IN HCR0015

Commemorates the 100th anniversary of Omega Psi Phi fraternity, founded November 17, 1911, at Howard University in Washington, D.C.

Recognizes Omega Psi Phi as the first fraternity founded at a historically black university

Acknowledges the fraternity's role in establishing what became Black History Month, initiated by member Carter G. Woodson through an annual "Negro Achievement Week"

Highlights notable members including Langston Hughes, Bill Cosby, Jim Clyburn, Jesse Jackson, and Michael Jordan, as well as partnerships with the United Negro College Fund and NAACP

Directs the Principal Clerk to transmit copies of the resolution to the fraternity's national offices in Georgia and to its fifteen Indiana college and university chapters