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Xi Nu History
The Xi Nu Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc. was founded
on January 29, 1983 at East Carolina University. The charter brothers wanted to establish a Fraternity that was responsive to the many needs of the local and college
community while stressing the values of brotherhood among African American men. By implementing the plan that was created
by our Founders the Xi Nu chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc. was form at East Carolina University. 22 years
later, our "Cause Still Speeds On Its Ways".
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Fraternity History
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. was
founded at Howard University in Washington, D.C., January 9, 1914, by three young African-American
male students. The founders, Most Honorable A. Langston Taylor,
Most Honorable Leonard F. Morse, and Most Honorable
Charles I. Brown, wanted to organize a Greek letter fraternity that would truly exemplify the ideals of brotherhood, scholarship, and service.
The
founders deeply wished to create an organization that viewed itself as "a part of" the general community rather than "apart
from" the general community. They believed that each potential member should be judged by his own merits rather than his family
background or affluence...without regard of race, nationality, skin tone or texture of hair. They wished and wanted their
fraternity to exist as part of even a greater brotherhood which would be devoted to the "inclusive we" rather than the "exclusive
we".
From its inception, the Founders also conceived Phi Beta Sigma as a mechanism to deliver services to the general
community. Rather than gaining skills to be utilized exclusively for themselves and their immediate families, the founders
of Phi Beta Sigma held a deep conviction that they should return their newly acquired skills to the communities from which
they had come. This deep conviction was mirrored in the Fraternity's motto, "Culture For Service and
Service For Humanity".
Today, 91 years later, Phi Beta Sigma has blossomed into an international organization
of leaders. No longer a single entity, the Fraternity has now established the Phi Beta Sigma Educational Foundation, the Phi
Beta Sigma Housing Foundation, the Phi Beta Sigma Federal Credit Union, and the Phi Beta Sigma Charitable Outreach Foundation. Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., founded in 1920 with the assistance of Phi Beta Sigma, is the sister organization. No other fraternity and sorority
is constitutionally bound as Sigma and Zeta. We both enjoy and foster a mutually supportive relationship.
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