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African-American fraternities and sororities are social organizations that predominantly recruit black college students and provide a network that includes both undergraduate and alumni members. These organizations were typically founded by Black American undergraduate students, faculty, and leaders at various institutions in the United States.
Alpha Phi Alpha is the first inter-collegiate Greek-letter organization established for Black college students. [2] Convened in December 1905 as a literary society with the first presiding officer being CC Poindexter , it was established as a fraternity on December 4, 1906, at Ithaca, New York .
African American Fraternities and Sororities: The Legacy and the Vision. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 978-0-8131-2344-8. Parks, Gregory Scott (2008). Black Greek-Letter Organizations in the 21st Century: Our Fight Has Just Begun. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 978-0-8131-2491-9.
The campus of Indiana University at that time did not encourage the assimilation of Blacks. Kappa Alpha Psi is the second oldest existing collegiate historically Black Greek letter organization and the first intercollegiate fraternity incorporated as a national body. [1]
On January 25, 1948, Delta Sigma Theta, Zeta Phi Beta, Sigma Gamma Rho sororities, and Alpha Phi Alpha and Phi Beta Sigma fraternities were charter members of the ACHR. [52] Kappa Alpha Psi was later included in March 1949. [53] [54] In 1939, Alpha Kappa Alpha was the first sorority to apply for life membership in the NAACP. [55]
Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc. (ΙΦΘ) is a historically African American fraternity.It was founded on September 19, 1963, at Morgan State University (then Morgan State College) in Baltimore, Maryland, and is the fifth largest Black Greek Lettered Fraternity. [1]
Omega Psi Phi's Cardinal Principles or pillars are Manhood, Scholarship, Perseverance, and Uplift. Its motto is "Friendship is Essential to the Soul". The fraternity's colors are royal purple and old gold. Its symbol is the lamp. Members are called Omegas and Omega Men. The fraternity's publications are Oracle and Clarion Call.
Phi Beta Sigma (ΦΒΣ) is an international historically Black fraternity.Founded on January 9, 1914, on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C., Phi Beta Sigma has chartered chapters at other colleges, universities, and cities, and named them with Greek-letters.