What is Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity?

An organization that strives for change both in it's members and in the community.
An international brotherhood of over 105,000 men worldwide ranging from the Caribbean, Germany and Africa to the Phillipines, Switzerland and back to our lovely United States.

Though often imitated, we can never be properly duplicated- Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc. and Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc. still remain the first and only constitutionally bound brother-sister African-American greek letter organization in existence. Others have come along and tried to imitate what Sigma and Zeta began, but they were not built from the same framework and thus, can never be called a true family.

In the year of 1995, Phi Beta Sigma in cooperation with our lovely sorors of Zeta, became the only African-American Fraternity and Sorority to not only SUPPORT the Million Man March in Washington, DC, but to SPONSOR it as well, with Phi Beta Sigma's headquarters at 145 Kennedy St. NW in Washington, DC serving as the National Headquarters for the event. Our distinguished Brother Benjamin Chavis was the coordinator behind the event. Our focus for the Year 2000-Issues Impacting the African-American Male.

Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity is one of nine (9) African-American Fraternities and sororities that comprise the National Pan-Hellenic Council.

National Programs

Almost since the beginning, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity has maintained a three-pronged action plan to carry out the Fraternity's motto, Culture for Service and Service for Humanity. The components of the plan are:

1.Bigger and Better Business- A program designed to promote minority owned business ventures.
2.Social Action- A vehicle for addressing the critical problems affecting the nations communities.
3.Education- An ongoing effort to support the academic endeavors of minority students at all levels.

Other Programs

1.Phi Beta Sigma National Federal Credit Union -- Located in Washington, D.C., and owned and operated by Sigma Men.
2.Sigma Beta Clubs -- A national program that provides role models, scholarships, and mentors for boys ages 6-19. Still in the growing stages there are over 25 Sigma Beta Clubs across the country.
3.Project S.A.T.A.P. (Sigmas Against Teenage Pregnancy) -- This program is a collaborative venture with the March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation to address the alarming rise in teenage pregnancy.
4.Continuous networking events for members of the Fraternity.

Renowned Fraternity Brothers

A. Phillip Randolph -- Noted civil rights leader and past national president of the AFL-CIO unions
Al Joyner -- U.S. Olympic Track and Field Coach
Benjamin Chavis -- Past Executive Director of NAACP and Organizer of the One Million Man March
Blair Underwood -- T.V. Actor and National Representative of City Year
Carl Gordon -- T.V. Actor (Television Series ROC)
Clarence Muse -- Actor/Lawyer
Edolphus Towns -- Current U.S. House of Representatives member (D-NY) and current chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus
Emmitt Smith -- Current NFL All-Star Running Back for the Dallas Cowboys
Eric Williams -- Current NFL member of the Dallas Cowboys
Everett Harp -- Sax Player (Arsenio Hall Show)
Ezunial Burks -- Current Head Director of the Los Angeles Harbor
Harold Washington -- Past Mayor of Chicago
Huey P. Newton -- Co-Founder of the Black Panther Party
Jackie Slater -- Current NFL lineman (Rams)
James Washington -- Current NFL Cornerback (Dallas)
Jerry Rice -- Current NFL All-PRO Wide Receiver of the San Francisco 49ers
Joe Sample -- Pianist and original member of the Jazz Crusaders
John Lewis -- Current U.S. House of Representatives Member (D-GA)
Johnny Grey -- Olympic medal winner (Track and Field 800 Meters)
Karl Malone -- Utah Jazz(N.B.A)
Kwame Nkrumah -- First President of Ghana
L.C. Greenwood -- Retired Hall of Famer (Pittsburgh Steelers)
Lou Brock -- Retired Hall of Famer (Baseball)
Louis Price -- Singer/Actor, former member of the Temptations
Marcus Patton -- Current NFL member of the Buffalo Bills
Maurice White -- Lead singer of Earth, Wind, and Fire
Nnamdi Azikiwe -- First President of Nigeria
Olden Polynice -- Current NBA Center (Sacramento Kings)
Renaldo Nehemiah -- Past Track and Field record holder (110 high hurdles)
Rick James -- Musician
William Tolbert -- Former President of Liberia
Willis Reed -- Retired All-Star Center and later Coach for the New York Knicks
Dr. Alaine Leroy Locke -- The first African-American Rhodes Scholar
Dr. Ulysses McPherson -- National Sports Commissioner
James Weldon Johnson -- Poet, Professor, 1st Black to pass Florida Bar Exam, author of Black National Anthem, First elected black official of the NAACP
Billy (Whiteshoes) Johnson -- Retired NFL Player (Oilers)
Dr. George Washington Carver -- World renowned scientist and inventor