Beta Beta Sigma chapter was chartered on December 4, 1926 during the first plenary session of Conclave Greensboro, North Carolina.  The President of the fraternity at that time was Bro. Arthur W. Mitchell of Washington, DC.  Bro. Alain Leroy Locke gave the public address.  The General Secretary reported that the fraternity had forty-five chapters in twenty-five different cities and for the first time in its history had exceeded 2,000 members.