The Divine Nine: The History of African American Fraternities and Sororities Lawrence C. Ross Jr.
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corporation

The.Divine.Nine.The.History.of.African. In order for prestigious sororities and fraternities to entertain the masses for UT's annual Stomp Fest during Homecoming on Saturday, they must accept and adhere to the rules and regulations set by the Black Cultural Programming Committee ( BCPC). "Our hope is to have all of the Divine Nine represented for the first time in this event's history." The main goal of the BCPC is to get each chapter of the Divine Nine to participate. Early in this century, African-American students were actively dissuaded from attending college. As the “Divine Nine.” (Reference: Lawrence Ross, Jr.; “The Devine Nine: The History of African American Fraternities and Sororities”). King was member of an African-American fraternity— Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity – one of nine African-American fraternities and sororities , including my fraternity Omega Psi Phi and my In light of that special achievement, I provide more information about those two fraternities below than I do for the other members of the Divine Nine. Ross Jr., author of The Divine Nine: The History of African American Fraternities and Sororities, wrote an impassioned article to his community. Author of historical text and fiction Lawrence Ross will be the guest lecturer of "The Divine Nine" on Monday, Feb. It is important to remember that Dr. €�We have 500 black people on campus and the largest percent of which comes from Vegas where they have youth groups for pretty much every single Divine 9 organization. Listen to the rest of this story, with Lawrence Ross, author of The Divine Nine: The History of African-American Fraternities and Sororities, on NPR's Tell Me More with Michel Martin. The Divine Nine: The History of African American Fraternities and Sororities. Thus far, it has been successful. The Divine Nine: The History of African American Fraternities and Sororities by Lawrence C. Audience to get look 'inside' historic black fraternities, sororities 2/07/12. The nine podiums surrounding the central podium in the garden each represent one of the “Divine Nine” traditionally black fraternities and sororities that compose the NPHC. So the students that we have now are According to the University of Nevada, Reno Greek website, UNR started their Greek Life with fraternity, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, and sorority, Delta Delta Delta; two organizations that are predominantly white. Of history bound up in the NPHC organizations.