UK official urges 'segregated' Greeks to cooperate

[tld221]

Originally Posted by ladygreek

From my own personal experiences some Black women were given bids to NPC orgs, because it was the height of the Black Power movement and there was a underlying unrest on campuses. It was a way to say "hey we aren't prejudiced." Consequently the late 60s-70s was a big epansion era for Delta (most of the Zeta to Nu xxx collegiate chapters-lol) and the other NPHCs on PWIs. And yes for many NPHCs to exist on PWIs, they had to follow the rules of the NPC or IFC.

I think I have told you this, but neither Delta nor any other additional NPHC group were allowed to charter at SIUC, supposedly because there was no available housing. The AKAs, Kappas and Alphas were already on campus in housing. But soon they found the restrictions unbearable.

It wasn't until Frankie Freeman, the first Black US Civil Rights Commissioner was invited to campus by the NPC (because she was a woman)to speak that Delta was allow to charter without a house. Why? She was our national president at the time and wore those folx out about the fact that her sorority wasn't represented at SIUC--(we were apart of SIUE's chapter.) That then opened the doors for the Ques, SGRhos (who were on campus, but i think were affiliated with SIUE or a St. Louis collegiate chapter,) Sigmas, and Zetas to charter without houses, as well as the exisiting BGLOs to move out of the campus-owned houses.

wow, interesting history.

[ladygreek]

Originally Posted by tld221

wow, interesting history.

Oh and I forgot to add that other GLO colonies continued to be established even without the "so called" housing restriction.

Bottom line, it was pure and blatant racism, and the US Civil Rights Commissioner wasn't having it. P.S. she is from St. Louis and was a soror and good friend of my late Mom--that is how I got the scoop. It was pretty heady stuff for an 18 year old collegiate caught up in the Movement.