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Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Tamara L. Brown Part I. Historical Context 1. Pledged to Remember: Africa in the Life and Lore of Black Greek-Letter Organizations Gloria Harper Dickinson 2. The Origin and Evolution of College Fraternities and Sororities Craig L. Torbenson 3. Black Fraternal and Benevolent Societies in Nineteenth-Century America Anne S. Butler 4. The Grand Boulé at the Dawn of a New Century: Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity William H. Harris 5. 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 6. In the Beginning: The Early History of the Divine Nine André McKenzie 7. Lobbying Congress for Civil Rights: The American Council on Human Rights, 1948-1963 Robert L. Harris Jr. Part II. Black Greek-Letter Organization Culture 8. Sister Acts: Resistance in Sweetheart and Little Sister Programs Mindy Stombler and Irene Padavic 9. The Body Art of Brotherhood Sandra Mizumoto Posey 10. Calls: An Inquiry into Their Origin, Meaning, and Function Marcella L. McCoy 11. Variegated Roots: The Foundations of Stepping Carol D. Branch 12. Sisterly Bonds: African American Sororities Rising to Overcome Obstacles Clarenda M. Phillips Part III. Contemporary Issues Confronting Black Greek-Letter Organizations 13. Racism, Sexism, and Aggression: A Study of Black and White Fraternities Tyra Balck, Joanne Belknap, and Jennifer Ginsburg 14. How Black Greek-Letter Organization Membership Affects College Adjustment and Undergraduate Outcomes Shaun R. Harper, Lauretta F. Byars, and Thomas B. Jelke 15. The Empty Space of African American Sorority Representation: Spike Lee's School Daze Deborah Elizabeth Whaley 16. "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 Selected Bibliography List of Contributors Index
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Greek letter societies -- United States -- History.
African American college students -- United States -- Societies, etc. -- History.