African American Fraternities and Sororities

The Legacy and the Vision

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

Buch | Softcover

512 Seiten

2010
The University Press of Kentucky (Verlag)
978-0-8131-2965-5 (ISBN)

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The first African American fraternities and sororities were established at the turn of the twentieth century to encourage leadership, racial pride, and academic excellence among black college students confronting the legacy of slavery and the indignities of Jim Crow segregation. Among their ranks are legendary artists, politicians, theologians, inventors, intellectuals, educators, civil rights leaders, and athletes. Offering a comprehensive overview of the historical, cultural, political, and social circumstances that propelled the creation of these groups, African American Fraternities and Sororities references the profound contributions that black Greek-Letter organizations and their members have made to American history.

Tamara L. Brown, associate professor of psychology at the University of Kentucky, is a founding member of Pi Mu chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority at Longwood College in Virginia.Gregory S. Parks is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity and the editor of four books including Black Greek-Letter Organizations in the 21st Century: Our Fight Has Just Begun; Critical Race Realism: Intersections of Psychology, Race, and Law; and Brothers and Sisters: Diversity in American College Fraternities and Sororities, .Clarenda M. Phillips is chair of sociology, social work, and criminology at Morehead State University.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	24.9.2010
Zusatzinfo	30 b&w photos
Verlagsort	Lexington
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-8131-2965-6 / 0813129656
ISBN-13	978-0-8131-2965-5 / 9780813129655
Zustand	Neuware