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Is Ron DeSantis Trying To Cancel Black Fraternities And Sororities?
House Bill 999 Advancing Through Florida Legislature
In full disclosure, I am a member of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc., one of the Divine Nine Black fraternities and sororities that collectively have over 6,700 undergraduate and undergraduate chapters worldwide.
The late Rep. John Lewis was a Sigma; he often got into "good trouble." Kamala Harris is the current Vice-President of the United States and a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha. Martin Luther King Jr was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha, Nikki Giovani is in Delta Sigma Theta, as was Mary McLeod Bethune. Zora Neale Hurston was a Zeta Phi Beta. Rep. Robin Kelly is a Sigma Gamma Rho. Langston Hughes and Roy Wilkins were in Omega Psi Phi, and Rep. Bobby Rush is an Iota Phi Theta.
All the "Black" fraternities and sororities are open to members of all races and have white members. My chapter adviser at Fisk University was a white man, Dr. O'Connell. In addition to the parties and socializing, each group is also a service organization with mottos like; "Culture For Service and Service For Humanity," "Greater Service, Greater Progress," and "Achievement In Every Field Of Human Endeavor." While most of them were founded at an HBCU, Howard University. They come from other locations, including Indiana…
