Sigma Pi Phi From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sigma Pi Phi ΣΠΦ Founded 1904 Philadelphia Pennsylvania Type Social Scope International Motto Colors Pantone 3015 (BLUE) Symbol Unknown Chapters 126 Headquarters Atlanta, Georgia, USA Homepage sigmapiphi.org/home/ Sigma Pi Phi is the first African-American Greek-lettered organization. Sigma Pi Phi was founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on May 15, 1904. The fraternity quickly established chapters (referred to as member boulés) in Chicago, IL and then Baltimore, MD.[1] The founders included two doctors, a dentist and a physician.[2] When Sigma Pi Phi was founded, black professionals were not offered participation in the professional and cultural associations organized by the white community.[3] Sigma Pi Phi has over 5,000 members and 126 chapters throughout the United States and the West Indies.[4] Contents [hide] 1 Founders 2 Membership 3 Famous members 4 See also 5 References 6 External links Founders[edit] This section does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (June 2013) Dr. Edwin C. Howard Dr. Algernon B. Jackson Dr. Henry McKee Minton Dr. Richard J. Warrick Membership[edit] Membership to Sigma Pi Phi is highly exclusive, number only about 5,000.[5] The organization is known as the Boulé, which means a council of noblemen.[6] Founded as an organization for professionals, Sigma Pi Phi never established college chapters, and eliminated undergraduate membership during its infant stages.[7] However, Sigma Pi Phi has historically had a congenial relationship with college Black Greek-Letter Organizations, as many members of Sigma Pi Phi are members of both. Sigma Pi Phi founder Henry McKee Minton and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. were both members of Alpha Phi Alpha, while Arthur Ashe was a member of Kappa Alpha Psi. Vernon Jordan and L. Douglas Wilder are members of Omega Psi Phi. James Weldon Johnson was a member of Phi Beta Sigma, as is civil rights leader and member of Congress John Lewis (D-GA). University of Massachusetts-Boston Chancellor, Dr. J. Keith Motley and Hibernia Southcoast Capital CEO (Retired), Joseph Williams are members of Iota Phi Theta. Members of Sigma Pi Phi have provided leadership and service during the Great Depression, World War I, World War II, the Civil Rights Movement, and addressed social issues such as urban housing, and other economic, cultural, and political issues affecting people of African descent. Hank Aarons Plaque at the Baseball Hall of Fame Famous members[edit] Members of Sigma Pi Phi include co-founder of the NAACP[8] W. E. B. Du Bois, Former NAACP President Kweisi Mfume, former United Nations Ambassador Ralph Bunche, former Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young, former Virginia Governor L. Douglas Wilder, American Express President Kenneth Chenault, Bobby Scott, Ken Blackwell, Ron Brown, Vernon Jordan, Arthur Ashe, Mel Watt,[9] Hank Aaron[10] and John Baxter Taylor, Jr., the first African-American Gold Medalist.[11] Numerous other American leaders are among the men who have adopted the fraternity’s purpose of creating a forum wherein they could pursue social and intellectual activities in the company of peers.[3] Sigma Pi Phi is also open to members of all races, as can be demonstrated by its well known Jewish member Jack Greenberg who succeeded Thurgood Marshall as General Counsel of the NAACP.[12] Lawrence Otis Graham talks about the organization, and his membership, in his book Our Kind of People: Inside Americas Black Upper Class(1999).[13] See also[edit] American Black Upper Class References[edit] Jump up ^ betalambdaboule.org/mserver/History_1.aspx Jump up ^ usip.edu/alumnifriends/profiles/ ^ Jump up to: a b unityfirst/pressreleaseboule.htm Jump up ^ Olechowski, Carol (April 25, 2002). Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity Supports Scholarships for UAlbany Students (Press release). University at Albany, SUNY. Jump up ^ skipmason/hm/hm19.htm Jump up ^ betalambdaboule.org/MServer/History_1.aspx Jump up ^ skipmason/hm/hm30.htm Jump up ^ naacp.org/about/history/timeline/ Jump up ^ Watt, Mel (February 28, 2006). Honoring Black History Month. Congressional Record. Retrieved 2006-10-08. Jump up ^ Lavelle, Lydia E. (2002), Senator Leroy R. Johnson 57 - Our Georgia Peach, North Carolina Central University Jump up ^ articles.philly/2011-02-24/entertainment/28623660_1_black-history-month-american-triumph-typhoid-fever Jump up ^ archive.is/20120731080321/findarticles/p/articles/mi_m1077/is_11_59/ai_n6158341 Jump up ^ Lawrence Otis Graham (January 6, 1999). Our Kind of People: Inside Americas Black Upper Class (First Edition ed.). Harper. ISBN 0060183527. External links[edit] Official Site Journal Articles Site for Beta Lambda chapter in Hampton Roads, Virginia Site for Gamma Iota chapter in Rochester, NY Southeast Region Site The Gentlemens Club Beautillion Service Project Grand Boulé of Sigma Pi Phi Centennial Celebration Finding the Good and Praising It--Sigma Pi Phi: The Boule 1904-2004: The Boulé at 100: Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity holds centennial celebration Categories: Organizations established in 1904Clubs and societies in the United StatesAfrican-American fraternities and sororities Navigation menu Create accountLog inArticleTalkReadEditView history Main page Contents Featured content Current events Random article Donate to Wikipedia Wikimedia Shop Interaction Help About Wikipedia Community portal Recent changes Contact page Tools What links here Related changes Upload file Special pages Permanent link Page information Data item Cite this page Print/export Create a book Download as PDF Printable version Languages Edit links This page was last modified on 13 February 2014 at 21:11. 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