National History
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated was founded January 16, 1920 on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C. by five eminent women with the help of two of their brothers, These women dared to depart from the traditional coalitions for Black women and sought to establish a new organization predicated on the precepts of Scholarship, Service, Finer Womanhood and Sisterly Love. The trail blazed by these founders has been traveled by thousands of women dedicated to the emulation of the objectives and ideals of this Sorority.
This Sorority was the first Greek-letter organization to charter a chapter in Africa (Sierra Leon and Liberia, 1948); to form adult and youth auxiliary groups, the Amicae, Archonettes, Amicettes, andPearlettes; and to be constitutionally bound to a brother group, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Incorporated- thus creating the (often imitated) only true family in the Black Greek Community.
Zeta's national and local programs include endowment of its National Educational Foundation; community outreach services; and support of multiple affiliate organizations. Zeta chapters and auxiliary groups have given untotaled hours of voluntary service to educate the public, assist youth, provide scholarships, support organized charities and promote legislation for social and civic change.
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A nonprofit organization, Zeta Phi Beta is incorporated in Washington, D.C. and in the state of Illinois. The Sorority is supported by the dues and gifts of its members.
For more information, please visit our national website at www.zphib1920.org