Founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on May 15, 1904
Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity
Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity is the oldest Black Greek-letter graduate-level fraternity in existence. Its founders were six extraordinary Black American men who supported the vision of establishing a fraternity for men of achievement as articulated by its primary founder, Henry McKee Minton. Minton envisioned a fraternity in which Black men of distinction would be invited to become members of a close fraternal union for their mutual benefit and to seek to enhance their underserved communities.
Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity has grown to include 144-Member Boulés in cities throughout the United States, Bahamas, and the United Kingdom.
Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity A Historical Overview
Sigma Pi Phi’s founders were six extraordinary Black American men who supported the vision of establishing a fraternity for men of achievement as articulated by its primary founder, Henry McKee Minton. Minton’s vision was embraced by the small group with whom he initially shared it. The group included:
Henry M. Minton, Ph.G. Philadelphia College of Pharmacy graduate in 1895, and a second-year Jefferson Medical School student who in 1906 would become its second Black American graduate.
Algernon B. Jackson, M.D. In 1901 the first Black American graduate of Philadelphia’s Jefferson Medical School, having previously attended the Indiana University Medical College.
Edwin C.J.T. Howard, M.D. In 1865 one of the first two Black American graduates of Harvard Medical School.
Richard J. Warrick, D.D.S.A 1900 Black American graduate of Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery.