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9 unusual facts about Omega Psi Phi


Edgar Amos Love

On November 17, 1911, Love and two other Howard students, Oscar James Cooper and Frank Coleman, established the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.

Errict Rhett

During his time at Florida, Rhett was initiated as a brother of Omega Psi Phi fraternity.

Harvey N. Middleton

Middleton was active in the Zeta Phi chapter of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity and a member of Indianapolis's Mount Paran Baptist Church.

John Monds

He is a twenty year member of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity and has held various leadership positions on the local and state level including President of the Mu Beta Beta chapter.

Lewis Wade Jones

A member of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity, he received his A.B. degree from Fisk University in 1931, and followed it with postgraduate study as a Social Science Research Council Fellow at the University of Chicago in 1931-1932.

Nelson Adams

He was listed in Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities while attending Howard University, and is a member of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity, and a Life Scout of the Boy Scouts of America.

Rhadi Ferguson

While at Howard University he became a member of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity.

Rickey Smiley

He is a member of Omega Psi Phi fraternity and Kappa Kappa Psi National Band fraternity is known for informing audiences of his membership in his acts.

Rock Yo Hips

The style of the video is inspired by Historically black colleges, such as Morehouse and Spelman, in Atlanta and featured African-American fraternities such as Phi Beta Sigma, Omega Psi Phi, Alpha Phi Alpha and Kappa Alpha Psi.


Paul Quinn College

Furthermore, students can be initiated into honor societies, such as Phi Delta Kappa and Alpha Chi National College Honor Society, as well as National Pan-Hellenic Council fraternities and sororities Alpha Phi Alpha, Alpha Kappa Alpha, Kappa Alpha Psi, Omega Psi Phi, Delta Sigma Theta, Phi Beta Sigma, Zeta Phi Beta and Sigma Gamma Rho.


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