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Omega Psi Phi

Omega Psi Phi is a national fraternity, and was the first black national fraternal organization to be founded at a historically black college. Omega Psi Phi was founded on November 17, 1911, at Howard University in Washington, D.C. by three undergraduate students and one faculty advisor. The founders were Howard University juniors Edgar Amos Love, Oscar James Cooper and Frank Coleman. The first faculty advisor was Dr. Ernest Everett Just, who early on was accorded the status of founder by the three undergraduates.

Each of the founders had distinguished careers in their chosen fields: Bishop Edgar Love,who became a bishop of the United Methodist Church; Dr. Oscar Cooper, who was a prominent physician who practiced in Philadelphia over 50 years; Professor Frank Coleman,who was the chairman of the Department of Physics at Howard University for many years; and Dr. Ernest E. Just,who was a world-renowned biologist. From its inception, the fraternity has worked to build a strong and effective force of men dedicated to its Cardinal Principles of manhood, scholarship, perseverance, and uplift. In 1927, at the urging of fraternity member Carter G. Woodson, the fraternity made National Negro Achievement Week an annual observance, and it continues today as Black History Month.

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