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our fight has just begun

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Table of Contents

Introduction: toward a critical scholarship / Gregory S. Parks
The first and finest: the founders of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity / Stefan Bradley
The vision of virtuous women: the twenty pearls of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority / Stephanie Y. Evans
The last shall be first: the founders of Omega Psi Phi fraternity / Judson L. Jeffries
Women of vision, catalysts for change: the founders of Delta Sigma Theta sorority / Jessica Harris
Constitutionally bound: the founders of Phi Beta Sigma fraternity and Zeta Phi Beta sorority / Matthew W. Hughey
The pride of all our hearts: the founders of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity / Michael E. Jennings
Seven schoolteachers challenge the Klan: the founders of Sigma Gamma Rho sorority / Bernadette Pruitt, Caryn E. Neumann, and Katrina Hamilton
A narrative critique of black Greek-letter organizations and social action / Jessica Harris and Vernon C. Mitchell
Black feminist thought in black sororities / Caryn E. Neumann
Giving and getting: philanthropic activity among black Greek-letter organizations / Marybeth Gasman, Patricia Louison, and Mark Barnes
Strategic essentialism and black Greek identity in the postmodern era / Cynthia Lynne Shelton
"I've got all my sisters with me": black women's organizations in the twenty-first century / Shirley A. Jackson
Sisterhood beyond the ivory tower: an exploration of black sorority alumnae membership / Marcia D. Hernandez
Exploring black Greek-letter organizations through a positive organizing lens / Laura Morgan Roberts and Lynn Perry Wooten
Not on my line: attitudes about homosexuality in black fraternities / Alan D. DeSantis and Marcus Coleman
"I did it for the brotherhood": nonblack members in black Greek-letter organizations / Matthew W. Hughey
Eating disorders within African American sororities / Tamika C. Zapolski and Gregory T. Smith
Modern fraternities, ancient origins / Charles S. Finch III
"'Cuz I'm young and I'm black and my hat's real low": a critique of black Greeks as "educated gangs" / Matthew W. Hughey
Black and white Greeks: a call for collaboration / Edward G. Whipple, Martin Crichlow, and Sally Click
Advising black Greek-letter organizations: a student development approach / Ralph Johnson ... [et al.]

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index

Published in
Lexington, Ky

Classifications

Library of Congress
LJ34 .B58 2008, LJ34.B58 2008

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm
Number of pages
490

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Open Library
OL16197877M
Internet Archive
blackgreekletter00malv
ISBN 10
0813124913
ISBN 13
9780813124919
LCCN
2007052578
OCLC/WorldCat
185123480
Goodreads
2167383

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