List of African-American fraternities
is the first historically Black fraternal organization. The first Greek Letter fraternal organization was Alpha Kappa Nu at Indiana University in 1903. Wilberforce University is where Gamma Phi was established in 1905. Sixty miles away at Columbus, Ohio in March 1905, Pi Gamma Omicron was founded at Ohio State University. These organizations folded quickly without successfully establishing more than one college chapter each. Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, established at Cornell University in December 1906, is the first Black intercollegiate fraternity. It still exists today.
Alpha Phi Alpha's success inspired the founding of other Black Greek intercollegiate organizations. Today, these organizations are known collectively as the National Pan-Hellenic Council, and emphasize public service and civil rights. Some non-NPHC Black fraternal organizations, such as the Swing Phi Swing and Groove Phi Groove, do not solely use Greek letters in their names.
The first Black professional Greek fraternity, Sigma Pi Phi, was established in Pennsylvania in 1904.Early formation (attempted or not existing today)
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