| Groove Phi Groove Social Fellowship Incorporated
is a national organization consisting of over 45,000 dedicated and committed
brothers whose goal is to better the communities of America, especially
those in which we, as a Black people, live. Groove Phi Groove is the largest
non-greek organization founded October 12, 1962 by fourteen determined
brothers at Morgan State University, which was then a college, in Baltimore,
Maryland.
In the turmoil of the 60s, these 14 young men felt a need to create a new and progressive force in our society that would address the needs of the emerging Black community. Afrocentric pride and community upliftment was to be the key in this new force. They strived to encourage certain priniciples in the organizations such as academic awareness, good ethical standards, unity among graduates and undergraduates, intelligent and effective leadership, and the alleviation of socio-economic problems concerning all men. Groove or groovin' was a term defined by the black masses at the time meaning fellowship. And the PHI? In Secrets of the Great Pyramids, Peter Thompkins tells of the Kemetic (Egyptian) people of Africa who originated the term PHI as a symbol which represented the creative function of the reproductive qualities of the male sperm. This symbol of fertility was adopted in our name to stand for our continual growth and development. It is by choice that we associate ourselves by this Afrocentric paradigm as opposed to a Greek model. History tells us that when the Greeks came to Africa 2,500 years ago, the Kemetic Civilization was already ancient. At that time, the Greeks sat at the feet of the teachers of the Egyptian mystery schools to learn what the Africans already knew. These students never made it to the top of the Egyptian mystery schools, however, and so never totally understood the science, symbols, religion, etc. Unfortunately, the descendants of these students returned as conquerors to destroy, cities, temples, and an entire social and academic structure. The fellowship asks all to remember:
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