Tucker High School

Dekalb County Schools

Dr. Alain L. Locke Scholarship

Dr. Alain L. Locke Scholarship

Application deadline is April 15, 2024.

The Brothers of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. ~ Phi Beta Sigma, Sigma Chapter, will award several scholarships to local graduating MALE high school seniors attending an accredited college/university in the Fall of 2024.   We are seeking academically talented graduating MALE high school seniors to apply for a Locke Scholarship.  Applicants must have a minimum 3.0 GPA with plans to continue their educational pursuits.  Scholarships will be awarded after confirmation of enrollment in an accredited college/university during the Fall of 2024.

All scholarship info and documents can be accessed from our website at atlantasigmas.com.  All questions should be directed to Ado Ellzey (pronounced 'L Z') at 404-734-8443 or [email protected].  Include 'Locke Scholarship' in the Subject Line.

The Locke Scholarship honors Brother Dr. Alain L. Locke, the first black Rhodes Scholar and a distinguished member of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. was founded on the campus of Howard University, Washington, DC on January 9, 1914. The fraternity’s founders were three honorable young African-American males who organized the fraternity to be an organization that exemplifies the high ideas of Brotherhood, Scholarship, and Service.  The fraternity has four national programs to ensure these high ideas are implemented in the community:
  
1) Education   
2) Bigger & Better Business 
3) Social Action
4) Sigma Beta Club.  

More information on the fraternity can be found on our international website at pbs1914.org.