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The Divine Nine Collection

1950 Members of Omega Psi Phi on campus with students at Claflin University in Orangeburg, South Carolina.

1950 Members of Omega Psi Phi on campus with students at Claflin University in Orangeburg, South Carolina.

15th annual Boule of the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority

December 27-30, 1935

1950 Portrait of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity members at Claflin University in Orangeburg, South Carolina.

1950 Portrait of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity members at Claflin University in Orangeburg, South Carolina.

A meeting of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority at Howard University in 1946.

A meeting of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority at Howard University in 1946.

Source: Alfred Eisenstaedt/LIFE Picture Collection.

AKA - Seven of the Founders of Alpha Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc

Howard University in Washington, D.C. Photograph ca 1910.

AKA Alpha Kappa Alpha Xi Omega Chapter

1980, Washington D. C., Sorority members photographed

AKA heads for Capitol Hill on civil rights: 1964

Julia B. Purnell, (far right) poses with other members of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority May 16, 1964 before they head to Capitol Hill to lobby for passage for an unamended civil rights bill.

ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY, NU CHAPTER. Lincoln University. 1930.

ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY, NU CHAPTER. Lincoln University. 1930.

Alpha Chi chapter, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC 1949.

Alpha Chi chapter, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC 1949.

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority

1953- Marian Anderson and members of the Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA) sorority receiving an award at the Philadelphia Academy of Music in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority (AKA) and the Ivey Leaf Club.

Shaw University, 1959 Shaw Bear Yearbook.

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Members, 1950's. Bethune-Cookman University

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Members, 1950's.
Bethune-Cookman University

Photographer: Glover's Studio, 608 Second Avenue, Daytona Beach, Florida.

Alpha Kappa Alpha and Kappa Alpha Psi

Regional meetings in Topeka, Kansas.

Alpha Lambda Chapter of DST North Carolina Central University The Pyramid Club of Delta Sigma Theta 1944.

The Pyramid Club of Delta Sigma Theta 1944.

Alpha Phi Alpha - Morehouse College Alpha Rho Chapter circa 1940

Chapter dating back to its chartering in January 1924.

Alpha Phi Alpha Beta Chapter Banquet - April 30, 1931

W. E. B. Du Bois (light colored suit) with his brothers of Beta, Howard University.

Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity Bethune-Cookman University. 1950.

Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity dressed in tuxedoes and prepared for a ball on campus.

Alpha Phi Alpha, Shaw University.

Alpha Phi Alpha, Shaw University.

Shaw Bears 1959 yearbook.

Bennett College For Women 1975 Yearbook. Source: UNC Digital Library.

Bennett College For Women 1975 Yearbook. Source: UNC Digital Library.

Bennett College For Women, Greensboro, NC.

AKA-Spring 1983 -Leslie B. Nesbitt on Right.

Bethune-Cookman Delta Sigma Theta sorority 1960.

Delta Sigma Theta probates, or sorority sisters who have not reached full status with the sorority.

Chapter of Delta Theta Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.

1953 Elizabeth City State University, Elizabeth City, NC

Delta Sigma Theta Alpha Lambda Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta at North Carolina Central University in 1939.

Delta Sigma Theta Alpha Lambda Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta at North Carolina Central University in 1939.

Source: NCCU yearbook archive.

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority , 1922, Wilberforce University.

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority , 1922, Wilberforce University.

Source: Wilberforce Collection at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division

Elizabeth City State (NC) Panhellenic Council 1964.

Elizabeth City State (NC) Panhellenic Council 1964.

Fraternity pledges for Omega Psi Phi practice their stepping routine in the Fisk University gymnasium in Nashville, Tennessee, 1969.

Fraternity pledges for Omega Psi Phi practice their stepping routine in the Fisk University gymnasium in Nashville, Tennessee, 1969.

Photo source: Robert Abbott Sengstacke-GettyImages.

Ivy Leaf pledge club, Gamma Mu chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated , Alabama A&M University 1961.

Ivy Leaf pledge club, Gamma Mu chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated , Alabama A&M University 1961.

Source: A&M Archives.

KAPPA ALPHA PSI FRATERNITY, Lincoln University, 1935.

KAPPA ALPHA PSI FRATERNITY, Lincoln University, 1935.

Kappa Alpha Psi 1935

SCROLLERS - Kappa Alpha Psi
1935 Saint Augustine College

Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity at A&T College ca. 1931-49

Members pose on the steps of the Dudley Memorial Building on the campus. Greensboro, NC.

Kappa Alpha Psi, Delta Chapter at Wilberforce University, 1922.

Kappa Alpha Psi, Delta Chapter at Wilberforce University, 1922.

Source: Wilberforce Collection at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division

Mu Psi Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. NC A&T, Greensboro, NC.

Civil Rights activist Jesse Jackson can be found sixth from the left in the top row.

Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Souvenir Program, 1938

On April 22 and April 23, 1938, the Wilmington, NC-based Omicron Alpha Chapter of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity hosted the group’s sixth district conference. Members from sixteen chapters of the fraternity from towns across North and South Carolina gathered...

Omega Psi Phi fraternity in 1934 - University of Illinois

The photograph was taken on the front porch of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Wells home

On Saturday, Feb. 10, 1979, ninety-seven young women of Spelman College were initiated into the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., by the Regional Director Deloris H. Oliver, assisted by other members of the Directorate.

For the first time in it's 97 year history, a sorority has been chartered on Spelman College campus.

PHI BETA SIGMA FRATERNITY, MU CHAPTER, Lincoln University, 1930.

PHI BETA SIGMA FRATERNITY, MU CHAPTER, Lincoln University, 1930.

Phi Beta Sigma and The Crescent Club, Shaw University.

Phi Beta Sigma and The Crescent Club, Shaw University.

1959 Shaw Bear Yearbook.

Pledges from the Zeta Phi Beta sorority gather together at the gymnasium to perform during one of their pledge rituals at Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee in 1969.

Pledges from the Zeta Phi Beta sorority gather together at the gymnasium to perform during one of their pledge rituals at Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee in 1969.

Photo source: Robert Abbott Sengstacke-Getty Images.

Records of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Alpha Theta Omega Chapter, Raleigh, NC.

AKA was established in 1908 (at Howard University) and is recognized as America’s first African American Greek-letter (sorority) society.

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with his Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity brothers

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with his Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity brothers at Alabama State College in Montgomery, Alabama.
Ca. 1950-1959

Shaw University, Raleigh, NC. - PAN-HELLENIC COUNCIL

The Pan-Hellenic Council is composed of two representatives from each Greek organization.

Sigma Men, 1933, Lincoln University

Our founder's maternal grandfather Rev. G.C. Hawley, is on the second row, second from right.

Southwest Regional Conference of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Austin, Travis County, Texas.

1933 - Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, inc. 1933 / Myra Hemings, Founder - Former AKA President - last Pres. Delta Sigma Theta / Mary Lou Regional Director / Henrietta Wells Secy - Tres. Southeast Region - Delegate from Alpha Theata- / Wiley College].

The Alpha Chapter, Kappa Alpha Psi / Fraternity Host to Regional Meeting / Indiana University.

Members of the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity in front of the Alpha Chapter house during the North Central Province regional meeting.

The Alpha Chapter, Kappa Alpha Psi / Fraternity Host to Regional Meeting / Indiana University.

Members of the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity in front of the Alpha Chapter house during the North Central Province regional meeting.

The Scrollers Club of the Alpha Nu Chapter Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity

The Scrollers Club of the Alpha Nu Chapter Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity

The charter line of AKAs at Paul Quinn College, Waco, Texas.

Paul Quinn is now in Dallas.

The de-coded Chapter picture featured in the 1925 "Tiger: Second Edition" Morehouse College yearbook is comprised of Charter Members and initiates from Spring 1924, Fall 1924 and Spring 1925.

In recognition of the 98th anniversary of the chartering of Alpha Rho Chapter at Morehouse College, we are releasing the latest, and clearly the most significant update to the timeline since the Alpha Rho International Census (APIC) was completed in 2014.

The first six Morehouse College students initiated into Alpha Phi Alpha via Alpha Rho Chapter are featured on the top row, followed by the six men who joined in the fall of the Charter year.

Pictured: The first six Morehouse College students initiated into Alpha Phi Alpha via Alpha Rho Chapter are featured on the top row, followed by the six men who joined in the fall of the Charter year.

These Black Greek organizations are under The National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC), which is a collaborative umbrella council.

The Divine Nine refers to the historically Black fraternities and sororities also referred to as Black Greek Letter Organizations (BGLOs).

They Marched Anyway.

A group photo of the Howard University Delta Sigma Theta founders, 1913. Courtesy of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority and Howard University.

Zeta Phi Beta Shaw University.

Zeta Phi Beta
Shaw University.
Shaw Bears 1959 yearbook

Zeta Phi Beta Sorority - Shaw University.

ZETA PHI BETA SORORITY
Shaw University.

Image source: Shaw Bears 1963 Yearbook.

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