HOW THE COLLEGE ORGANIZATIONS SOLIDIFIED THEIR POSITION IN AMERICAN BLACK HISTORY. >> FAMILY IS MY BELOVED DIVINE NINE. >> IN ONE OF THE BIGGEST MOMENTS OF HER LIFE, V.P. KAMALA HARRIS TOUTED HER COLLEGE FAMILY. HER SISTERS OF ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA AND OTHER HISTORICALLY BLACK GREEKS KNOWN AS THE DIVINE 9.
>> WHAT OUR FOUNDERS FELT WAS WE NEED TO HAVE A PLACE AT THE TABLE. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE WHO LOOK LIKE US EXCEL IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. >> HARRIS’ SORORITY SISTER, AND A MEMBER OF SIGMA GAMMA RHO AND
ALPHA PHI ALPHA HERE IN MILWAUKEE, SPOKE TO ME ABOUT THE CULTURAL IMPACT OF THE BLACK GREEK LETTERED ORGANIZATIONS, FORMED DURING THE JIM CROW ERA. >> BACK THEN, THERE WAS A LOT OF RACISM, A LOT OF PEOPLE BEING HUNG, AND THINGS THEY HAD TO DEAL WITH.
>> SO WHILE THERE IS RACIAL DISPARITY IN SEGREGATION AND THINGS THAT ARE NOT ADVANTAGEOUS TO PEOPLE WHO LOOK LIKE US, WE CONTINUE TO STRIVE TO MAKE PROGRESS. >> AND NOW THE WORK CONTINUES THROUGH SOCIAL ACTION, LIKE VOTER DRIVES AND EDUCATION CLINICS. >> WE STILL NEED VOTING, TO COME TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY.
THOSE THINGS ARE LIFELONG ISSUES WE NEED TO TACKLE AND COME TOGETHER ON. >> AND MEMBERSHIP DOESN’T END AFTER GRADUATION. >> WE REALIZE THAT BLACK ISSUES CONTINUE ON FOR A LIFETIME. >> CHERNEY AMHARA, WISN 12 NEWS. PATRICK: MEMBERS OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS ALSO SAY THAT FACT, THAT MEMBERSHIP CONTINUES PAST GRADUATION, IS THE BIGGEST
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE DIV
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