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The National Pan-Hellenic Council was established during the Jim Crow era when Greek letter collegiate organizations founded by white Americans did not want to be affiliated with Greek letter collegiate organizations founded by African Americans. [3] The organization's stated purpose and mission in 1930:
National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) - council formed by the nine largest and most established Black Greek lettered organizations, the "Divine Nine" National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) - conference formed by 26 national Greek lettered sororities and women's fraternities
Name Charter date and range Founding location Type Affiliation Status References Prince Hall Freemasonry: September 29, 1784: Boston, Massachusetts: Freemasonry, community-based
In 1959, Zeta Phi Beta purchased its current headquarters, located at 1734 New Hampshire Avenue NW on Dupont Circle in Washington, D.C., becoming the first organization under the National Pan-Hellenic Council to have a national headquarters for all operations. [11] [12] Zeta Phi Beta was the first to charter a chapter in Africa (Monrovia, Liberia).
Pages in category "Lists of members of National Pan-Hellenic Council members by society" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Kappa Alpha Psi is a member of the National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) and the North American Interfraternity Conference (NIC). The fraternity is the oldest predominantly African American Greek-letter organization founded west of the Appalachian Mountains still in existence. It is known for its "cane stepping" in NPHC organized step shows.
The National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) is an umbrella organization for 26 national and international women's sororities throughout the United States and Canada. Panhellenic ( lit. ' all-Greek ' ) refers to the group's members being autonomous social Greek-letter societies of college women and alumnae .
The following historically African American fraternities and sororities at Vanderbilt are members of the National Pan-Hellenic Council. [4] Alpha Kappa Alpha (sorority) Alpha Phi Alpha (fraternity) Delta Sigma Theta (sorority) Kappa Alpha Psi (fraternity) Omega Psi Phi (fraternity) Phi Beta Sigma (fraternity) Sigma Gamma Rho (sorority) Zeta Phi ...