Alpha Phi Alpha at Penn: Digitizing Early Black Student Experiences, 1914–1930 is a digital history project committed to recovering and amplifying the lives and legacies of early Black students at the University of Pennsylvania. Anchored in the founding and early years of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity on campus, the project explores how Black students built community, asserted their presence, and navigated a university environment that often rendered them invisible. Spanning from 1914 to the early years of the Great Depression, this project examines a pivotal era marked by the establishment of the fraternity and the broader struggle for recognition and belonging within predominantly white institutions.

View project here: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/6ff9a68710344ab895b15e59bef05117