In the Fraternity’s early development, the dove, torch in hands, fasces, and the Sphinx were the chosen symbols to represent our dear Fraternity. On January 13, 1911, the Kappa Chapter was chartered at Ohio State University which was developed from the Omusu Society (a social literary club whose name was a combination of the schools), which comprised students...

In 1905, the year before the formation of our fraternity, racial segregation and the notion of separate but equal doctrine were conveyed during the US Supreme Court’s decision in 1896, the Plessy v. Ferguson decision. In July 1905, Dr. W.E.B. Dubois (Later initiated in the Epsilon Chapter, Univ of Michigan 1909), then a professor at Atlanta...