Picture this Boston Massachusetts June 2nd 1952 a young doctoral student named Martin Luther King Jr makes a pivotal decision he pledges his allegiance to Alpha fi Alpha’s Sigma chapter unknowingly setting the stage for a powerful Alliance fast forward to Montgomery Alabama King is now part of the alpha Upsilon chapter and his
Fraternity Brothers become his comrades in the fight for civil rights networking supporting standing shoulder-to-shoulder at the Montgomery Bus Boycott trial their bond unshakable their resolve unbreakable funds for Kings Montgomery Improvement Association flow in from his fraternity Brothers a testament to their unwavering support 1956 Alpha fi Alpha’s 50th Anniversary a moment of recognition
King is honored with the alpha Award of Merit the fraternity’s highest honor Martin Luther King Jr an alpha fi Alpha great forever etched in the annals of fraternity and civil rights history
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