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Originally Posted by Senusret I
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This goes to pet peeve of mine:facile explanations about the origins of BGLOs. Usually, it goes something like this: They were founded as a response to exclusion by white GLOs--an awkward half-truth. If tis was the case, it could be argued that only APhiA, KAPsi and SGRho had reason to exist, and even then that would not be an accurate accounting of the rise of these groups.
Even in the first Omega history book by Dr. Herman Dreer the fact that there was a fraternity on Howard's campus when Omega was formed is not even mentioned; and the second by Dr. Robert Gill briefly,in passing, mentions the founding of Beta Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha and the social differences which occasioned the founding of Omega. This story (as the stories of all NPHC groups) have not been fully told, which is important, not for polemical purposes but to understand this movement in the context of the social history of the African American and Greek-Letter communities. I have a question which I can't answer: Why did Omega Psi Phi have such a difficult time with Howard's administration in getting recognition? From what I know--please correct me if I'm wrong!--neither APhiA, AKA, DST, PBS nor ZPhiB ran into any significant resistance from the powers that be at Howard. Bishop Love says that the three undergraduate Founders were threatened with expulsion at one point. History is about the 411--the story behind the story!