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I am a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. which is recognized, Nationally so we are not a local organization. AKA is also a member of the NPHC(National PHC), here is my take on the post....
8 out of 9 members of the BGLO(Black Greek Letter Org. - Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., Omega Psi Phi, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., Sigma Gamma Rho, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.) were founded and incorporated in the early 1900's, the other(Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc.) was formed during the mid 1900's....once our frat/sor were formed, if you recall that was during the time when racism had a really strong arm on the American society, becoming a member of the IFC or PHC was not an option.... that's why the NPHC was formed....
....as far as being individually recognized..well that depends on what campus your from..
???"They're not real Greeks to us because they don't have houses,...." --ignorance is bliss--
..what does having a house on campus have to do with being greek...on some college campuses, greek houses are forbidden.
???......plus when you cater to one race or culture, you lose the basis of what being a greek is about,-- wasn't the primary bases of forming a frat was to cater to the rich white males at the "prestiges' universities.....makes ya say, "hhhhuuuummm"
...My sorority as well has the others NPHC members are COMMUNITY SERVICE based organizations NOT SOCIAL , as majority of the IFC and PHC have been. Hence, the reason why you would probably never see NPHC members participate in the annual rush week on your campus.....see, once we graduate from undergrad, our frats / sor days do not stop there....we transition to the graduate level, were we continue the purpose of our sorority / fraternity.
..hopes this has shed some light on the subject
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc
H E Omega Chapter
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