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  • Around The World of Black Greekdom VI

    Hello everyone, and welcome to our weekly round up of the who, whats, whys and how in the worlds of black Greekdom.  But before we do that, I want to let you know that we’re going to have some interesting blog entries coming in the next few weeks.  We’ll talk about non African Americans in…

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  • Around The World in Black Greekdom V

    Welcome everyone to our weekly roundup of the coming and goings of the Divine Nine and its members.  And man, what a week it’s been!  And this week, I’ve decided to do something different.  Instead of listing the news in the order of founding, which can get a bit boring fast, I’m going to list…

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  • The Democratic Guide to Losing Power

    Lawrence Ross is the author of the Los Angeles Times best-seller The Divine Nine: The History of African American Fraternities and Sororities. His newest book, Blackballed: The Black and White Politics of Race on America’s Campuses, is a blunt and frank look at the historical and contemporary issue of campus racism on predominantly white college…

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  • You Should Know This…AKA

    Wanna know a pet peeve I have with our Divine Nine organizations? We’re great at listing all of the notable achievers from the era when television was broadcast in black and white, but we’re terrible at spotlighting current members who are breaking barriers in HD. Sure, we all know that so and so did this…

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  • Around The World in Black Greekdom IV

    It’s time for the weekly Divine Nine roundup of the good, the great and the not so great news happening with black Greeks.  Remember, if you have something going on in your chapter, and you have a news link or website to connect to, then email me the link at [email protected].  I’ll be happy to…

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  • Wherever They Burn Books

    Lawrence Ross is the author of the Los Angeles Times best-seller The Divine Nine: The History of African American Fraternities and Sororities. His newest book, Blackballed: The Black and White Politics of Race on America’s Campuses, is a blunt and frank look at the historical and contemporary issue of campus racism on predominantly white college…

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  • GOP Crows at Obama

    Lawrence Ross is the author of the Los Angeles Times best-seller The Divine Nine: The History of African American Fraternities and Sororities. His newest book, Blackballed: The Black and White Politics of Race on America’s Campuses, is a blunt and frank look at the historical and contemporary issue of campus racism on predominantly white college…

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  • Frats and Sorors in Name Only? You Might Need to Get Dropped

    It’s time to take out the old wallet and pull out the chapter dues for the year. And that got me thinking. We like to brag to white fraternity and sorority members that the difference between our organizations and their organizations is that we belong to our organizations beyond college. We’re supposedly active from the…

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  • Around The World in Black Greekdom III

    It’s time for the weekly Divine Nine news roundup!  Remember to come through each week to see the great, the good, and the…uh…not so good happenings within the Divine Nine. The city of Columbus turns out to celebrate the life of an Alpha brother…and at the University of Alabama, the Alphas get political. The AKA’s…

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  • The Emmys: The Twitterverse Speaks

    What would happen if you ignored watching the Emmys on television and simply let people on Twitter guide you through the three-hour program? Well, you’d get this: @SPBVIP: As I tweeted a few months ago: Since 2000 Afr-Amers won 10 lead or supporting Tonys; 7 Oscars … & no Emmys in regular lead or support…

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