Groove Phi Groove Social Fellowship Incorporated was founded on October 12, 1962 by fourteen young African American men who attended Morgan State College, which is now today Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland. Keeping in step with the reawakening of what has been termed "Black Consciousness", these men incorporated the prominent cultural and nationalistic ideologies and creeds of the Black Power Movement into an organization that endeavors to continue the process of uplifting the "Black Man" and perpetuating the "Black Race".  Contrary to popular suppositions of the Fellowship's emergence as an antagonistic organization to the established Black fraternal system or as another Black fraternity without greek nomenclature; the Fellowship was envisioned and is manifested as a valid alternative to what was viewed as and may still be perceived as an increasingly anti-communal, haughty, and self serving facade of collegiate, Black, fraternal system. The Grambling State University Tiger 5 Chapter was founded on April 15, 1975 by 14 strong minded students and was aided by the assistance of the brothers of Texas Southern University and Prairie View A&M University. The Tiger 5 Chapter is also known as the UMOJA NI NGUVU Chapter which is Swahili for “UNITY IS POWER.”

Groove was conceived and established as a result of the obligation to address, combat and earnestly try to resolve the increasing complexity and seriousness of man's problems in general and those of the African American people in particular.  Realizing and accepting the duty to elucidate a viable solution to the predicament of the African American in the Diaspora. The Fellowship is dedicated to cultivating and encouraging distinguished ethical and scholastic standards, improving the socioeconomic stature of the African American, prompting unity and camaraderie among African American, college men, as well as inducing the graduate to sustain an energetic and practical connection and interest in college life as well as the progressive movement emanating from the university.  Love, brotherhood, academic prowess, duty, community service, unity, pride, and self-respect are the primary ethics and decent principles upon which and from whence Groove Phi Groove, Social Fellowship Incorporated was founded and is maintained.

It is by choice that we associate ourselves by this Afrocentric paradigm as opposed to a greek model.  History tells us that when the greeks came to Africa 2,500 years ago, the Khemetic Civilization was already ancient.  At that time, the greeks sat at the feet of the teachers of the Egyptian mystery schools to learn what the Africans already knew.  These students never made it to the top of the Egyptian mystery schools, however, and so never totally understood the science, symbols, religion, etc. Unfortunately, the descendants of these students returned as conquerors to destroy cities, temples, and an entire social and academic structure.  Our founders wanted to establish a new style of organization that was created for and commanded by Black people.  They did not want to glorify the blatant thievery of African culture by placing greek letters on their chests. Again, Groove was founded to combat the current fraternal establishment.  It is important to note that our founders had to struggle with college administrators to establish an organization that wouldn't be associated with the greek system.