Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity is a historically African-American fraternity which was founded at Howard University in Washington, D.C. on January 9, 1914. by three young African-American male students. The founders A. Langston Taylor, Leonard F. Morse, and Charles I. Brown, wanted to organize a Greek letter fraternity that would exemplify the ideals of brotherhood, scholarship, and service. The fraternity is the only one of its kind to aid in the creation and hold a constitutional bond with a historically African-American sorority, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. The fraternity was incorporated on January 16, 1920 in Washington D.C.