A Pledge with Purpose : : Black Sororities and Fraternities and the Fight for Equality / / Gregory S. Parks, Matthew W. Hughey.
Reveals the historical and political significance of “The Divine Nine”—the Black Greek Letter OrganizationsIn 1905, Henry Arthur Callis began his studies at Cornell University. Despite their academic pedigrees, Callis and his fellow African American students were ostracized by the majority-white stu...
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| Year of Publication: | 2020 |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction: Black Greek “Racial Uplift”
- 1. The Preconditions for Uplift (1865– 1905)
- 2. The Genesis of Black Greek- Letter Organizations (1906– 1922)
- 3. Finding Their Way: Black and Greek in the Midst of the Harlem Renaissance, the Roaring Twenties, and the Adolescence of Jim Crow (1923– 1929)
- 4. Black Greek-Letter Organizations as Social Welfare Nets (1930– 1939)
- 5. Spreading the Word: Black Greek- Letter Organizations, Democracy, and the Great Migration (1940– 1948)
- 6. At the Forefront: Civil Rights and Social Change (1949– 1963)
- Conclusion: Where to Now? The Future of Black Greek Racial Uplift
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index
- About the Authors