Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity, Inc.

CTL-E-0310 · Organization · professional · 1904–present

Provisional evidence grade of this record

The Boulé: the first post-graduate Black Greek-letter fraternity, founded in Philadelphia in May 1904 by professional men including Drs. Henry McKee Minton, Algernon Jackson, Edwin Howard, and Richard Warrick (per the Emory-held organizational records). Invitation-only, members called Archons, chapters called member boulés, no collegiate chapters; independent of the NPHC. Overlapping individual dual membership with Divine Nine organizations is documented (e.g., Martin Luther King Jr.); no formal organizational affiliation with the Divine Nine is documented.

The record

Also known as: The Boulé, Sigma Pi Phi, ΣΠΦ

Sources

Emory University News (2016) — Sigma Pi Phi records (primary source)
Wikipedia — Sigma Pi Phi

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