the Founders
It all started nearly a century ago when three young, enterprising, African American college men founded Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. on the campus of Howard University in Washington, DC January 9th, 1914. The most honorable A. Langston Taylor, Leonard F. Morse, and Charles I. Brown determined that there was a need for a fourth fraternity in the new but thriving realm of black greek lettered societies. Their vision was to create an organization that would receive men of integrity and purpose, build upon their innate gifts and inspire them to go into the world and serve mankind. Our founders wanted to create a brotherhood that would truly exemplify the high ideals of brotherhood, scholarship and service.