Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. is a historically black fraternity that was founded on January 9, 1914 on the campus of Howard University by Honorable A. Langston Taylor, Honorable Leonard F. Morse, and Honorable Charles I. Brown. The fraternity was founded on the principals of Brotherhood, Scholarship and Service, and it's members have done their art to uphold these principals in a number of ways.
In fact, a number of notable members of the fraternity have done amazing things from right here in Atlanta. Check out the list below of some notable Atlanta men who just so happen to be members of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. as well!
Congressman John Lewis
John Lewis is a notable civil rights leader who is originally from Troy, Alabama. He is known for being the chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and for leading the march that became knowns as Bloody Sunday on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama.
In 1986, He was elected in the US House of Representatives where he served 17 terms representing districts that encompassed most of Atlanta.
Hines Ward
Hines Ward is an American Football player who grew up in Eastpoint, Georgia, he went to Forest Park High School where he was a 2-time Clayton County offensive player of the year. He is a proud graduate of The University of Georgia, and as far as the NFL he's played with the Pittsburg Steelers, and has coached for the NY Jets.
James Weldon Johnson
Even though he was from Jacksonville, Florida, James Weldon Johnson was a graduate of Atlanta University, known today as Clark Atlanta University. He was a writer and civil rights activist who penned Lift Every Voice And Sing, better known as the Negro National Anthem.