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Vox Africanus: Mad White Men Prepare for the Midterm Elections
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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The Real Guide for Black College Freshmen
It’s August, and thousands of black kids are either headed off to college for the first time or are returning to school for the second, fifth or 15th year. Hey, man, I don’t judge. But it’s also time for those kids to be bombarded with “Prepping for College” articles, and I have to say that…
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Welcome to the Underground Pledging Season!
Editor’s note: This blog posting about pledging is from our archives. Keep checking The Root for continuing coverage of the lawsuit against SAE. Ah, it’s time to go back to school, and boy, have you had a great summer as a black Greek! You’ve chilled with your frat or sorors, attended umpteen Divine Nine picnics,…
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Get the Picture?
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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Around The World in Black Greekdom II
If it’s Monday, it must be 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. Over in Charlotte, the Alphas decided to invite a Tea Party leader to a forum as part of their Political…
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Around The World In Black Greekdom
Each Monday, I’ll pick out some of the more interesting black greek news that’s coming across my computer. And if you think your news is good enough to make the list, send me an email and I’ll check it out. But until next week… Columbia University mourns the loss of an Alphaman, and one of…
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Meet Our Newest Honorary Member…Brother Jesus Christ!
XYZ News— XYZ Fraternity is proud to announce their newest honorary member…Mr. Jesus Christ. Mr. Christ, who is a worldwide celebrity and star of the long running reality program, “Christianity”, accepted the honor from XYZ as part of their 200th annual fraternity convention. “I always loved the ideals of XYZ fraternity,” Mr. Christ said, as…
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That's My Jam! The Top Five Hip Hop Videos With Black Greeks
Y’all thought I forgot about the top Hip Hop Videos with Black Greeks list, didn’t you? Yeah, well I sorta did. But never fear, the list is here! We left off with our number six video and now we’re going to roll from number five to our top pick. So as we continue on, our…
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Leaders of the Nupe School
So I’m wasting time on Facebook, checking out this, “liking” that, when I see my friend Paras Griffin, a Kappa from Atlanta, has uploaded videos from this year’s Kappa Undergraduate Leadership Institute. The videos were great. We see young Kappas bonding around various exercises, some silly, others serious. But like all leadership conferences, the point…
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99 Problems, But AKAs Ain't One
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority honors Jay-Z. Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority honors Jay-Z. Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority honors Jay-Z. When I received the press release from Alpha Kappa Alpha listing the people being honored at this year’s AKA Boule in St. Louis, I literally had to read it three times for my brain to register. Alpha…
Black News and Black Views with a Whole Lotta Attitude
