Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc. is a historically African American fraternity. It was founded during the Civil Rights Movement on September 19, 1963, at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland,.

The fraternity was founded by 12 men who gathered together on the steps of Hurt Gymnasium on the campus of Morgan State College (now Morgan State University) and unyielding desired & agreed to form Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc., a support system for militant men of color in the era's turbulent social climate. (ΙΦΘ) is currently the 5th largest Black Greek Lettered Fraternity.