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Question:can someone please list the ("divine nine") historically balck fraternities and sororities (NPHC) and the year each were founded.


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: can someone please list the ("divine nine") historically balck fraternities and sororities (NPHC) and the year each were founded.

"The Divine Nine" is as follows......

The organization's stated purpose and mission in 1930 was with these firsts founding members;

Omega Psi Phi
Kappa Alpha Psi
Alpha Kappa Alpha
Delta Sigma Theta
Zeta Phi Beta

The council's membership expanded;
Alpha Phi Alpha (1931)
Phi Beta Sigma (1931)
Sigma Gamma Rho (1937)
Iota Phi Theta (1996)

(Okay, so I grew up in Atlanta <wink>)

To actually answer your question:

Alpha Phi Alpha - 1906
Alpha Kappa Alpha - 1908
Kappa Alpha Psi - 1911
Omega Psi Phi - 1911
Delta Sigma Theta - 1911
Phi Beta Sigma - 1914
Zeta Phi Beta - 1920
Sigma Gamma Rho - 1922
Iota Phi Theta - 1963

**** CORRECTION*****

Alpha Phi Alpha - 1906
Alpha Kappa Alpha - 1908
Kappa Alpha Psi - 1911
Omega Psi Phi - 1911
Delta Sigma Theta - 1913 (not 1911)
Phi Beta Sigma - 1914
Zeta Phi Beta - 1920
Sigma Gamma Rho - 1922
Iota Phi Theta - 1963