Nine historically Black fraternities and sororities. One council. More than a century of scholarship, service and sisterhood and brotherhood. The Gamma Chapter honors every member of our D9 family.
National Pan-Hellenic Council · 1930
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National Pan-Hellenic Council · Est. 1930
The Divine Nine
Nine historically Black fraternities and sororities. One council. More than a century of scholarship, service and sisterhood and brotherhood. The Gamma Chapter honors every member of our D9 family.
National Pan-Hellenic Council · 1930
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National Pan-Hellenic Council · Est. 1930
The Divine Nine
Nine historically Black fraternities and sororities. One council. More than a century of scholarship, service and sisterhood and brotherhood. The Gamma Chapter honors every member of our D9 family.
National Pan-Hellenic Council · 1930
Select a pillar to learn its story
National Pan-Hellenic Council · Est. 1930
The Divine Nine
Nine historically Black fraternities and sororities. One council. More than a century of scholarship, service and sisterhood and brotherhood. The Gamma Chapter honors every member of our D9 family.
National Pan-Hellenic Council · 1930
Select a pillar to learn its story
National Pan-Hellenic Council · Est. 1930
The Divine Nine
Nine historically Black fraternities and sororities. One council. More than a century of scholarship, service and sisterhood and brotherhood. The Gamma Chapter honors every member of our D9 family.
National Pan-Hellenic Council · 1930
Select a pillar to learn its story
National Pan-Hellenic Council · Est. 1930
The Divine Nine
Nine historically Black fraternities and sororities. One council. More than a century of scholarship, service and sisterhood and brotherhood. The Gamma Chapter honors every member of our D9 family.
National Pan-Hellenic Council · 1930
Select a pillar to learn its story
National Pan-Hellenic Council · Est. 1930
The Divine Nine
Nine historically Black fraternities and sororities. One council. More than a century of scholarship, service and sisterhood and brotherhood. The Gamma Chapter honors every member of our D9 family.
National Pan-Hellenic Council · 1930
Select a pillar to learn its story
National Pan-Hellenic Council · Est. 1930
The Divine Nine
Nine historically Black fraternities and sororities. One council. More than a century of scholarship, service and sisterhood and brotherhood. The Gamma Chapter honors every member of our D9 family.
National Pan-Hellenic Council · 1930
Select a pillar to learn its story
National Pan-Hellenic Council · Est. 1930
The Divine Nine
Nine historically Black fraternities and sororities. One council. More than a century of scholarship, service and sisterhood and brotherhood. The Gamma Chapter honors every member of our D9 family.
National Pan-Hellenic Council · 1930
Select a pillar to learn its story
Fraternity · Founded December 4, 1906
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
The first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for African American men — and home of the Gamma Chapter, chartered at Virginia Union in 1907.
Founded atCornell UniversityNPHC member since1931ColorsBlack & Old Gold
Their founders are known asThe Seven Jewels
Henry Arthur CallisCharles Henry ChapmanEugene Kinckle JonesGeorge Biddle KelleyNathaniel Allison MurrayRobert Harold OgleVertner Woodson Tandy
ΑΦΑ
Sorority · Founded January 15, 1908
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
The first Greek-letter sorority established by African American college women, and one of the five organizations that founded the NPHC.
Founded atHoward UniversityNPHC member since1930 · Charter memberColorsSalmon Pink & Apple Green
Their founders are known asThe Twenty Pearls
Anna Easter BrownBeulah BurkeLillie BurkeMarjorie HillMargaret Flagg HolmesEthel Hedgeman LyleLavinia NormanLucy Diggs SloweMarie Woolfolk TaylorNorma Elizabeth BoydEthel Jones MowbrayAlice MurraySarah Meriweather NutterJoanna Berry ShieldsCarrie SnowdenHarriet TerryJulia BrooksNellie QuanderNellie Pratt RussellMinnie Smith
ΑΚΑ
Fraternity · Founded January 5, 1911
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.
Founded at Indiana University, Kappa Alpha Psi was among the five charter members of the National Pan-Hellenic Council.
Founded atIndiana UniversityNPHC member since1930 · Charter memberColorsCrimson & Cream
Their founders are known asThe Founders
Elder Watson DiggsByron Kenneth ArmstrongJohn Milton LeeHenry Tourner AsherMarcus Peter BlakemorePaul Waymond CaineGeorge Wesley EdmondsGuy Levis GrantEzra Dee AlexanderEdward Giles Irvin
ΚΑΨ
Fraternity · Founded November 17, 1911
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.
The first fraternity founded at a historically Black university, and a charter member of the NPHC.
Founded atHoward UniversityNPHC member since1930 · Charter memberColorsRoyal Purple & Old Gold
Their founders are known asThe Founders
Edgar Amos LoveOscar James CooperFrank ColemanErnest Everett Just (faculty adviser)
ΩΨΦ
Sorority · Founded January 13, 1913
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
Founded at Howard University in 1913, Delta Sigma Theta was one of the five organizations that established the NPHC.
Founded atHoward UniversityNPHC member since1930 · Charter memberColorsCrimson & Cream
Their founders are known asThe Twenty-Two Founders
Osceola Macarthy AdamsMarguerite Young AlexanderWinona Cargile AlexanderEthel Cuff BlackBertha Pitts CampbellZephyr Chisom CarterMary Edna Brown ColemanJessie McGuire DentFrederica Chase DoddMyra Davis HemmingsOlive Claire JonesJimmie Bugg MiddletonPauline Oberdorfer MinorVashti Turley MurphyNaomi Sewell RichardsonMamie Reddy RoseEliza Pearl ShippenFlorence Letcher TomsEthel Carr WatsonWertie Blackwell WeaverMadree Penn WhiteEdith Motte Young
ΔΣΘ
Fraternity · Founded January 9, 1914
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.
Founded at Howard University, Phi Beta Sigma joined the NPHC in 1931 and shares a constitutional bond with Zeta Phi Beta.
Founded atHoward UniversityNPHC member since1931ColorsRoyal Blue & Pure White
Their founders are known asThe Founders
A. Langston TaylorLeonard F. MorseCharles I. Brown
ΦΒΣ
Sorority · Founded January 16, 1920
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.
Founded at Howard University as the sister organization of Phi Beta Sigma, and a charter member of the NPHC.
Founded atHoward UniversityNPHC member since1930 · Charter memberColorsRoyal Blue & Pure White
Founded by seven educators at Butler University in Indianapolis, Sigma Gamma Rho joined the NPHC in 1937.
Founded atButler UniversityNPHC member since1937ColorsRoyal Blue & Gold
Their founders are known asThe Seven Founders
Mary Lou Allison Gardner LittleDorothy Hanley WhitesideVivian White MarburyNannie Mae Gahn JohnsonHattie Mae Dulin RedfordBessie M. Downey MartinCubena McClure
ΣΓΡ
Fraternity · Founded September 19, 1963
Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc.
Founded at Morgan State University in 1963, Iota Phi Theta became the ninth member of the NPHC in 1996, completing the Divine Nine.
Founded atMorgan State UniversityNPHC member since1996ColorsCharcoal Brown & Gilded Gold
Their founders are known asThe Twelve Founders
Albert HicksLonnie Spruill Jr.Charles BriscoeFrank CoakleyJohn SladeBarron WillisWebster LewisCharles BrownLouis HudnellMichael WilliamsCharles GregoryElias Dorsey Jr.
ΙΦΘ
1906 → 1996
How the Nine came together
1906
Alpha Phi AlphaFounded December 4 at Cornell University.
1908
Alpha Kappa AlphaFounded January 15 at Howard University.
1911
Kappa Alpha Psi & Omega Psi PhiKappa founded January 5 at Indiana University; Omega founded November 17 at Howard.
1913
Delta Sigma ThetaFounded January 13 at Howard University.
1914
Phi Beta SigmaFounded January 9 at Howard University.
1920
Zeta Phi BetaFounded January 16 at Howard University.
1922
Sigma Gamma RhoFounded November 12 at Butler University.
1930
The NPHC is bornOn May 10, five organizations — Alpha Kappa Alpha, Kappa Alpha Psi, Omega Psi Phi, Delta Sigma Theta and Zeta Phi Beta — found the National Pan-Hellenic Council at Howard University.
1931
Alpha & Sigma joinAlpha Phi Alpha and Phi Beta Sigma join the council.
1937
Sigma Gamma Rho joinsThe council grows to eight.
1963
Iota Phi ThetaFounded September 19 at Morgan State University.
1996
The Divine NineIota Phi Theta joins the NPHC, completing the nine.
A salute from Gamma
Nine organizations. One shared legacy of lifting as we climb.
Alpha Phi Alpha was the first, and we never walked alone. The Gamma Chapter honors our brothers and sisters of the Divine Nine — at Virginia Union University, across Richmond, and around the world — for a century of service, scholarship and leadership in the communities we share.
Organization names and Greek letters belong to their respective organizations. Shown here in tribute.← Back to Gamma
