November 17, 1911 changed the lives of many African-American men in this great country. It was on that day that three liberal arts students, accompanied by their professor and mentor, founded arguably the greatest Fraternity in the world: Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. The name of the fraternity was derived from the Greek phrase "Ophelema Phelia Psukas" which translates into "Friendship is Essential To The Soul".This phrase was adopted as the Fraternity's motto and is embedded within every man in the Omega fold.

The founders worked tirelessly during a time when African Americans encountered many social injustices including the right to vote and the ability to attend many schools attended by their white counter-parts. Friendship, was the common bond between them; Brother Herman Dreer wrote that the founders desired to establish an organization were the members would be "one in aim, one in thought, and one in loyalty" (Dreer, 1940) . The founders sought to overcome college administration which wanted to limit Omega to a