A real history lesson! This thorough examination of the black fraternity and sorority legacy and the nine member organizations of the National Pan Hellenic Council makes it a must-have for every current and aspiring member.                                        

Let the controversy begin! As if the story line wasn't enough, the author's use of specific fraternity letters on the front cover of this novel has caused major drama. According to the cover, Pledge Brothers is "a shocking tell-all book about friends that possess a burning desire to pledge a glorified fraternity. Willie Thompson bonds and embraces friendship with four guys (Harry, Noble, Timothy and Nick). Initially, Harry is the only one to get accepted to pledge the fraternity then he betrays his friends. The fraternity eventually opens its doors to Willie and the others due to Harry's whim, which is to make his ex-friends suffer. The Pledges survive the first night of living HELL, followed by weeks of unexplainable horror, all while encompassing a humorous aspect at times." The author is an alum of Texas A&M University.

Debutante cotillions. Million-dollar homes. Summers in Martha's Vineyard. Membership in the Links, Jack & Jill, Deltas, Boule, and AKAs. An obsession with the right schools, families, social clubs, and skin complexion. This is the world of the black upper class and the focus of the first book written about the black elite by a member of this hard-to-penetrate group. Author and TV commentator Lawrence Otis Graham tells who's in and who's not in the group today in this controversial book with separate chapters on "The 'Right' Fraternities and Sororities" (Chapter 5), "Howard, Spelman, and Morehouse: Three Colleges That Count" (Chapter 4), "The Links and the Girl Friends: For Black Women Who Govern Society" (Chapter 6), and "The Boule, the Guardsmen, and Other Groups for Elite Black Men" (Chapter 7). The author also presents individual chapters on the elite in New York, Los Angeles, Washington, Chicago, Detroit, Memphis, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Nashville, and New Orleans. Nonfiction; paperback

  Sister Secrets
by Breggie James

A fascinating story of Black Greek life on a college campus, with lots of plot-thickening twists and turns! You won't want to put it down... Fiction; paperback

Spike Lee's 1987 cult classic of life on a black college campus. Lee hilariously examines fraternity/sorority life, class conflicts, and light- vs. dark-skin. Who can forget characters like Half Pint and his cousin Dap? The CD soundtrack contains hits like EU's Doin Da Butt," Phyllis Hymans "Be One," and Tisha Cambpell's "Be Alone Tonight". VHS, DVD, CD soundtrack

Sorority Sisters

by Tajuana Butler

Black Greek 101

by Walter M. Kimbrough

Black Greek 101 is the first book to provide a complete analysis of the culture of historically Black fraternities and sororities. Based on over ten years of research, Black Greek 101 presents a detailed history of Black fraternalism as a whole. As a unique culture within the college environment, these organizations are fascinating examples of the ways students form groups with their own artifacts, rites, customs, stories, and rituals that help them to adapt to the larger college environment. When members of Black fraternal organizations and non-members alike finish Black Greek 101, they will have a foundation for understanding some of the most interesting organizations that have influenced not only campus culture, but American culture as a whole.

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