-well, this had been good!
-i thank each of the people who posted tidbits of info about Delta and AKA and Alpha and SGRho that one might not normally know.
-to say that Alpha started the 'MOVEMENT' of foundations of other BGLO's is a little misguided. first of all, as we all know, the first fraternity founded was Phi Beta Kappa, founded at the College of William and Mary, and the first sorority [if i'm not mistaken] was Alpha Delta Pi, where it was was founded escapes me right now... but anyway, those organizations set the precedents for founding organizations that embodied the spirit of fraternity and brotherhood and sisterhood. maybe we should recognize them, instead.
-i cannot speak as an authority for Alpha, Kappa, Omega, or Iota, but as far as Sigma is concerned, our founders wished to create a fraternity that embraced and emphasized the TRUE spirit of fraternity, as understood by the ancient Greeks, as well as for the uplifting of the black community as a whole by emphasizing it's role as A PART OF the community instead of APART FROM it. the initiator of that dream, A. L. Taylor had a grand design for a fraternity.
-what i have come to understand about Kappa is that it started out as kind of social support group, Kappa Alpha Nu, but the administration wouldn't let them organize, so they met secretly off-campus, thereby forming Kappa Alpha Psi.
-what i have come to understand about Omega is that it started out as a bible study group for the black professors, and in time it turned into Omega Psi Phi fraternity.
-what i have come to understand about Iota is that they started out as a mock-Greek org. in the 60's. back then, mock groups like Groove Phi Groove and Wine Psi Phi popped up. and then there was I Phelta Thigh, which some members then took steps to organize a fraternity that was afro-centric and family and ethics oriented, thus Iota Phi Theta.
-like i said earlier, i don't claim to be an authority. ask somebody, 'go back and do more research'
-i'm out.