List of African-American Greek and fraternal organizations

Prince Hall Freemasonry (PHA) is the first historically Black fraternal organization. PHA is a special type of fraternal organization, separate and distinct from Greek fraternal organizations. The first of these was Alpha Kappa Nu at Indiana University in the year 1903. Wilberforce University is where Gamma Phi was established in 1905. Sixty miles away at Columbus, Ohio in March 1905, Pi Gamma Omicron was founded at Ohio State University (formation originally reported in the Chicago Defender in 1905). These organizations folded quickly without successfully establishing more than one college chapter each. Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, established at Cornell University in December 1906, is the first Black intercollegiate fraternity (the first to have more than one college chapter). It still exists today.

Alpha Phi Alpha's success inspired founding of other Black Greek intercollegiate organizations. Today, these organizations (fraternities and sororities) are known collectively as the National Panhellenic Council (NPHC), and emphasize public service and civil rights. Some non-NPHC Black fraternal organizations, such as the Swing Phi Swing and Groove Phi Groove, don't solely use Greek letters in their names.

The first Black professional Greek fraternity, Sigma Pi Phi, was established in Pennsylvania in 1904.

Early formation (attempted or not existing today)

Name	Year Formation Attempted	Incorporated	Collegiate	Greek Lettered
Alpha Kappa Nu	1903	No	Yes	Yes
Pi Gamma Omicron	1905	No	Yes	Yes
Gamma Phi ^[1]	1905	No	Yes	Yes
Gamma Tau^[2]^:34	1934	No	Yes	Yes

Fraternities

Name	Founded	Incorporated	Collegiate	Greek Lettered	NPHC
Prince Hall Freemasonry	1775	Yes	No	No	No
Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World	1897	Yes	No	No	No
Sigma Pi Phi	1904	Yes	No	Yes	No
Alpha Phi Alpha	1906	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Kappa Alpha Psi	1911	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Omega Psi Phi	1911	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Phi Beta Sigma	1914	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Sigma Rhomeo	1936	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Wine Psi Phi^[3]	1959	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Nu Gamma Alpha ^[4]	1962	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Iota Phi Theta	1963	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Malik Sigma Psi (Also known as MALIK Fraternity)	1977	Yes	Yes	No	No
Phi Delta Psi	1977	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Sigma Phi Rho	1979	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Delta Psi Chi Swordsmen	1985	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Beta Phi Pi ^[5]	1986	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Megisté Areté (Christian) ^[6]	1989	Yes	Yes	No	No
Nu Gamma Psi^[7]	1994	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Phi Rho Eta	1994	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

Sororities

Name	Founded	Incorporated	Collegiate	Greek Lettered	NPHC
Alpha Kappa Alpha	1908	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Delta Sigma Theta	1913	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Zeta Phi Beta	1920	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Sigma Gamma Rho	1922	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Iota Phi Lambda	1929	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Eta Phi Beta^[8]	1942	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Gamma Phi Delta	1943	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Zeta Delta Phi ^[2]^:100	1962	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Sigma Beta Phi	1923	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Omega Epsilon Rho Service Sorority^[9]	2009	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

Other

Name	Founded	Incorporated	Collegiate	Greek Lettered	NPHC
Groove Phi Groove - Males	1962	Yes	Yes	No	No
Swing Phi Swing - Females	1969	Yes	Yes	No	No
Malika Kambe Umfazi - Females ^[2]^:107	1995	Yes	Yes	No	No

Notes

↑ The History of Fraternities and Sororities in America
1 2 3 Walter M. Kimbrough (2003). Black Greek 101: The Culture, Customs, and Challenges of Black Fraternities and Sororities. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. ISBN 978-0-8386-3977-1.
↑ Elizabeth Calvert Fine (2003). Soulstepping: African American Step Shows. University of Illinois Press. pp. 159–. ISBN 978-0-252-02475-7.
↑ Black History Month the Divine Nine
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↑ Sisterhood acts on foundations of Christianity, friendship
↑ "Nu Gamma Psi Fraternity Inc. - History". Archived from the original on December 19, 2012. CS1 maint: Unfit url (link)
↑ Nina Mjagkij (13 May 2013). Organizing Black America. Routledge. pp. 195–. ISBN 1-135-58123-1.
↑ ECC holds panel discussion on racial profiling

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Historically Asian/Pacific Islander-American	αΚΔΦ ΑΦΓ ΒΧΘ ΔΕΨ ΔΚΔ ΔΦΛ ΔΦΩ ΙΝΔ ΚΦΓ ΚΦΛ ΛΦΕ ΠΑΦ ΠΔΨ ΣΒΡ ΣΟΠ ΣΣΡ ΣΨΖ ΣΦΩ ΧΣΤ

Christian fraternities and sororities	ΑΔΓ ΑΔΧ ΑΓΩ ΑΛΩ ΑΝΩ ΒΕΓΓΑΡΣ ΒΣΨ ΒΥΧ ΓΦΔ ΣΑΩ ΣΘΕ ΣΦΛ ΦΒΧ ΧΑΩ

Historically Jewish	ΑΕΠ ΑΕΦ ΖΒΤ ΣΑΕΠ ΣΑΜ ΣΔΤ ΤΔΦ ΤΕΦ

Μulticultural	Delphic ΔΞΝ ΔΞΦ ΓΗ ΖΣΧ ΖΦΡ ΖΧΦ ΘΝΞ ΛΤΩ ΛΨΔ ΜΣΥ ΣΛΓ ΤΦΣ ΨΣΦ ΩΔΦ ΩΦΧ

LGBTQ	ΑΛΖ ΑΠΔ ΔΛΦ ΓΡΛ ΚΑΛ ΚΘE ΟΕΠ ΣΦΒ ΘΠΣ

Native American	ΑΠΩ ΦΣΝ

Latino and Puerto Rican	ΑΨΛ ΔΤΛ ΓΑΩ ΓΖΑ ΗΓΔ ΚΔΧ ΛΑΥ ΛΠΧ ΛΠΥ ΛΣΥ ΛΘΑ ΛΘΦ ΛΘΝ ΛΥΛ ΝΑΚ ΜΑΦ ΝΣΒ ΣΔΑ ΣΙΑ ΣΛΑ ΣΛΒ ΣΛΥ ΣΠΑ ΦΔΓ ΦΗΜ ΦΙΑ ΦΣΑ ΧΥΣ ΩΦΒ

Major specific	ΑΓΡ ΑΣΚ FarmHouse ΚΚΨ ΣΑΙ ΤΒΣ Triangle ΦΣΓ ΦΣΡ

Social sororities	ΑΓΔ ΑΔΠ ΑΕΦ ΑΞΔ ΑΟΠ ΑΣΑ ΑΣΤ ΑΦ ΑΧΩ ΓΦΒ ΔΔΔ ΔΓ ΔΖ ΔΦΕ ΖΤΑ ΖΧΦ ΘΦΑ ΚΑΘ ΚΒΓ ΚΔ ΚΚΓ ΠΒΦ ΣΔΤ ΣΚ ΣΣΣ ΦΜ ΦΣΣ ΧΩ

Social fraternities	Acacia ΑΓΣ ΑΔΦ ΑΚΛ ΑΣΦ ΑΤΩ ΑΦΔ ΑΧΑ ΑΧΡ ΒΘΠ ΔΚΕ ΔΣΦ ΔΤΔ ΔΥ ΔΦ ΔΧ ΔΩΕ ΖΨ ΘΔΧ ΘΞ ΘΧ ΚΑ Order ΚΑ Society ΚΔΡ ΚΔΦ ΚΛΨ ΚΣ ΛΧΑ ΠΚΑ ΠΚΦ ΠΛΦ ΣΑΕ ΣΔΑ ΣΘΠ ΣΝ ΣΠ ΣΤΓ ΣΦ ΣΦΔ ΣΦΕ ΣΧ ΤΚΕ ΦΓΔ ΦΔΘ ΦΚΘ ΦΔΨ ΦΚΣ ΦΚΤ ΦΚΨ ΦΛΧ ΦΜΑ Sinfonia ΦΜΔ ΦΡΗ ΦΣΚ ΦΣΦ XΓE ΧΦ ΧΨ ΨΥ

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