Phi Beta Sigma Colors
Royal Blue and Pure White
Founding Fathers
Honorable A. Langston Taylor
Honorable Leonard F. Morse
Honorable Charles I. Brown
Fraternity
Comes from the Latin word "fraternitas" meaning the state of being brothers".
Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity (Philadelphia 1904)
Oldest Greek Letter organization among African Americans
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Three Pillars
Brotherhood, Scholarship, Service
Motto
"Culture for Service, and Service for Humanity"
Original Proposition
On Saturday, October 18, 1913 ,Honorable A. Langston Taylor presented to Honorable
Leonard F. Morse the proposition of establishing a new fraternity at Howard University,
with the aid of Honorable Charles I. Brown.