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Feb 23, 2021 / 08:36 PM EST INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Black Greek organizations have been impacting communities around the world for more than a century. Black fraternities and sororities started with college-educated people of color, focusing on issues and advocating for the Black community. It’s a bond like no other. Four sororities and five fraternities make up “The Divine 9.” In Indianapolis, all nine organizations serve together under the National Pan-Hellenic Council to make sure ther...

| The shock of the killing of George Floyd and other Black people in 2020 got Americans talking again about racial disparities — and companies talking again about improving diversity and inclusion. With Black History Month now winding down, there’s even more talk. But there’s been talk off and on for decades, with little result. By some measures, the proportion of Black people in engineering professions has actually dropped since the 1980s, despite all the awareness. More recently, while...

Events at 3 N.J. colleges were ‘Zoom bombed’. Officials say these ‘terrifying’ incidents are on the rise. Updated Feb 21, 2021; Posted Feb 21, 2021 A number of events in New Jersey have recently been disrupted by racist "Zoom bombing," in which outsiders join a virtual meeting in order to harass the participants.AFP via Getty Images Facebook Share Until it turned ugly. In a detailed post on the fraternity’s Instagram account, the group said white supremacists Zoom bombed the event, ...

OU Panhellenic advisor Kylie Frisby said when she first interviewed current OU Panhellenic President Sydney Smith in 2018, she immediately knew Smith would reach the upper echelon of the organization’s

William Henry Hastie, A Legal Trailblazer Friday, February 19, 2021 February is Black History Month. The commemoration began as Black History Week in 1926, the brainchild of historian Carter G. Woodson. President Gerald Ford officially recognized Black History Month in 1976, calling on the public to “seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of Black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history.” For Black History Month this year, we focu...

Robert L. “Bob” Lamborn, who headed McDonogh School for two decades during which time the Owings Mills school ended its military program, was integrated and went coed, died Feb. 11 in his sleep. The former Ellicott City resident was 102.

The Biden-Harris administration continued to bolster its diverse staff by adding Indian and Filipino American Michael George to the team.

Black sorority event at Rider University targeted by racist Zoom bombing Updated Feb 17, 2021; For Khaylin Eley, Feb. 11 was supposed to be a fun night. The Rider University junior and her Zeta Phi Beta sorority sisters had planned a “Galentine’s Day” virtual event, along with another Greek organization on campus, to celebrate friendship. Five minute before the event’s 9:30 start time, Eley noticed an unusual number of users in the Zoom waiting room. They began admitting people into th...

Members of the nation's four Black sororities, including Vice President Kamala Harris, commit to lifelong acts of service for their communities.

Read / Add Comments Officials at Rider University in Lawrenceville are condemning racism and hatred after a Zoom event for a black sorority was interrupted by dozens of individuals chanting racial slurs and content. The virtual "Galentines Day" event was hosted by Zeta Phi Beta sisters and another Greek organization on Feb. 11, as part of the universitys Black History Month celebration, Just five minutes before the party began, hosts noticed an "unusual number of users" waiting t...