African American Fraternities and Sororities (eBook)

The Legacy and the Vision

Tamara L. Brown, Gregory S. Parks, Clarenda M. Phillips (Herausgeber)

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2012 | 2., second edition
692 Seiten
The University Press of Kentucky (Verlag)
978-0-8131-4073-5 (ISBN)

Infos

The rich history and social significance of the "e;Divine Nine"e; African American Greek-letter organizations is explored in this comprehensive anthology.In the long tradition of African American benevolent and secret societies, intercollegiate African American fraternities and sororities have strong traditions of fostering brotherhood and sisterhood among their members, exerting considerable influence in the African American community and being in the forefront of civic action, community service, and philanthropy. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Toni Morrison, Arthur Ashe, and Sarah Vaughn are just a few of the trailblazing members of these organizations.African American Fraternities and Sororities places the history of these organizations in context, linking them to other movements and organizations that predated them and tying their history to the Civil Rights movement. It explores various cultural aspects of the organizations, such as auxiliary groups, branding, calls, and stepping, and highlights the unique role of African American sororities.

Autor

lt;P>Tamara L. Brown, associate professor of psychology at the University of Kentucky, is a founding member of the Pi Mu chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority at Longwood University in Virginia.Gregory S. Parks, assistant professor of law at Wake Forest University School of Law, is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. He is the editor of Black Greek-Letter Organizations in the 21st Century: Our Fight Has Just Begun and coeditor of Alpha Phi Alpha: A Legacy of Greatness, the Demands of TranscendenceClarenda M. Phillips is professor of sociology and chair of the Department of Sociology, Criminology, and Social Work at Morehead State University.

Inhalt

Pledged to Remember: Africa in the Life and Lore of Black Greek-Letter OrganizationsThe Origin and Evolution of College Fraternities and SororitiesFaith and Fraternalism: A HistoryBlack Fraternal and Benevolent Societies in Nineteenth-Century AmericaThe Grand Boulé at the Dawn of a New Century: Sigma Pi Phi FraternityEducation, Racial Uplift, and the Rise of the Greek-Letter Tradition: The African American Quest for Status in the Early Twentieth CenturyIn The Beginning: The Early History of the Divine NineLobbying Congress for Civil Rights: The American Council on Human Rights, 1948-1963Academic Achievement of African American Fraternities and SororitiesLucy Diggs Slowe: Not a Matron but an AdministratorA Social History of Everyday Practice: Sadie T. M. Alexander and the Incorporation of Black Women into the American Legal Profession, 1935-1960Sister Acts: Resistance in Sweetheart and Little Sister ProgramsThe Body Art of BrotherhoodCalls: An Inquiry into Their Origin, Meaning, and FunctionVariegated Roots: The Foundations of SteppingWhat a Man: The Relationship between Black Fraternity Stereotypes and Black Sorority Mate SelectionRacism, Sexism, and Aggression: A Study of Black and White FraternitiesThe Empty Space of African American Sorority Representation: Spike Lee's School DazeBloody, but Unbowed: Making Meaning of Invictus and If-- for the Shaping of a Collective Black Greek IdentityThe Continuing Presence of Hazing during the Fraternity Membership intake Process Post 1990

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 29.2.2012
• Verlagsort: Lexington
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lernhilfen ► Sekundarstufe I
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: African American History • black greek letter organizations • civil rights history • colleges and universities social life • divine nine • gender in higher education • Hazing • higher education
• ISBN-10: 0-8131-4073-0 / 0813140730
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8131-4073-5 / 9780813140735