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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.
A fraternity is usually understood to mean a social organization composed only of men while a sorority is composed of women. However, many women's organizations and co-ed organizations refer to themselves as women's fraternities. This list of collegiate North American fraternities is not exhaustive.
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]
The Greek letters Sigma Pi Phi represent the Greek words Sophia (wisdom), Pistis (faith), and Philea (brotherhood or friendship). [12] The fraternity is known as "the Boulé," which means, in ancient Greek "the Council". [13] The fraternity's badge depicts a Sphinx, symbolizing wisdom and inner spirit, sitting above the Greek letters ΣΠΦ. [14]
Vice President Kamala Harris arrives to speak to the 70th Boule of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., at the Orange County Convention Center, on Thursday, July 14, 2022.
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]