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A Pledge with Purpose : Black Sororities and Fraternities and the Fight for Equality
Title
A Pledge with Purpose : Black Sororities and Fraternities and the Fight for Equality / Gregory S. Parks, Matthew W. Hughey.
ISBN
9781479859634
Publication
New York : New York University Press, [2020]
Manufacture
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2022
Copyright Notice Date
©[2020]
Physical Description
1 online resource.
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Summary
"'A Pledge with Purpose' explores Black sororities and fraternities and the role(s) that they play in the fight for equality."-- Provided by publisher.
Variant and related titles
Project Muse books annual backfile collection 2022.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 17, 2023
Contents
Introduction : Black Greek "racial uplift"
The preconditions for uplift (1865-1905)
The genesis of Black Greek-letter organizations (1906-1922)
Finding their way : Black and Greek in the midst of the Harlem Renaissance, the Roaring Twenties, and the adolescence of Jim Crow (1923-1929)
Black Greek-letter organizations as social welfare nets (1930-1939)
Spreading the word : Black Greek-letter organizations, democracy, and the Great Migration (1940-1948)
At the forefront : Civil rights and social change (1949-1963)
Conclusion : Where to now? The future of Black Greek racial uplift
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index
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Genre/Form
History.
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