Fraternities-Phi Beta Sigma
Howard Nathaniel Lee (1934- )
Howard Nathaniel Lee made history in 1969 as the first African American to be elected mayor of any majority-white city...
Morris Overstreet (1950-2024)
Morris Overstreet was the first African American in Texas state history to be elected to a statewide office and the second (after...
Joseph (Joe) Neal (1935- )
Joseph Neal, the first African American elected to the Nevada state senate, was born in Mounds, Louisiana on July 28, 1935. He attended Southern University in...
Richard Kevin Sherman (1988– )
Richard Kevin Sherman is currently playing football with the San Francisco 49ers. He played college football at Stanford University both...
Frederick McDonald Massiah (1886–1975)
Frederick McDonald Massiah was one of the first African Americans to receive a civil engineering degree from Drexel University in...
James Albert “Billboard” Jackson (1878-1960)
James Albert “Billboard” Jackson was a critic, reporter, editor, spokesman, actor, and booster of black entertainment. Jackson, the eldest of...
Marco McMillian (1979-2013)
Marco McMillian was known primarily as the first openly-gay African American man to seek mayoral office as a Democrat in...
Howard University (1867- )
With an enrollment of approximately 9,000 graduate and undergraduate students, Howard University is the fifth largest Historically Black College and...
(1949) Nnamdi Azikiwe Addresses Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity at its 35th Annual Convention in Washington, D.C.
Here Nnamdi Azikiwe, future first President of Nigeria, delivers an address to his fellow fraternity members at the Banneker High...
