Omega Psi Phi Fraternity was founded on November 17, 1911 at Howard University located in Washington, D.C. by three undergraduates: Edgar Amos Love, Oscar James Cooper, Frank Coleman, and faculty adviser Ernest Everett Just. From the initials of the Greek phrase meaning "friendship is essential to the soul” the name Omega Psi Phi was derived, [...]

On December 4, 1906 Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for African-Americans, was founded at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York by seven college men who recognized the need for a strong bond of Brotherhood among African descendants in this country. The visionary founders, known as the “Jewels” of the Fraternity, [...]