All, We Shall Transcend All." Its archives are preserved at the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center. Chapters were chartered at Howard University and Virginia Union University in 1907. The fraternity has over 290,000 members and has been open to men of all races since 1945. Currently, there are more than 730 active chapters in the Americas, Africa, Europe, the Caribbean, and Asia. It is the largest predominantly African-American intercollegiate fraternity and one of the ten largest intercollegiate fraternities in the United States. Alpha Phi Alpha is a social organization with a service organization mission and provided leadership and service during the Great Depression, World Wars, and Civil Rights Movement. The fraternity addresses social issues such as apartheid, AIDS, urban housing, and other economic, cultural, and political issues of interest to people of color.…

Key claims

1. date of establishment: 1907 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. date of establishment: 1911 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
3. date of establishment: 1933 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
4. date of establishment: 1922 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
5. date of establishment: 1996 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
6. date of foundation: 1905 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
7. members: 290,000 members — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
8. members: 11 members — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
9. members: 3,000 members — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
10. members: 1,000 members — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
11. publication date: 1923 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
12. publication date: 1947 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
13. publication date: 2006 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
14. students: 15 students — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
15. students: 14 students — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
2. The record states that the date of establishment is "1907". What evidence would count against this claim?
3. The record states that the date of establishment is "1911". What evidence would count against this claim?
4. The record states that the date of establishment is "1933". What evidence would count against this claim?
5. The record states that the date of establishment is "1922". What evidence would count against this claim?
6. The record states that the date of establishment is "1996". What evidence would count against this claim?
7. The record states that the date of foundation is "1905". What evidence would count against this claim?
8. The record states that the members is "290,000 members". What evidence would count against this claim?
9. The record states that the members is "11 members". What evidence would count against this claim?
10. The record states that the members is "3,000 members". What evidence would count against this claim?
11. The record states that the members is "1,000 members". What evidence would count against this claim?
12. The record states that the publication date is "1923". What evidence would count against this claim?
13. The record states that the publication date is "1947". What evidence would count against this claim?
14. The record states that the publication date is "2006". What evidence would count against this claim?
15. The record states that the students is "15 students". What evidence would count against this claim?
16. The record states that the students is "14 students". What evidence would count against this claim?
17. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
18. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1377271692