Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc

An American fraternal organization founded on Friday, November 17, 1911, at Howard University in Washington, D.C. by three undergraduate students and their faculty advisor. The undergraduate founders of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. were Howard University juniors Bishop Edgar Amos Love, Dr. Oscar James Cooper and Professor Frank Coleman. The faculty advisor was Dr. Ernest Everett Just. Omega Psi Phi was incorporated under the laws of the District of Columbia on October 28, 1914. The fraternity is the first black national fraternal organization to be founded at a historically black college. From its inception, the fraternity has worked to build a strong and effective force of men dedicated to its Cardinal Principles of Manhood, Scholarship, Perseverance and Uplift, and capable of giving expression to the hopes and aspirations of an unfree people in the land of the free.

Website

http://www.oppf.org

External link for Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc

Industry

Civic and Social Organizations

Company size

10,001 employees

Headquarters

Decatur, Georgia

Type

Nonprofit

Founded

1911

Specialties

Manhood, Scholarship, Perseverance, and Uplift