Who proposed the name of the Fraternity?

Who proposed the name of the Fraternity?

• A. George B. Kelley
• B. Henry A. Callis
• C. C.C. Poindexter
• D. Raymond W. Cannon

Answer: (A)

The main idea here is who suggested the official name during the fraternity’s founding. In the early organizing period, George Biddle Kelley proposed the name Alpha Phi Alpha, and the members adopted it as the fraternity’s formal title. Using Greek letters follows a common tradition in fraternities and helped establish a distinct, scholarly identity for the new organization as the first Greek-letter fraternity formed by African American men. The other founders contributed in many important ways, but Kelley is the one credited with putting forward the name that stuck.

The main idea here is who suggested the official name during the fraternity’s founding. In the early organizing period, George Biddle Kelley proposed the name Alpha Phi Alpha, and the members adopted it as the fraternity’s formal title. Using Greek letters follows a common tradition in fraternities and helped establish a distinct, scholarly identity for the new organization as the first Greek-letter fraternity formed by African American men. The other founders contributed in many important ways, but Kelley is the one credited with putting forward the name that stuck.