Black Greek Letter Organizations

Black Greek Letter Organizations

Black Greek Letter Organizations (BGLO)s have a rich history of traditions and activities. This is not a history of BGLOs, but what makes us different from others, and what we do best.

In the beginning Black Greek Letter Organizations were created to provide brotherhood/sisterhood for African-Americans attending college. They were not welcome in the other established Greek Letter Societies so they created their own. These founding members of Black Greek Letter Organizations make up the NPHC members.

This can be traced back to the year 1912 at Howard University. The 22 members of the Alpha ...