WERE I’M MAYA RODRIGUEZ, GREAT STORY. >> HERE’S ANOTHER ONE IN CELEBRATION OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH. INDIAN RIVER STATE COLLEGE IS PRESENTING THE DINE VI9. A SALUTE. >> TO THE 9 ORIGINAL BLACK SORORITIES AND FRATERNITIES IN E THUNITED STATES. WPTV NEWS
CHANNEL PAUL H MORE TODAY ON THEIR LASTING CONTRIBUTIONS THAT WE CONTINUE TO SEE TODA >> THE DIVINE 9 WERE CREATED AT THE START OF THE 20TH CENTURY SHARING ONE COMMON GOAL TO UPLIFT THE BLACK COMMUNITY AND ELIMINATE RACIAL INEQUITIES THIS TUESDAY NIGHT
AT 06:00PM. THE INDIAN RIVER STATE COLLEGE WI LLCONTINUE THAT CONVERSATION AS THAT MISSION THRIVES TODAY. GLORIA JOHNSON, SCOTT’S EARLY COLLEGE DAYS IN FORT PIERCE ARE STILL THERE BEEN A OF THE BEGINNING. SHE GRADUATED FROM THE LINCOLN JUNIOR COLLEGE IN 1964. ADMI TS THE SCHOOLS CHANGING
LANDSCAPE. MACON JUNIOR COLLEGE WAS A SEND. MEANT I DID NOT HAVE TO DEY GOING TO COLLEGE IN 1965. WITH THE ADVENT OF INGRTEATION. LINCOLN JUNIOR COLLEGE IN INDIAN RIVER JUNIOR COLLEGE MERGE. THERE WERE SOME DIFFICULT TIS EVENTUALLY. >> THINGS MOVE PEOPLE BEGIN
TEAM TALK TO EACH OTHER AS INDIAN RIVER STATE COLLEGE CELEBRATES BLACK HISTORY MONTH. THEY’RE HOSTING A PRESENTATION TUDAY NIGHT WITH A SALUTE TO THE 9 ORIGINAL BLACK SORORITIES AND FRATERNITIES IN AMERICA. THIS IS A WAY OF BUT COULD WO. RK
>> ABOUT TURN INTO THAT IT WAS A DIVINE 9 SIGMA, RHO PROVIDED A SCHOLARSHIP FOR ME TO A >> MACON JUNIOR COLLEGE AT A TIME WHEN OPPORTUNITIES FOR AFRICAN-ERAMICANS FOR SPARSE, THE THINGS WERE THERE. BUT THE LEADERS WERE DETERMINED TO
KE THIS WORK. THE DIVINE 9 MA CONTINUES TO PLAY AN INTEGRAL ROLE IN E THADVANCEMENT OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS. A LOT OF TIMES YOU THINK ABOUT FRATERNITIES OR SORORITIES, YOU THINK ABOUT THE COLLEGE DAYS AND NOT REALLY REALIZING OF T HECOMMUNITY SERVICE IN
ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO WITHIN THE COMMUNITY ON A DAILY BASIS AND MESSAGE. GLORIA JOHNSON, SCOTT HOPES WILL RESONATE WITH AREA HIGH SCHOOLERS WHO ATTEND TUESDAY’S EVENTS. NEVER LET IT REST UNTIL YOU HAVE GOOD. THIS BETTER AND YOU’RE IS THIS THE
SALUTE TO THE DIVINE 9 WILL BE HOSTED BY THE INDIAN RIVER STATE COLLEGE AT06:00PM. >> AT THE MASSEY CAMPU
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