[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 120 (Tuesday, July 29, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Page S5067]
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  SENATE RESOLUTION 527--CONGRATULATING THE MEMBERS OF PHI BETA SIGMA 
FRATERNITY, INC. FOR 100 YEARS OF SERVICE THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES 
   AND THE WORLD, AND COMMENDING PHI BETA SIGMA FRATERNITY, INC. FOR 
EXEMPLIFYING THE IDEALS OF BROTHERHOOD, SCHOLARSHIP, AND SERVICE WHILE 
  UPHOLDING THE MOTTO ``CULTURE FOR SERVICE AND SERVICE FOR HUMANITY''

  Ms. LANDRIEU (for herself, Mr. Scott, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Brown, Mr. 
Nelson, Mrs. Hagan, Mr. Levin, and Ms. Baldwin) submitted the following 
resolution; which was considered and agreed to:

                              S. Res. 527

       Whereas Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. was founded on the 
     campus of Howard University in the District of Columbia on 
     January 9, 1914, by A. Langston Taylor, Leonard F. Morse, and 
     Charles I. Brown;
       Whereas since the formation of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, 
     Inc., the members of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. have 
     maintained a strong commitment to brotherhood, community 
     involvement, and service to all people;
       Whereas Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. has implemented a 
     number of initiatives encouraging diversity, business 
     opportunities, and advocacy;
       Whereas Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. has established the 
     Sigma Wellness, Sigma Cares, and Living Well Brother to 
     Brother programs;
       Whereas Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. was the first 
     African-American fraternity to establish alumni chapters and 
     youth mentoring clubs and is the only fraternity to form an 
     African-American sorority counterpart, Zeta Phi Beta;
       Whereas the men of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. have 
     dedicated themselves to the promotion of civil rights, and 
     the members of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. include 
     influential leaders and activists such as Hosea Williams, A. 
     Philip Randolph, and Lafayette Mckeene Hershaw;
       Whereas members belonging to chapters of Phi Beta Sigma 
     Fraternity, Inc. across the United States responded to a call 
     for support of the war efforts of the United States during 
     World War I;
       Whereas members of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc., such as 
     Alain LeRoy Locke, Weldon Johnson, and A. Philip Randolph, 
     made significant contributions to the Harlem Renaissance;
       Whereas Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. has over 700 
     chapters in the United States, Africa, Europe, Asia, and the 
     Caribbean;
       Whereas the men of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. have 
     distinguished themselves as public servants, including 
     members such as--
       (1) a United States Congressman, civil rights activist, and 
     chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee;
       (2) the first African-American Speaker of the Colorado 
     House of Representatives;
       (3) the first African-American Democrat elected to the 
     Congress of the United States;
       (4) Demetrius C. Newton, Sr., elected in 1986 as the first 
     African-American Speaker Pro Tempore of the Alabama House of 
     Representatives; and
       (5) Fleming Jones, Jr., the first African-American 
     Democratic member of the West Virginia House of Delegates; 
     and
       Whereas Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. commemorated its 
     history and promoted service during the Phi Beta Sigma 
     centennial celebration on January 9, 2014, in the District of 
     Columbia: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) congratulates Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. for 100 
     years of service to communities throughout the United States 
     and the world; and
       (2) commends Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. for a 
     continued commitment to the ideals of brotherhood, 
     scholarship, and service.

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