Phi Beta Sigma History

Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc. was founded at Howard University in Washington, DC in 1914 by three young black male students. The founders, Hon A. Langston Taylor, Hon. Leonard F. Morse and Hon. Charles I. Brown, wanted to organized a Greek-Letter fraternity that would truly exemplify the ideals of Brotherhood,Scholarship and Service.

The founders deeply wished to create an organization that viewed itself as "a part of" the general community. They believed that each potential member should be judged on his own merits rather than his family background or affluence..... without regard of race, nationality, color, skin tone or texture of hair. They wished and wanted their fraternity to exist as a part of an even greater brotherhood- sisterhood which would be devoted to the "inclusive we" rather than the "exclusive we".