What is “The Boule\” and what is their connection to BGLOs?
Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity, also known as “The Boule'” was founded in May of 1904. To be perfectly honest, it was started, by their own admission, as an elitist organization, somewhat modeled after the “Talented Tenth” theory once espoused and later renounced by W.E.B. DuBois, who was a member. That notwithstanding, the charges that Sigma Pi Phi has been the lead in some grand black conspiracy to keep other blacks down is unfounded and no significant proof has ever been put forth. The one constant in the black community is that whenever you have an organization that claims to be secretive, they open themselves up to speculation and criticism. Such is the case with this organization, as is the case with the Masonic order and the BGLO’s. From what I have been able to ascertain, Sigma Pi Phi had a problem with their membership in the 50’s, which prompted them to become more visible starting in the mid 1960’s. This once heavily guarded organization began to open itself to the community on a m
