They believed each potential member should be judged by his own merits, rather than family background or affluence, without regards to race, nationality, skin tone or texture of hair.
Our founders wished to create a fraternity that would be 'a part of' the general community rather than 'a part from' the general community. Brown, wanted to organize a Greek letter fraternity that would exemplify the principles of brotherhood, scholarship, and service. Three African-American male students, Honorable A. was founded on Januon the campus of Howard University in Washington D.C.
