Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. - Alpha Chapter 1928
Positioned for Success: Phi Beta Sigma and the Growth of Zeta Phi Beta By Tilu Khalayi
Fraters Charles Robert Taylor and A. Langston Taylor were the attending physicians when Zeta was born. Thus Zeta Phi Beta Sorority and Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity proudly refer to theirs as the only true sister-brother relationship among Negro sororities and fraternities. - Ola Adams1
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eginning with one chapter at Howard University in 1920, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority has gone on to charter hundreds of chapters around the world. It was the first National Pan-Hellenic Council organization to charter a chapter in Africa, the first to form auxiliary groups, the first to centralize operations in a national headquarters, and as Ola Adams wrote, the first “true” constitutionally bound sister-brother relationship. One of the most significant accomplishments during past 100 years is the Fraternity’s investment in the development of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority. In 1918 Phi Beta Sigma Founder A. Langston Taylor appointed two members to a special committee to establish a sister organization, Ivorite Lorimer Scruggs and Clarence Quinton Pair. Dr. Ivorite L. Scruggs was a Charter Member who would go on to succeed the venerable Taylor as National President, serving from 1917-1919. He graduated from Howard’s Medical School and moved to Buffalo, New York where he established a 45-year private
Ola Adams, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, 1920-1965, (Washington, DC: Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, 1965), 43.
Celebrating 100 Years 1914-2014
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