Sorority Firsts
Hosting a convention south of the Mason Dixon Line
In 1937, when no other black Greek-lettered organization had ever held a national convention south of the Mason-Dixon line, Zeta Phi Beta held their convention in a black business sector of Houston, Texas. The Lambda Zeta chapter and surrounding black community pulled together to host the engagement, with private homes taking in the delegates and the YWCA providing meals to the sorority members
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Establishing a HeadquartersZeta Phi Beta was also the first organization under the National Pan-Hellenic Council to have a national headquarters for all operations.
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Brother FraternityZeta Phi Beta is also the first and only NPHC organization to be constitutionally bound to a fraternity, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Incorporated.
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