Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.

Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity was founded at Howard University in Washington, D.C., January 9, 1914, by three young African-American male students. The Founders, Honorable A. Langston Taylor, Honorable Leonard F. Morse, and Honorable Charles I. Brown, wanted to organize a Greek letter fraternity that would truly exemplify the ideals of brotherhood, scholarship, and service.

The Founders deeply wished to create an organization that viewed itself as “a part of” the general community rather than “apart from” the general community. They believed that each potential member should be judged by his own merits, rather than his family background or affluence...without regard to race, nationality, skin tone or texture of hair. They desired for their fraternity to exist as part of an even greater brotherhood which would be devoted to the “inclusive we” rather than the “exclusive we”.

On May 15, 1980 the charter line, better known as "The Magnificent Seven" were initiated on the campus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, more commonly known as Virginia Tech. The charter members, sought to incorporate the rich tradition of pride and excellence of Sigma at Virginia Tech; and hence, the Mu Nu chapter was chartered on July 26, 1980.

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