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Originally posted by Poplife:
I have a quick question for MEMBERS of the fabulous four sororities of the NPHC.
With the exception of Sigma Gamma Rho, all the sororities were founded at Howard University, a historically black college. I understand that we could not join white sororities at the time, but the whole theory about us never being excepted into these existing sororities makes no sense because there were no whites on that particular campus to reject them. I thought they were founded to assist in the betterment of black people and for ladies with a common interest to get together. Maybe it's a combination of both inability and the realization of the need for change?
Please inform me.
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Why doesn't the idea of our (AKA, DST and Zeta) Founders wanting a Sorority for us make sense to you? Think about the times. The Civil War had ended only 43 years before the founding of AKA. It was rare to find an African-American Woman pursuing a college education. It was even more rare for women to earn their degrees as many had to leave to take care of newly acquired husbands and families. We may not have been founded expressly because we could not hold memberships in established sororities, but I'm sure they knew the day we would was a long time coming. Our Founders were VISONARY in that and may other respects. It was NECESSARY because our Founders, God Bless their legacy, knew they wanted their vision to grow BEYOND Howard and on to predominantly Caucasian colleges & universities, and as we stand now, the world.
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Kelli
12-DN-94
SSU c/o 1997