Bigger & Better Business

The Bigger and Better Negro Business idea was first tested in 1924
with an imposing exhibition in Philadelphia. This was held in
connection with the Conclave. Twenty-five leading Negro Businesses sent
statements and over fifty sent exhibits. The whole show took place in
the lobby of the YMCA. Several thousand visitors seemed to have been
impressed. The response was so great that the 1925 Conclave in
Richmond, Virginia voted unanimously to make Bigger and Better Negro
Business the public program of the Fraternity, and it has been so ever
since.”
Phi Beta Sigma believes that the improvement and economic
conditions of minorities is a major factor in the improvement of the
general welfare of society. It is upon this conviction that the Bigger
and Better Business Program rests. Since 1926, the Bigger and Better
Business Program has been sponsored on a national scale by Phi Beta
Sigma as a way of supporting, fostering, and promoting minority owned
businesses and services.