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Phi Sigma Pi National Honor Fraternity (ΦΣΠ) is a gender-inclusive/mixed-sex national honor fraternity based in the United States. [1] The fraternity is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization incorporated in the state of Pennsylvania to foster scholarship, leadership, and fellowship.
Founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1904, it is the oldest Greek lettered fraternity for African Americans. The fraternity does not have collegiate chapters and is designed for professionals in mid-career or older. [1] Sigma Pi Phi has over 5,000 members and 139 chapters throughout the United States, the United Kingdom, and The Bahamas.
Sigma Pi Phi was founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1904 as a professional fraternity for African American men. When Sigma Pi Phi was founded, black professionals were not offered participation in the professional and cultural associations organized by the white community. [2] Its founders were:. [3]
In 1968 Alpha Phi Chi local fraternity, which was founded in 1966, merged with what had become the Sigma Pi colony. [89]: 2 Gamma Omega 1969 Wayne State University: Detroit, Michigan: Active Founded as Rho Gamma Epsilon Local Fraternity, which became a colony of Sigma Pi after being inspired by the Sigma Pi chapter at the University Detroit Mercy.
The Sigma Pi Foundation, an endowment fund, was established in 1922 and formally chartered in Indiana in 1923. [5] [8] Sigma Pi doubled its chapters between 1920 and 1927 and established a national office on May 16, 1927. It first operated out of Roselle, NJ, then Elizabeth, NJ. [9] The fraternity published its first pledge manual in 1931. [10]
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On 15 May 1904 Minton co-founded Sigma Pi Phi, also called the Boulé, the first Black Greek letter fraternity. The other founders were Algernon B. Jackson, Edwin C. Howard and Richard J. Warrick. [8] At that time, fraternities were important in helping people develop contacts that would assist them in their careers.
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