Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. - Rho Chi Sigma Chapter

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”. The Rho Chi Sigma Alumni Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. was founded on February 23, 2018 and has been an active and engaged force in the greater Columbus community ever since. The chapter became the Ohio Chapter of the Year in 2019 and the Great Lakes Chapter of the Year in 2020.