HR248 - Recognizing March 4, 2025, as Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Day at the State Capitol.

      H.R. No. 248       R E S O L U T I O N          WHEREAS, Proud members of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity are   gathering at the State Capitol on March 4, 2025, 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 89th Texas   Legislature hereby recognize March 4, 2025, 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   Jones of Dallas     Burrows Guerra Morales Shaw   Alders Guillen Morgan   Allen Harless Muñoz   Anchía Harris Noble   Ashby Harris Davila Olcott   Barry Harrison Oliverson   Bell of Kaufman Hayes Ordaz   Bell of Montgomery Hefner Orr   Bernal Hernandez Patterson   Bhojani Hickland Paul   Bonnen Hinojosa Perez of El Paso   Bowers Holt Perez of Harris   Bryant Hopper Phelan   Buckley Howard Pierson   Bucy Hull Plesa   Bumgarner Hunter Raymond   Button Isaac Reynolds   Cain Johnson Richardson   Campos Jones of Dallas Rodríguez Ramos   Canales Jones of Harris Romero   Capriglione Kerwin Rose   Cole King Rosenthal   Collier Kitzman Schatzline   Cook LaHood Schofield   Cortez Lalani Schoolcraft   Craddick Lambert Shaheen   Cunningham Landgraf Shofner   Curry Leach Simmons   Darby Leo Wilson Slawson   A. Davis of Dallas Little Smithee   Y. Davis of Dallas Longoria Spiller   Dean Lopez of Bexar Swanson   DeAyala Lopez of Cameron Talarico   Dorazio Louderback Tepper   Dutton Lowe Thompson   Dyson Lozano Tinderholt   Fairly Lujan Toth   Flores Luther Troxclair   Frank Manuel Turner   Gámez Martinez VanDeaver   Garcia of Bexar Martinez Fischer Vasut   Garcia of Dallas McLaughlin Villalobos   Garcia Hernandez McQueeney Virdell   Gates Metcalf Vo   Gerdes Meyer Walle   Geren Meza Ward Johnson   Gervin-Hawkins Money Wharton   González of Dallas Moody Wilson   González of El Paso Morales of Harris Wu   Goodwin Morales of Maverick Zwiener     ______________________________   Speaker of the House                 I certify that H.R. No. 248 was adopted by the House on March 4,   2025, by a non-record vote.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House