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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 527 

Congratulating the members of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. for 100 

years of service throughout the United States and the world, and commending Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. for exemplifying the ideals 

of brotherhood, scholarship, and service while upholding the motto ‘‘Culture for Service and Service for Humanity’’. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 29, 2014 

Ms. LANDRIEU (for herself, Mr. SCOTT, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. BROWN, Mr. NELSON, Mrs. HAGAN, Mr. LEVIN, and Ms. BALDWIN) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Congratulating the members of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, 

Inc. for 100 years of service throughout the United 

States and the world, and commending Phi Beta Sigma 

Fraternity, Inc. for exemplifying the ideals of brotherhood, scholarship, and service while upholding the motto 

‘‘Culture for Service and Service for Humanity’’. 

Whereas Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. was founded on the 

campus of Howard University in the District of Columbia 

on January 9, 1914, by A. Langston Taylor, Leonard F. 

Morse, and Charles I. Brown; 

Whereas since the formation of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, 

Inc., the members of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. 


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have maintained a strong commitment to brotherhood, 

community involvement, and service to all people; 

Whereas Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. has implemented a 

number of initiatives encouraging diversity, business opportunities, and advocacy; 

Whereas Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. has established the 

Sigma Wellness, Sigma Cares, and Living Well Brother 

to Brother programs; 

Whereas Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. was the first African-American fraternity to establish alumni chapters and 

youth mentoring clubs and is the only fraternity to form 

an African-American sorority counterpart, Zeta Phi Beta; 

Whereas the men of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. have 

dedicated themselves to the promotion of civil rights, and 

the members of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. include 

influential leaders and activists such as Hosea Williams, 

A. Phillip Randolph, and Lafayette Mckeene Hershaw; 

Whereas members belonging to chapters of Phi Beta Sigma 

Fraternity, Inc. across the United States responded to a 

call for support of the war efforts of the United States 

during World War I; 

Whereas members of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc., such 

as Alain LeRoy Locke, Weldon Johnson, and A. Phillip 

Randolph, made significant contributions to the Harlem 

Renaissance; 

Whereas Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. has over 700 chapters in the United States, Africa, Europe, Asia, and the 

Caribbean; 

Whereas the men of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. have 

distinguished themselves as public servants, including 

members such as— 


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(1) a United States Congressman, civil rights activist, and chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating 

Committee; 

(2) the first African-American Speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives; 

(3) the first African-American Democrat elected to 

the Congress of the United States; 

(4) Demetrius C. Newton, Sr., elected in 1986 as 

the first African-American Speaker Pro Tempore of the 

Alabama House of Representatives; and 

(5) Fleming Jones, Jr., the first African-American 

Democratic member of the West Virginia House of Delegates; and 

Whereas Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. commemorated its 

history and promoted service during the Phi Beta Sigma 

centennial celebration on January 9, 2014, in the District 

of Columbia: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) congratulates Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, 

3 Inc. for 100 years of service to communities 

4 throughout the United States and the world; and 

5 (2) commends Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. 

6 for a continued commitment to the ideals of brother7 hood, scholarship, and service. 

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