The Zillustrious History of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.

The Five Zillustrious founders of our organization

It all began on January 16, 1920 when Arizona Cleaver Stemons, Myrtle Tyler Faithful, Viola Tyler Goings, Fannie Pettie Watts and Pearl Anna Neal founded Zeta Phi Beta Sorority. They formed their organization on the campus of Howard University in Washington D.C. Even though there were two other black greek letter sororities in existence at Howard, Delta Sigma Theta and Alpha Kappa Alpha, the "five pearls" dared to be different.

We can only detail a limited amount of information on our site, but you can read the official history of Zeta Phi Beta by clicking on the following link to our official website: Zeta's History

Zeta Phi Beta also holds claim to a number of first among black greek sororities. They are as follows:

1. Zeta Phi Beta Sorority was the first and only sorority to be constitutionally bound to a fraternity Phi Beta Sigma.
2. The first sorority to establish an international chapter in 1948 in Monrovia, Liberia. Today Zeta has chapters in the Virgin Islands, Korea, Germany and several other West African countries.
3. The first sorority to establish youth and adult auxilary groups.
4. The first sorority to establish a centralized headquarters with a paid staff. The head quarters is located at 1734 New Hampshire Ave. Northwest Washington, D.C. 20009.