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2025-2026 Bill 1105: Companion to 492DG: "Alpha Day" at the State House - South Carolina Legislature Online
South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
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S. 1105
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Senate Resolution
Sponsors: Senator Tedder
Document Path: LC-0493DG-GM26.docx
Introduced in the Senate on April 7, 2026
Adopted by the Senate on April 7, 2026
Summary: Companion to 492DG: "Alpha Day" at the State House
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date
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Action Description with journal page number
4/7/2026
Senate
Introduced and adopted (
Senate Journal-page 2
)
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
04/07/2026
A
senate
RESOLUTION
to encourage all citizens to recognize and Honor
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., for one hundred nineteen years of
contributions in its commitment of making our communities stronger and better
and to declare April 14, 2026, as "Alpha Day at the State Capitol."
W
hereas, Alpha Phi
Alpha Fraternity, Inc., the first intercollegiate Greek letter fraternity
established for African American men, was founded at Cornell University in
Ithaca, New York, on December 4, 1906, by Henry Arthur Callis, Charles Henry
Chapman, Eugene Kinckle Jones, George Biddle Kelley, Nathaniel Allison Murray,
Robert Harold Ogle, and Vertner Woodson Tandy. These men, known as the
"Jewels," recognized the need for a strong bond of brotherhood among African
descendants in the United States; and
W
hereas, for one
hundred nineteen years, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., has been a beacon of
light to the community by staying true to its aims of manly deeds, scholarship,
and love for all mankind; and
W
hereas, Alpha Phi
Alpha Fraternity, Inc., has a membership of more than seventy thousand college
educated men inducted into over seven hundred college and alumni chapters in
the United States, Europe, Asia, and the Caribbean; and
W
hereas, this esteemed
fraternity continues to live out its mission of developing leaders, promoting
brotherhood and academic excellence, and providing service and advocacy for our
communities by contributing more than 2.3 million dollars in educational
scholarships and volunteering eight hundred fifty thousand community service
hours; and
W
hereas, Alpha Phi
Alpha Fraternity, Inc., counts many renowned citizens as members, including
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Ambassador Andrew Young, W.E.B. Dubois, Dr.
Louis Sullivan, and Actor Omari Hardwick. Now, therefore,
B
e it resolved by the
Senate
:
T
hat the members of the
South Carolina
Senate
, by this resolution,
encourage all citizens to recognize and honor the contributions of Alpha Phi
Alpha Fraternity, Inc., for one hundred nineteen years of contributions in its
commitment of making our communities stronger and better, and declare April 14,
2026, as "Alpha Day at the State Capitol."
B
e it further resolved
that a copy of this resolution be presented to Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
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