African American fraternities and sororities : the legacy and the vision /

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"This book explores the past and future of the nine black Greek-letter organizations that make up the National Pan-Hellenic Council, and places the history of these organizations in context, linking them to other movements and organizations that predated them and tying their history to one of t...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Brown, Tamara L., 1967-, Parks, Gregory, 1974-, Phillips, Clarenda M., 1970-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, [2005]
Subjects:
African American Greek letter societies > United States > History.
Greek letter societies > United States > History.
African American college students > Societies, etc. > History.
Associations désignées par des lettres grecques noires américaines > États-Unis > Histoire.
Associations désignées par des lettres grecques > États-Unis > Histoire.
Étudiants noirs américains > Associations > Histoire.
EDUCATION > Higher.
African American Greek letter societies.
Greek letter societies.
United States.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Pledged to remember : Africa in the life and lore of black Greek-letter organizations / Gloria Harper Dickinson
  • The origin and evolution of college fraternities and sororities / Craig L. Torbenson
  • Black fraternal and benevolent societies in nineteenth-century America / Anne S. Butler
  • The Grand Boulé at the dawn of a new century : Sigma Pi Phi fraternity / William H. Harris
  • Education, racial uplift, and the rise of the Greek-letter tradition : the African American quest for status in the early twentieth century / Michael H. Washington and Cheryl L. Nuñez
  • In the beginning : the early history of the divine nine / André McKenzie
  • Lobbying congress for civil rights : the American Council on Human Rights, 1948-1963 / Robert L. Harris, Jr.
  • Sister acts : resistance in sweetheart and little sister programs / Mindy Stombler and Irene Padavic
  • The body art of brotherhood / Sandra Mizumoto Posey
  • Calls : an inquiry into their origin, meaning, and function / Marcella L. McCoy
  • Variegated roots : the foundations of stepping / Carol D. Branch
  • Sisterly bonds : African American sororities rising to overcome obstacles / Clarenda M. Phillips
  • Racism, sexism, and aggression : a study of black and white fraternities / Tyra Balck, Joanne Belknap, and Jennifer Ginsburg
  • How black Greek-letter organization membership affects college adjustment and undergraduate outcomes / Shaun R. Harper, Lauretta F. Byars, and Thomas B. Jelke
  • The empty space of African American sorority representation : Spike Lee's School Daze / Deborah Elizabeth Whaley
  • "In the fell clutch of circumstance" : pledging and the black Greek experience / Gregory S. Parks and Tamara L. Brown
  • Future directions / Tamara L. Brown, Clarenda M. Phillips, and Gregory S. Parks.

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