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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.
- Author
- Parks, Gregory, 1974-
- Publication
- New York : New York University Press, [2020]
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Hughey, Matthew W. (Matthew Windust)
- Description
- 339 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- "A Pledge with Purpose" explores Black sororities and fraternities and the role(s) that they play in the fight for equality"--
- Subject
- 1900-1999
- African American Greek letter societies > History > 20th century
- Civil rights movements > United States > History > 20th century
- African American student movements > History > 20th century
- African American college students > Political activity > History > 20th century
- African American college students > Political activity
- African American Greek letter societies
- African American student movements
- Civil rights movements
- United States
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 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) -- Where to Now? The Future of Black Greek Racial Uplift.
- Call Number
- Sc E 21-255
- ISBN
- 9781479823277
- 1479823279
- LCCN
- 2019029137
- OCLC
- 1108805031
- Author
- Parks, Gregory, 1974- author.
- Title
- A pledge with purpose : Black sororities and fraternities and the fight for equality / Gregory S. Parks, Matthew W. Hughey.
- Publisher
- New York : New York University Press, [2020]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Creator/Contributor Characteristics
- Gender group: MenOccupational/field of activity group: University and college faculty members
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Chronological Term
- 1900-1999
- Added Author
- Hughey, Matthew W. (Matthew Windust), author.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 21-255