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

Author: Tamara L Brown; Gregory Parks; Clarenda M Phillips
Publisher: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, ©2005.
Edition/Format: Book : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Material Type: Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Tamara L Brown; Gregory Parks; Clarenda M Phillips
ISBN: 0813123445 9780813123448
OCLC Number: 57668633
Description: viii, 496 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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 Black, 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.
Responsibility: edited by Tamara L. Brown, Gregory S. Parks, Clarenda M. Phillips.
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