The ORDER OF BROTHERHOOD was founded April 4, 1974 at Grambling State University in Grambling, Louisiana.    

The ORDER OF BROTHERHOOD is an organization bonded together for the purpose of the development of our academic, social and cultural minds. To perform a Black heritage and to teach that Black heritage whenever possible.  The ORDER KUA. 

 ORIGINAL FOUNDING BROTHERS OF THE ORDER:

Mark Wayne Bray, Lee Morris Brown, Billy Breedlove, Amos Carter, Clarence Foggler, Al Downey, Stanley Gordon, Frederick Hebert, David Shorter, Calvin McClintock, Rodney Washington, Steward Pondexter,Hubert Williams and Charles Waiters.

 FIRST MISS OBB: Ethel Hightower of Ville Platte, La., SECOND MISS OBB: Sharon Cato of Minden, La., THIRD MISS OBB: Eisha Casmise of Port Arthur, Tx.

 ORIGINAL OBB SWEETHEARTS:

Linda Davis of Chatham, La., Shirley Mixon of Chatham, La., Doris White of Frierson, La. Glenda Doyle of Jonesboro, La., Jimmie V. Blackmon of Mobile, Alabama, Dorothy Phillips of Jonesboro, La., Brenda Pimpkins of Lake Charles, La., Melony Franks of Eunice, La., Versie Ronsendall of DeRitter, La.Peggy Bradford of Belcher, La., Cheryl Jennigan of Natchetoches, La. and D. Brown of Eunice, La.

First OBB Pledge Line: aka "The Dirty Dozen plus One"

Charles Scott

Leroy Byrd

Jerry Gordon

Johnny Alford

Donald Early

Raymond Peyton

Phillip Jenkins

Rodney Richardson

Frank Brown

Clarence Smokey

Ralph Fatman

Robert Frank