Actually, AKA chartered several chapters on non-HBCU campuses before chartering Kappa in Indianapolis, including Beta (citywide in Chicago), Gamma (University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana), Delta (University of Kansas) and so forth. I don't know DST, ZPhiB or SGRho history well enough to say with confidence, but I would hazard to guess that many of their single-letter chapters were chartered on non-HBCU campuses as well.
I was told by a few older sorors that many HBCUs were initially resistant to the establishment of GLOs, and it took a few years to persuade administration officials to allow chapters to establish themselves at HBCUs. My guess is that white schools, which excluded black students from housing, dining halls, and other school facilities, didn't really give a d*%$ what those students were doing, and didn't form such a resistance. That's my theory as to why there are many single-letter chapters founded at white schools. I know this is kind of off topic, but I just thought it was interesting to share.
[This message has been edited by Discogoddess (edited July 18, 2000).]
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