The Divine Nine: The History of African American Fraternities and Sororities Lawrence C. Ross Jr.
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corporation

At MIT, like many New England institutions, NPHC Xi Tau Deltas are innovative and creative women, who never rest upon tradition, but continue, in the manner of our noble sorority's distinguished history, impacting the lives of African Americans. Divine 9 The Divine Nine are a collection of African American men and woman that grouped themselves by like beliefs. African American students have been trying to get sororities and fraternities from the Divine Nine here. The difference now is, the public takes hazing seriously instead of using it as a euphemism for assault and battery, said Lawrence C. While hazing abuse plagues white fraternities, the problem of physical violence is especially severe in historically African-American fraternities and sororities. Thirteen women on campus have made history by chartering the first historically black sorority here at Wesley. As the “Divine Nine.” (Reference: Lawrence Ross, Jr.; “The Devine Nine: The History of African American Fraternities and Sororities”). The five Black fraternities and four Black sororities that compose the “Divine Nine” were established in the early 20th century as a response to White Greek-letter organizations that denied Black students entry. Diana Fishlock at Penn Live talks about hazing in black fraternities and sororities, and how the arrests of the students at FAMU may only serve to push. Many college educated blacks in the United States have ties to one or more of these organizations. Ross Jr., author of The Divine Nine: The History of African American Fraternities and Sororities, wrote an impassioned article to his community. Keep in mind though, Greek life at MIT is as diverse as its student body and includes NPHC (Divine 9) organizations as well as historically Latino fraternities and sororities ( NALFO ). The Divine Nine: The History of African American Fraternities and Sororities by Lawrence C. Here is a list of the “Divine nine:”. This was during a time when higher education options for blacks were extremely limited, and the few who had the ability to go Perhaps this is because Howard was the founding place of five out of the nine organizations that make up the National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC), or, “Divine Nine. The first black college fraternity and sorority were founded in 1906 and 1908, respectively, and six of the nine organizations were founded before 1920. Each of these fraternities and sororities is rich in history.