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Chapter History
The Alpha Beta Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Incorporated, was established on the campus of Jackson State University in the fall of 1927. At the time, the first African-American president of Jackson State University, Dr. Zachary Taylor Hubert of Atlanta Georgia, deemed it necessary to broaden the social atmosphere of the institution. He granted Brothers W.E. Griffin and J.L. Wilson permission to constitute a fraternity on campus.
The five charter members of the Alpha Beta Chapter are Honorable Archie A. Alexander, Honorable Giles A. Hubert, Honorable Charles D. Westbrook Jr., Honorable Luther J. Marshall, and Honorable Henry H. Young. On November 21, 1927, these five highly ambitious individuals were initiated into the fraternity, thus becoming the initial members of the first Black Greek-lettered organization in the state of Mississippi and being recognized as members of the “Mother Chapter” of all National Pan-Hellenic Council organizations in the state.
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National History
PHI BETA SIGMA FRATERNITY, INCORPORATED was founded at Howard University in Washington, D.C. on January 9, 1914 by three young African-American male students. The Founders, Most Honorable A. Langston Taylor, Most Honorable Leonard F. Morse, and Most Honorable Charles I. Brown, wanted to organize a Greek-lettered 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, affluence, race, nationality, skin tone, or texture of hair. They wished and wanted their fraternity to exist as part of even a greater brotherhood which would be devoted to the “inclusive we” rather than the “exclusive we.” From inception, the Founders also conceived Phi Beta Sigma as a mechanism to deliver services to the general community. Rather than gain skills to be utilized exclusively for themselves and their immediate families, the founders of Phi Beta Sigma held a deep conviction that they should return their newly acquired skills to the communities from which they had come. This conviction is mirrored in the fraternity’s motto, “Culture for Service and Service For Humanity.”
Today, 104 years later, Phi Beta Sigma has blossomed into an international organization of leaders. The fraternity has experienced unprecedented growth and continues to be a leader among issues of social justice as well as a proponent of the African-American community.
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