I still remember the phone call more than 30 years ago. “Your boy quit the frat,” the voice on the other end of the long-distance call announced. “How do you quit being an Alpha?” I asked. “I don’t ...

For over a century, Black Greek-letter organizations have provided academic and social support for students of color on college campuses. Alpha Phi Alpha, the first Black fraternity, was founded at ...

“The momentum of this moment will help to expand our mobilization,” Shavon Arline-Bradley, the national head of the National Council of Negro Women, told theGrio. Kamala Harris, the presumptive ...

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, has been a pillar of sisterhood, scholarship, service, and social action since its founding on January 13, 1913, by 22 collegiate women at Howard University.

The Lambda Theta chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. was the first Divine Nine organization chartered on the U of A campus. The Lambda Theta chapter was charted on March 23, 1974. 15 women ...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Jahana Hayes isn’t a member of the historically Black sororities and fraternities known as the “Divine Nine.” But throughout her hotly contested reelection campaign ...

At Tauntus Beauty Bar, the only store in Detroit that is licensed to sell “Divine Nine” clothing and other items associated with the historically Black Greek-letter organizations that are members of ...

ANOTHER NICE DAY AHEAD. SEAN’S FORECAST COMING UP. SO THURSDAY ON FIRST NEWS, WE DOVE INTO THE HISTORY. OF BLACK GREEK LETTER ORGANIZATIONS AND THE FIGHT THAT THEY ENDURED FOR A SEAT AT THE TABLE. AND ...

The early 20th century saw the birth of a movement that would forever change the landscape of African American culture and activism. Black Greek Letter Organizations (BGLOs) emerged not merely as ...