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Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS
Yep but does that contrast with the reported "worst of times for GLOs?"
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The whole era was one of contrast. On one hand it was the peak of campus unrest--civil rights movement, Vietnam war, Black power movement, etc. By the same token PWIs were offering more opportunities for Blacks to attend, which in turn increased the pool of young women (and men) who wanted to join a NPHC organization--thus the number of charterings.
During that time existing chapters on PWIs also grew in membership, which I think was a reaction to the need to form solidarity groups. In my own case, the presence of DST at SIU Carbondale with from 1 to 50 within two years.
Then spurred by radical groups the anti-BGLO movement kicked in (the whole "Our Kind of People" resentment phase,) and in the 80s the numbers dwindled. I don't know, but WGLOS may have had the same thing happen, because of the whole "Woodstock" movement.