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Brother Dr. Georg Iggers, the man who help bring down the Berlin wall. The Sigma Spot light recognizes Brother Dr. Georg Iggers a German born native and possibly the first white member initiated into Phi Beta Sigma. His family fled Nazi Germany when he was 12 years old when the German army began rounding up Jewish citizens to put them in concentration camps. He became involved in Civil Rights in the 40's while attending college in Virginia. Dr. Iggers was involved with the Civil Rights movement in the United States and has been an active member of the NAACP since the 1940's. He became a member of Phi Beta Sigma in 1954 at Philander Smith College.

In the 1950s, he spearheaded and co-funded the precedent-setting legal challenge to the Board of Education of Little Rock, Ark., beginning a grass-roots resistance to racism that marked a milestone in the civil-rights movement of the 1950s and '60s. Dr. Iggers was also instrumental in the tearing down of the Berlin Wall. As a writer and orator for both the past East and West Berlin his influence is a part of what caused the wall to come down. Bro Dr. Iggers currently resides in Goettingen, Germany and Buffalo, New York where he is a member of the Theta Sigma Chapter; spending half of the year at each residence. Bro. Iggers always has pursued social justice with "true commitment... his vision is practical, political and respectful of principle over ideology and dogma, ethical and idealistic. "Bro. Iggers' accomplishments as a historian, ethicist and social activist will continue to color intellectual, cultural and political lives far into the 21st century.

The Sigma Spot Light looks to recognize members of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity who are doing great things in our communities. If you know a brother who may be a potential Sigma Spot Light candidate send his information to technology@pbs1914.org.