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Article: FORGING TIES THAT CAN LAST A LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP IN BLACK FRATERNITIES, SORORITIES OFTEN MOST IMPORTANT AFTER COLLEGE
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- August 28, 1988
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Black fraternities and sororities were born in an era of the
crudest kind of racism in the early part of this century.
And although many of their traditions and customs closely
resemble those of nonminority Greek-letter organizations --
students learn secret handshakes, wear pins, sing songs and have
queens, rivalries, national meetings, parties and dues -- the
emphasis of the black organizations remains rooted in their
stressful beginnings. For belonging to a black Greek-letter
organization is usually a lifelong commitment, and the members
become part of a network that traces its origin to founders who
banded together to combat racism as early as 1906. That network
provides members ...