national conventions Hancock House (Bluefield, West Virginia) List of social fraternities and sororities List of hazing deaths Notes a. The NNA estimated that by 1940, the group had secured 5,106 jobs for blacks because businesses could not afford to lose sales during the Depression. b. South Africa formally excluded Walvis Bay from the mandate and annexed it as a South African enclave. It took until after the date for the first fully democratic elections in South Africa in 1994 had been set, before sovereignty over Walvis Bay was formally transferred to Namibia at midnight on February 28, 1994. c. Darryl R. Matthews Sr., 32nd General President of the fraternity defined a pilgrimage as "a personal, spiritual, historic and significant journey, which one takes to a place and for a purpose that has profound meaning to that individual." d. President Ronald Reagan vetoed The Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986; however, Congress' override of his veto was the first presidential foreign policy veto in the 20th century. References Further reading External links Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity website Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity - Howard Archive Alpha Phi Alpha: A Centennial Celebration, Cornell University A Century of Leadership PBS video (16:03 mins) (17:25 mins) (17:52 mins) (17:56 mins) (18:25 mins) (15:21 mins) (7:06 mins) Alpha Phi Alpha founders Cornell University International student societies National Pan-Hellenic Council North American Interfraternity Conference Student organizations established in 1906 Student societies in the United States 1906 establishments in New York (state)