OMEGA PSI PHI HISTORY COMPREHENSIVE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Who is Brother Ernest Green? - ✔✔Ernest Green was the oldest among the nine
students who integrated the all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.
(September 25, 1957) Green later attended Michigan State University, where he was
later initiated into the fraternity through Sigma chapter.
✔✔Between 1955 and 1959, chapters contributed nearly $40,000 to what organization?
- ✔✔NAACP
✔✔In the 60's, the struggle for social justice shifted into high gear. What was Omega
Psi Phi contribution to the struggle? - ✔✔Omega men throughout the United States
were active participants in the "sit-ins" and other civil rights demonstrations. Moreover,
undergraduate brothers were especially involved in the demonstrations of the civil rights
struggle.
✔✔In 1961, Omega Psi Phi's Grand Conclave highlighted Omega's first 50 years of
accomplishments. In what city was it held?
a. New York City, NY
b: Atlanta, GA
c: Dallas, TX
d: Washington, DC
e. none of the above - ✔✔d: Washington, DC
In 1961, the Washington, D.C. Grand Conclave highlighted Omega's first 50 years of
accomplishments. Founders -- Love, Cooper, and Coleman were present. Thirteen of
23 former Grand Basilei also attended this historic gathering. It was a once-in-a-lifetime
opportunity for young brothers to mingle with some of the greatest black men that
America ever produced.
,✔✔In 1961 The Golden Anniversary Conclave (50 year) Omega authorized a $150,000
investment towards what? - ✔✔The construction of a new national headquarters
building in Washington, D.C.
✔✔The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom occurred in Washington D.C. on
August 28, 1963. Brother__________________, an activist and adviser to Martin Luther
King Jr., is one of the event's primary organizers?
a: Robert C. Weaver
b: Wiley A Branton
c: Bayard Rustin
d: not listed - ✔✔c: Bayard Rustin
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom occurred in Washington D.C. on
August 28, 1963. Brother Bayard Rustin, an activist and adviser to Martin Luther King
Jr., is one of the event's primary organizers. King delivers his "I Have a Dream," speech.
✔✔In 1964, where was the new national headquarter located(Full address) - ✔✔2714
Georgia Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.
In 1964, the new national headquarters was dedicated. It was a dream come true and
was the first building of its type to be built by a black fraternity. Founders -- Love,
Cooper and Coleman participated in the ceremonies. The name was later changed to
the International Headquarters
✔✔In January 1966, Brother _____________ was appointed the first Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development as well as the first black person appointed to a
cabinet-level position in the United States.
a: Robert C. Weaver
b: Wiley A Branton
c: Bayard Rustin
d: H. Carl Moultrie - ✔✔a: Robert C. Weaver
✔✔Which founder enter Omega Chapter in the 60's" - ✔✔Founder Frank Coleman
entered Omega Chapter in 1967.
✔✔The ______________ in 1968 mandated a constitutional convention for the revision
of the fraternity's constitution and by-laws as well as the Ritual. That convention was
held in Atlanta in 1969.
a: Charlotte Grand Conclave
b: Washington Grand Conclave
, c: Atlanta Grand Conclave
d: Denver Grand Conclave
e: not listed - ✔✔a: Charlotte Grand Conclave
The Charlotte Grand Conclave in 1968 mandated a constitutional convention for the
revision of the fraternity's constitution and by-laws as well as the Ritual. That convention
was held in Atlanta in 1969.
✔✔The newly revised constitution and by-laws and the ritual from the Atlanta
Convention (1969) went into effective at the close of which Grand Conclave?
a: Charlotte Grand Conclave
b: Washington Grand Conclave
c: Atlanta Grand Conclave
d: Pittsburgh Grand Conclave
e: Denver Grand Conclave - ✔✔d: Pittsburgh Grand Conclave
The newly revised constitution and by-laws and the ritual went into effective at the close
of the 1970 Pittsburgh Grand Conclave.
✔✔________________, Omega's only _____________________, was appointed a
judge to the Superior Court of Washington, D.C., in 19___. - ✔✔H. Carl Moultrie;
National Executive Secretary; 1972
H. Carl Moultrie, Omega's only National Executive Secretary, was appointed a judge to
the Superior Court of Washington, D.C., in 1972. Moultrie's resignation was accepted
with regrets.
Omega conferred upon Moultrie the title of National Executive Secretary Emeritus which
was later changed to Executive Secretary Emeritus.
✔✔The Seventies brought more unpleasant news. What two founders entered Omega
Chapter? - ✔✔Founder Oscar J. Cooper entered Omega Chapter in 1972. Two years
later in 1974, Edgar A. Love, the last surviving founder, entered Omega Chapter.
✔✔On what date was an impressive granite monument dedicated to the memory of the
four founders near Thirkield Hall, the site of Omega's birth place at Howard University? -
✔✔On November 16, 1975, an impressive granite monument was dedicated to the
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Who is Brother Ernest Green? - ✔✔Ernest Green was the oldest among the nine
students who integrated the all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.
(September 25, 1957) Green later attended Michigan State University, where he was
later initiated into the fraternity through Sigma chapter.
✔✔Between 1955 and 1959, chapters contributed nearly $40,000 to what organization?
- ✔✔NAACP
✔✔In the 60's, the struggle for social justice shifted into high gear. What was Omega
Psi Phi contribution to the struggle? - ✔✔Omega men throughout the United States
were active participants in the "sit-ins" and other civil rights demonstrations. Moreover,
undergraduate brothers were especially involved in the demonstrations of the civil rights
struggle.
✔✔In 1961, Omega Psi Phi's Grand Conclave highlighted Omega's first 50 years of
accomplishments. In what city was it held?
a. New York City, NY
b: Atlanta, GA
c: Dallas, TX
d: Washington, DC
e. none of the above - ✔✔d: Washington, DC
In 1961, the Washington, D.C. Grand Conclave highlighted Omega's first 50 years of
accomplishments. Founders -- Love, Cooper, and Coleman were present. Thirteen of
23 former Grand Basilei also attended this historic gathering. It was a once-in-a-lifetime
opportunity for young brothers to mingle with some of the greatest black men that
America ever produced.
,✔✔In 1961 The Golden Anniversary Conclave (50 year) Omega authorized a $150,000
investment towards what? - ✔✔The construction of a new national headquarters
building in Washington, D.C.
✔✔The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom occurred in Washington D.C. on
August 28, 1963. Brother__________________, an activist and adviser to Martin Luther
King Jr., is one of the event's primary organizers?
a: Robert C. Weaver
b: Wiley A Branton
c: Bayard Rustin
d: not listed - ✔✔c: Bayard Rustin
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom occurred in Washington D.C. on
August 28, 1963. Brother Bayard Rustin, an activist and adviser to Martin Luther King
Jr., is one of the event's primary organizers. King delivers his "I Have a Dream," speech.
✔✔In 1964, where was the new national headquarter located(Full address) - ✔✔2714
Georgia Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.
In 1964, the new national headquarters was dedicated. It was a dream come true and
was the first building of its type to be built by a black fraternity. Founders -- Love,
Cooper and Coleman participated in the ceremonies. The name was later changed to
the International Headquarters
✔✔In January 1966, Brother _____________ was appointed the first Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development as well as the first black person appointed to a
cabinet-level position in the United States.
a: Robert C. Weaver
b: Wiley A Branton
c: Bayard Rustin
d: H. Carl Moultrie - ✔✔a: Robert C. Weaver
✔✔Which founder enter Omega Chapter in the 60's" - ✔✔Founder Frank Coleman
entered Omega Chapter in 1967.
✔✔The ______________ in 1968 mandated a constitutional convention for the revision
of the fraternity's constitution and by-laws as well as the Ritual. That convention was
held in Atlanta in 1969.
a: Charlotte Grand Conclave
b: Washington Grand Conclave
, c: Atlanta Grand Conclave
d: Denver Grand Conclave
e: not listed - ✔✔a: Charlotte Grand Conclave
The Charlotte Grand Conclave in 1968 mandated a constitutional convention for the
revision of the fraternity's constitution and by-laws as well as the Ritual. That convention
was held in Atlanta in 1969.
✔✔The newly revised constitution and by-laws and the ritual from the Atlanta
Convention (1969) went into effective at the close of which Grand Conclave?
a: Charlotte Grand Conclave
b: Washington Grand Conclave
c: Atlanta Grand Conclave
d: Pittsburgh Grand Conclave
e: Denver Grand Conclave - ✔✔d: Pittsburgh Grand Conclave
The newly revised constitution and by-laws and the ritual went into effective at the close
of the 1970 Pittsburgh Grand Conclave.
✔✔________________, Omega's only _____________________, was appointed a
judge to the Superior Court of Washington, D.C., in 19___. - ✔✔H. Carl Moultrie;
National Executive Secretary; 1972
H. Carl Moultrie, Omega's only National Executive Secretary, was appointed a judge to
the Superior Court of Washington, D.C., in 1972. Moultrie's resignation was accepted
with regrets.
Omega conferred upon Moultrie the title of National Executive Secretary Emeritus which
was later changed to Executive Secretary Emeritus.
✔✔The Seventies brought more unpleasant news. What two founders entered Omega
Chapter? - ✔✔Founder Oscar J. Cooper entered Omega Chapter in 1972. Two years
later in 1974, Edgar A. Love, the last surviving founder, entered Omega Chapter.
✔✔On what date was an impressive granite monument dedicated to the memory of the
four founders near Thirkield Hall, the site of Omega's birth place at Howard University? -
✔✔On November 16, 1975, an impressive granite monument was dedicated to the
