List of Alpha Phi Alpha national conventions

Alpha Phi Alpha is an intercollegiate historically African American fraternity. It was formed at Cornell University on December 4, 1906. The general conventions and other national conventions of Alpha Phi Alpha are as follows.^[1]

Convention number	Dates	Location	Host chapter	Anniversary	Refs
1st	December 28, 1908	Howard University Washington, D. C.	Beta		[2][3]
2nd	December 27, 1909 – December 29, 1909	Virginia Union University Richmond, Virginia	Gamma		[2][4][a]
3rd	December 29, 1910 – December 31, 1910	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania			[2][4]
4th	December 27, 1911 – December 30, 1911	University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan	Epsilon		[2][4][5][6]
5th	December 26, 1912 – December 28, 1912	Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio	Kappa		[2]
6th	December 29, 1913 – December 31, 1912	Howard University Washington, D. C.	Beta		[7][8][b]
7th	December 29, 1914	Chicago, Illinois	Theta		[4][9]
8th	December 27, 1915 – December 29, 1915	University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Omicron		[4][10][11]
9th	December 27, 1916 – December 30, 1916	Virginia Union University Richmond, Virginia	Gamma		[12][13]
10th	December 26, 1917 – December 29, 1917	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Rho and Nu		[12][14][15]
11th	December 27, 1918 – December 31, 1918	Cleveland, Ohio	Pi		[16]
12th	1919	Chicago, Illinois	Theta
13th	1920	Kansas City, Missouri	Beta Lambda
14th	December 17, 1921 – December 20, 1921	Baltimore, Maryland	Delta Lambda		[17][18][c]
15th	December 27, 1922 – December 31, 1922	St. Louis, Missouri	Epsilon Lambda		[19][20][21]
16th	December 27, 1923 – December 31, 1923	Columbus, Ohio	Kappa		[20][22][23][d]
17th	December 27, 1924	New York City, New York	Eta		[22][23][24]
18th	December 1925	Detroit, Michigan	Gamma Lambda		[25]
19th	December 27, 1926 – December 31, 1926	Virginia Union University Richmond, Virginia	Gamma		[25][26][27]
20th	1927	Cleveland, Ohio	Pi
21st	1928	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Rho and Psi
22nd	December 28, 1929 – December 31, 1929	Atlanta, Georgia	Alpha Phi, Alpha Rho, and Eta Lambda		[28]
23rd	1931	Cincinnati, Ohio	Alpha Alpha	25th
24th	1933	St. Louis, Missouri	Eta Lambda	27th	[19][29]
	August 19, 1934 – August 22, 1934	Chicago, Illinois	Theta and Xi Lambda		[30][31][e]
25th	December 28, 1935 – December 31, 1935	Nashville, Tennessee	Chi, Alpha Chi, Beta Omicron, and Tau Lambda	29th	[32][33][34][f]
	1936	Los Angeles, California	Alpha Delta
26th	1937	New Orleans, Louisiana	Beta Tau and Sigma Lambda	31st	[6]
27th	August 28, 1939	New York City, New York	Eta and Alpha Gamma Lambda		[35][g]
28th	December 30, 1940	Kansas City, Missouri	Beta Lambda		[36][37][38][h][i]
29th	1941	Louisville, Kentucky	Alpha Lambda	35th
30th	1944	Atlantic City, New Jersey	Alpha Theta Lambda	38th
31st	1945	Chicago, Illinois	Theta and Xi Lambda	39th
32nd	1946	Columbus, Ohio	Kappa and Alpha Rho Lambda	40th
33rd	December 28, 1947	Tulsa, Oklahoma	Alpha Tau Lambda	41st	[39][j]
34th	1948	Atlantic City, New Jersey	Alpha Theta Lambda	42nd
35th	1949	Atlanta, Georgia	Eta Lambda, Alpha Rho-Alpha Phi, and Iota	43rd	[40][k]
36th	1950	Kansas City, Missouri	Beta Lambda	44th	[37][h]
37th	December 27, 1951 – December 30, 1951	Berkeley, California	Alpha Epsilon	45th	[41][42][l]
38th	December 26, 1952 – December 30, 1952	Cleveland, Ohio	Pi and Delta-Alpha Lambda	46th	[43][44][m][n]
39th	December 27, 1953 – December 31, 1953	Detroit, Michigan	Gamma Lambda and Alpha Psi	47th	[45][46][o]
40th	December 27, 1954 – December 30, 1954	Miami, Florida	Beta Beta Lambda	48th	[47][48]
41st	December 27, 1955 – December 30, 1955	Morrison Hotel Chicago, Illinois	Theta and Xi Lambda	49th	[49][p][q]
42nd	August 7, 1956 – August 11, 1956	Buffalo, New York	Rho Lambda and the General Organization	50th	[50][51][52][53][r]
43rd	1957	Los Angeles, California	Alpha Delta, Gamma Xi, and Beta Phi Lambda	51st
44th	1958	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Rho, Zeta Omicron Lambda, and Psi	52nd	[54]
45th	December 26, 1959 – December 30, 1959	Cincinnati, Ohio	Alpha Alpha and Delta Gamma Lambda	53rd	[37][55][56][57][s]
46th	August 19, 1960 – August 23, 1960	Washington, D. C.	Beta, Mu Lambda and Omicron Lambda Alpha	54th	[58]
47th	December 1961	Louisville, Kentucky	Alpha Lambda, Alpha Beta Lambda, Gamma Beta Lambda, and Psi Lambda	55th	[59]
48th	December 1962	Columbus, Ohio	Kappa and Alpha Rho Lambda	56th	[60][t]
49th	August 16, 1963 – August 22, 1963	Boston, Massachusetts	Sigma and Epsilon Lambda	57th	[61]
50th	August 14, 1964 – August 20, 1964	New York City, New York	Eta, Alpha Gamma Lambda, Eta Zeta Lambda, Delta Chi, Gamma Iota Lambda, Delta Chi, Zeta Zeta Lambda, Eta Chi Lambda, and Eta Theta Lambda	58th	[62][63][u]
51st	August 1965	Chicago, Illinois	Theta and Xi Lambda	59th	[64][v]
52nd	1966	St. Louis, Missouri	Deta Eta, Alpha Epsilon Lambda, and Epsilon Lambda	60th	[19]
53rd	1967	Los Angeles, California	Beta Psi Lambda, Gamma Xi, and Alpha Delta	61st
54th	August 1968	Detroit, Michigan	Alpha Psi and Gamma Lambda	62nd	[6][65]
55th	August 1969	Shamrock Hotel Houston, Texas	Delta Theta and Alpha Eta Lambda	63rd	[66][67]
56th	1970	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Psi, Rho, and Zeta Omicron Lambda	64th
57th	1971	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	Delta Chi Lambda and Epsilon Tau	65th
58th	1972	Denver, Colorado	Delta Psi Lambda and Iota Omicron Lambda	66th	[6]
59th	August 1973	Roosevelt-Fairmont Hotel, New Orleans, Louisiana	Sigma Lambda, Beta Phi, and Epsilon Chi	67th	[68]
60th	1974	Bay Area	Bay Area Chapters	68th
61st	August 1, 1975 – August 7, 1975	Fontainebleau Hotel Miami Beach, Florida	Beta Beta Lambda and Miami Area chapters	69th	[69][70][71][w]
62nd, Phase 1	July 30, 1976 – August 3, 1976	New York City, New York	Greater New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut chapters	70th	[72]
62nd, Phase 2	August 3, 1976 – August 9, 1976	Monrovia, Liberia, West Africa	Eta Epsilon Lambda	70th	[72][73][74]
63rd	August 5, 1977 – August 10, 1977	Hilton Atlanta Atlanta, Georgia	Iota and Epsilon Lambda	71st	[75][76][77]
64th	July 28, 1978 – August 3, 1978	Minneapolis, Minnesota	Mu and Gamma Xi Lambda	72nd	[78]
65th	August 3, 1979 – August 9, 1979	Washington, D. C.	Beta and Mu Lambda	73rd	[79][80][x]
66th	August 1, 1980 –	Chicago, Illinois	Xi Lambda	74th	[81]
67th	July 31, 1981 – August 6, 1981	Dallas, Texas	Alpha Sigma Lambda	75th	[82][83][84][y]
68th	August 1982	Los Angeles, California	Gamma Xi and Beta Psi Lambda	76th	[85][z]
69th	1983	New Orleans, Louisiana	Sigma Lambda	77th
70th	August 3, 1984 – August 7, 1984	Stouffer's Inn on the Square Cleveland, Ohio	Pi and Delta Alpha Lambda	78th	[86][87]
71st	August 1985	Atlanta, Georgia	Eta Lambda	79th	[88]
72nd	July 31, 1986 – August 6, 1986	Washington Hilton Washington, D. C.	Mu Lambda	80th	[89][90]
73rd	July 23, 1987 – July 29, 1987	San Francisco Hilton San Francisco, California	Gamma Chi Lambda	81st	[91]
74th	1988	Kansas City, Missouri	Beta Lambda	82nd
75th	July 27, 1989 – August 2, 1989	Marriott Rivercenter and Riverwalk hotels San Antonio, Texas	Mu Nu and Delta Rho Lambda	83rd	[92][93]
76th	August 2, 1990February 8, 1990	Fontainebleau Miama Hotel Miami Beach, Florida	Beta Beta Lambda	84th	[94]
77th	August 1991	Omni Radisson Baltimore, Maryland	Beta Alpha and Delta Lambda	85th	[95]
78th	August 1992	Anaheim, California	Nu Tau Lambda	86th	[96]
79th	July 29, 1993–August 4, 1993	New Orleans, Louisiana	Sigma Lambda	87th	[97][98][aa]
80th	August 1994	Chicago Hilton Hotel and Towers Chicago, Illinois	Xi Lambda	88th	[99][100][ab]
81st	August 1995	Orlando, Florida	Delta Xi Lambda	89th	[101][ac]
	August 1996	New Orleans, Louisiana	Sigma Lambda	90th	[102][103][ad]
82nd	July 31, 1997 – August 4, 1997	Washington, D. C.	Mu Lambda	91st	[104][105][ae]
	August 2, 1998	Nassau Marriott Resort and Crystal Palace Hotels Nassau, Bahamas	Iiota Epsilon Lambda	92nd	[106][af]
83rd	July 29, 1999 – August 3, 1999	Wyndham Anatole Dallas, Texas	Alpha Sigma Lambda and Xi Tau Lambda	93rd	[107]
	August 3, 2000 – August 8, 2000	Hyatt Regency Atlanta, Georgia	Alpha Rho and Eta Lambda	94th	[108][109]
84th	August 2, 2001 – August 7, 2001	Marriott Hotel New Orleans, Louisiana	Rho Iota and Sigma Lambda	95th	[110]
	August 1, 2002 – August 4, 2002	Bally's Las Vegas Las Vegas, Nevada	Mu and Gamma Xi Lambda	96th	[111][ag]
85th	July 31, 2003 – August 5, 2003	Renaissance Center Detroit, Michigan	Pi Psi and Gamma Lambda	97th	[112]
	August 5, 2004 – August 8, 2004	Philadelphia Marriott Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Psi and Rho	98th	[113][ah]
86th	August 4, 2005 – August 8, 2005	Hilton Americas Hotel Houston, Texas	Delta Theta and Alpha Eta Lambda	99th	[67]
	July 25, 2006 – July 30, 2006	Marriott Wardman Park Washington, D. C.	Beta and Mu Lambda	100th	[114][115][116][ai]
87th	August 9, 2007 – August 13, 2007	Rosen Shingle Creek Orlando, Florida	Delta Xi Lambda	101st	[117][118][119]
88th	July 17, 2008 – July 21, 2008	Bartle Hall Convention Center Kansas City, Missouri		102nd	[120]
89th	July 15, 2009 – July 19, 2009	Hilton New Orleans Riverside New Orleans, Louisiana		103rd	[121][122]
90th	July 21, 2010 – July 25, 2010	Bally's Las Vegas Las Vegas, Nevada		104th	[123][124]
91st	June 22, 2011 – June 26, 2011	Hilton Chicago Chicago, Illinois		105th	[125][126][127][aj]
92nd	June 26, 2013 – June 30, 2013	Hilton Austin Hotel Austin, Texas	Gamma Eta Rho	107th	[128][129][ak]
93rd	August 5, 2015 – August 9, 2015	Charlotte Convention Center Charlotte, North Carolina	Beta Nu Lambda, Alpha Omicron, Mu Tau, and Tau Omicron	109th	[130][131][al]
94th	July 12, 2017 – July 16, 2017	Baltimore Convention Center Baltimore, Maryland		111th	[132][am]
95th	July 24, 2019 – July 28, 2019	Bally's Las Vegas Las Vegas, Nevada		113th	[133][an]
96th	July 14, 2021 – July 18, 2021	JW Marriott Indianapolis Indianapolis, Indiana	Iota Lambda, Gamma Rho, and Theta Xi	115th	[134][ao]
97th	July 26, 2023 – July 30, 2023	Hilton Anatole Dallas, Texas	Alpha Sigma Lambda, Beta Tau Lambda, Nu Pi Lambda, Xi Tau Lambda, Rho Nu Lambda, and Eta Pi Lambda	117th	[135][ap]

Notes

1. Crisis indicates this conference was held in New York City, New York.
2. The conception of the Sphinx came out of this convention.
3. Convention was followed by travel to Washington, D.C. on December 28, 1921 to Initiate of Frederick Douglass into the Omega chapter.
4. The Delta Sigma Theta convention held simultaneously.
5. This was a special conferencedevoted to ending Jim Crow practices in public education.
6. This conference was hosted at Tennessee State University campus.
7. Began use of General Convention with this year.
8. This was a Tri-Convention with Alpha Kappa Alpha and Kappa Alpha Psi.
9. Membership requirement to be a Negro was removed at the conference
10. Former Vice President Henry A. Wallace gave a speech at the convention.
11. The theme of this convention was Segregation Must Go.
12. Jet magazine (January 17, 1951) has Los Angeles/Santa Monica as the location.
13. This was a joint convention with Alpha Kappa Alpha, Delta Sigma Theta. Kappa Alpha Psi, Sigma Gamma Rho, and Zeta Phi Beta.
14. The constitution was changed to allow admission "regardless of race, color or creed" at this convention.
15. The convention's theme was "First of All Servants of All". Its speakers included Thurgood Marshall and Archibald Carey Jr.
16. The convention's theme was "Desegregation the Mode; Total Integration the Goal"
17. During the convention the National Headquarters in Chicago was dedicated.
18. The convention's theme was "Building on the Past--To Face the Challenges of the Future." Its speakers were New York Governor W. Averell Harriman, Kentucky Senator John Sherman Cooper, and Martin Luther King Jr.
19. This was a joint convention with Alpha Kappa Alpha.
20. This was the last wintertime convention.
21. This convention's theme was Communication - Excellence: Key to Equality.
22. The convention's speakers were Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey and Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley.
23. The convention's theme was Alpha's Outreach to Business.
24. The convention's theme was Alphas in Government: Planning for the Future of Our Children. The speaker was UN Ambassador Andrew Young.
25. The convention's theme was Saluting the Past – Securing the Future (The Agenda for the '80s). Its speakers were Christopher Edley Jr., Vernon Jordan, Maynard Jackson, and Ernest Morial.
26. The convention's peakers included Jesse Jackson and John E. Jacob.
27. The convention's speakers included Senator Edward Brooke.
28. The convention's speakers were Lee Brown, Cardiss Collins, Alexis M. Herman, Dennis Archer, John H. Johnson, Marian Wright Edelman, Horace Dawson, and Bobby William Austin.
29. The speakers were John Hope Franklin, Delano Lewis, Hugh B. Price, and Marc Morial.
30. This was the National Alpha Scholarship Forum with speakers Edward Brooke and Horace Dawson.
31. The speaker for this convention was James A. Joseph.
32. This included an Economics Empowerment Seminar.
33. This was an Economic Development Conference.
34. This was a Constitutional Convention.
35. This was the Centennial Convention. Its speakers were Hugh B. Price, Andrew Young, Lou Gossett Jr., and Bill Pinkney.
36. The convention's theme was A Global Vision for Brotherhood: Gateway to the Dream.
37. The convention's theme was Few in Number, Mighty in Power, Influence in Service.
38. the convention's theme was Focused on the Future: Investing in our Community, Health, Wealth and Self.
39. The convention's theme was The Urgency of Now.
40. The convention's theme was Alpha Advocacy in Action: Silence Is Not An Option.
41. The convention's theme was Elevating the Alpha Spirit: Men of Distinction Impacting Our Communities.
42. The convention's theme was Theme: Strengthening the Brotherhood and Standing for Social Justice.