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African-American fraternities and sororities are social organizations that predominantly recruit black college students and provide a network that includes both undergraduate and alumni members. These organizations were typically founded by Black American undergraduate students, faculty, and leaders at various institutions in the United States.
The National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) is a collaborative umbrella council composed of historically African American fraternities and sororities, commonly called the Divine Nine, and also referred to as Black Greek Letter Organizations (BGLOs). [1]
The rise of specifically Jewish, then Catholic, then Black, and then specifically Christian fraternities and sororities was a response (by the Jewish and Catholic groups first, then by students of non-white ethnicity) to the desire for fraternal membership where membership was barred.
A July 2008 gathering in Washington, D.C., of 9 historically Black fraternities and sororities—spearheaded by Alpha Kappa Alpha, which was celebrating its 100th year. The Washington Post - Getty ...
Vice President Kamala Harris arrives to speak to the 70th Boule of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., at the Orange County Convention Center, on Thursday, July 14, 2022.
The D9 fraternal groups were founded on U.S. college campuses in the early 1900s when Black students faced racial prejudice and exclusion that prevented them from joining existing white sororities ...
There was a ritualistic element to the fraternity, including a lodge altar and a burial service, that was criticized by Christian Cynosure as being "heathen", though prominent churchmen such as the Rev. P. R. Syrdal of the Norwegian Lutheran Church of America were active members who defended the organization. [109]
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. (ΑΚΑ) is the first intercollegiate historically African American sorority. [3] The sorority was founded on January 15, 1908, at the historically black Howard University in Washington, D.C., by a group of sixteen students led by Ethel Hedgemon Lyle.