Explore the people, moments, and traditions that shaped Omega Psi Phi and the Mighty Sixth District through chapter-curated stories and original historical sources.
From the first state gathering to the creation of Talent Hunt, explore how the Carolinas helped shape Omega’s history—and how that story reaches Greenville today.
The Mighty Sixth: A Legacy of Firsts
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A legacy beyond state lines.
An open letter to our community
As we celebrate Achievement Week, we honor a story written across the Carolinas: the Mighty Sixth District helped shape the fraternity we know today.
This is the story of first meetings, bold ideas, young talent, enduring chapters, and a legacy carried forward in Eastern North Carolina.
Brother J. Alston Atkins of Winston-Salem and Brother Dewey Duckett of Rock Hill developed Talent Hunt to expand opportunities for young people to share their gifts.
The first Sixth District Talent Hunt took place in Charlotte on April 19, 1946.
The December 1949 Oracle documented Nu Alpha Chapter’s extensive Eastern North Carolina reach—connecting brothers across Wilson, Goldsboro, Greenville, Kinston, New Bern, Tarboro, and Washington.
That regional brotherhood is an important part of the history preceding Iota Nu Nu’s charter.
Our local history is preserved in the record.
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From district to national stage.
Cincinnati Grand Conclave
At the 1953 Grand Conclave in Cincinnati, Brother Atkins—assisted by Brother Duckett—chaired the first National Talent Hunt Committee and presented the first national program.
A Sixth District innovation became an enduring fraternity-wide opportunity to celebrate young artists.
The fraternity convened its Grand Conclave in Charlotte, North Carolina, in 1968.
That gathering mandated a constitutional convention to revise the fraternity’s Constitution, Bylaws, and Ritual. The convention was held in Atlanta in 1969.
On February 1, 2021, Iota Nu Nu received its charter, continuing Omega’s tradition of scholarship, brotherhood, service, and uplift in Greenville and Pitt County.
We honor the vision of the brothers before us by making contributions worthy of the historical record.
Achievement Week grew from a call to study and share Black history into a lasting tradition of education, recognition, and uplift.
Achievement Week: A Letter Through Time
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An open letter to our community.
Achievement Week
As Achievement Week approaches, we reflect on a tradition rooted in scholarship, historical awareness, and uplift.
Before it became a season of honors and service, it began with a challenge: to know our history, share it, and celebrate the achievements of our people.
At Omega’s Ninth Grand Conclave in Nashville, Dr. Carter G. Woodson challenged the fraternity to study, preserve, and teach the history of Black Americans.
That challenge planted the seed for a national campaign devoted to the study of Negro literature and history.
In April 1921, Omega launched its Campaign for the Study of Negro Literature and History, bringing educational outreach into communities.
After an interruption, the fraternity revived the initiative in 1925 and broadened its focus to the achievements of Black Americans. The annual observance later took its place in November.
In its December 1933 edition, The Oracle published Brother Robert D. Baskervill’s account of the Negro Achievement Project.
Essay contests, public programs, historical study, and educational outreach were already part of the effort.
A public expression of scholarship and pride.
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Recognition, service, and uplift.
Achievement in action
By 1949, The Oracle documented an expanding program of public addresses, scholarships, essay contests, radio broadcasts, vocational guidance, and achievement awards.
Chapters recognized excellence and encouraged the next generation to strive for more.
Achievement gives others something to reach for.
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Why Achievement Week still matters.
The legacy continues
Today, Achievement Week calls us to educate, recognize, inspire, and uplift—honoring the past while doing work that matters in the present.
Through scholarship, youth engagement, and community service, Iota Nu Nu carries that responsibility forward.
May our achievements become someone else’s inspiration.