Black History
This Baptist minister and civil rights leader delivered the famous “I Have a Dream” speech during the 1963 March on Washington.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Famous Howard University alum who served as Vice President
Kamala Harris
This phrase is often delivered right after a child gets a little too comfortable with their tone
“I ain’t one of your little friends.”
Meek Mill once said, “I used to pray for times like this, to rhyme like this, so I had to Grind like that to shine like this”
Dreams & Nightmares
These two colors represent Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Incorporated
Royal Blue and Pure White
This organization was known for their iconic black berets and leather jackets, they sought to combat systemic oppression
Black Panther Party
The first black woman to be elected to the United States Congress
Shirley Chisholm
This movement in 2014 highlighted police brutality
Black Lives Matter Movement
This rapper wrote the song "Freestyle"
Lil Baby
This day marks the founding of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc., at Howard University
January 9th, 1914
This ruling in the Supreme Court case upheld a Louisiana state law that created a doctrine that came to be known as "separate but equal.”
Plessy v Fergurson
This person has a best-selling book called Becoming
Michelle Obama
This 2025 American horror film produced and directed by Ryan Coogler, starring Michael B. Jordan
Sinners
Finish the lyric “I used to think that I wasn’t fine enough, and I used to think that I wasn’t wild enough.”
But I won't waste my time tryna figure out why you playin' games
What's this all about?
This is the number of men who founded Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.
Three
This person was the first Black woman who was arrested for refusing to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama
Claudette Colvin
The first Black woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court
Kentaji Brown Jackson
This actor portrayed T’Challa in Black Panther and also has a building named after him on campus
Chadwick Boseman
This artist is the most Grammy-awarded Black artist of all time and rose to fame as a member of one of the biggest girl groups in history.
Beyoncé
This flower represents the fraternity
White Carnation
The first African American Woman to serve in the military
Cathay Williams
Considered "The Queen of Soul"
Aretha Franklin
The first black woman to win an Oscar
Hattie McDaniel
Finish “Lift ev’ry voice and sing, till earth and heaven ring”
Ring with the harmonies of liberty.
Let our rejoicing rise
high as the list'ning skies;
Let it resound loud as the rolling sea.
This is the fraternity's motto
Culture for Service and Service for Humanity