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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.
(active undergraduate & alumni chapters) [9] 250,000+ [9] 1930 Founded as Kappa Alpha Nu. First NPHC organization to be nationally incorporated. Omega Psi Phi: ΩΨΦ: Fraternity November 17, 1911 Howard University Decatur, Georgia: 750 1930 First fraternity to be founded at a historically black university. Delta Sigma Theta: ΔΣΘ: Sorority
Over the next few decades, three other sororities—Delta Sigma Theta (1913), Zeta Phi Beta (1920), and Sigma Gamma Rho (1922)—and four other fraternities—Kappa Alpha Psi (1911), Omega Psi Phi ...
Florida’s arsenal of specialty license plates is about to grow by one, but really it will grow by nine, as in the Divine 9 historically Black fraternities and sororities. The nine organizations ...
The ACHR aimed, among other things, to lobby the federal government on behalf of Black citizens. After the fraternities’ departure in the late 1950s, the sorority-led ACHR, comprised, as one ...
Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity at Cornell University in 1906 was established as the first African-American intercollegiate fraternity. Today there are a total of nine historically black sororities and fraternities that make up the National Pan-Hellenic Council, sometimes referred to as the "Divine Nine".
Both Harris and former President Donald Trump are courting Black voters in the final days of the presidential race. Harris' campaign has expressed concern about a lack of voting enthusiasm among Black men. While Republicans have made some inroads with Black voters, two-thirds still identify as Democrats. About 2 in 10 identify as independents.
According to Pew Research, in 2022, 47.9 million people in the United States self-identified as Black, 14.4% of the country’s population.On a related note, the growing Hispanic population, which ...