National Pan-Hellenic Council
The University of Michigan chapter of the National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) was chartered on October 21, 2005. Prior to then, Michigan housed it’s historically African American fraternities and sororities in the Black Greek Association, a council created prior to being chartered with the NPHC nationally. NPHC fraternities and sororities were founded during a time when Black students were prohibited from joining historically white fraternities and sororities due to discriminatory practices and policies in the early 1900s.