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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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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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