The Divine Nine (All)

1950 Members of Omega Psi Phi on campus with students at Claflin University in Orangeburg, South Carolina.

1950 Portrait of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity members at Claflin University in Orangeburg, South Carolina.

A meeting of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority at Howard University in 1946.

AKA heads for Capitol Hill on civil rights: 1964

Julia B. Purnell, (far right) poses with other members of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority May 16, 1964 before they head to Capitol Hill to lobby for passage for an unamended civil rights bill.

ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY, NU CHAPTER. Lincoln University. 1930.

Alpha Chi chapter, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC 1949.

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority

1953- Marian Anderson and members of the Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA) sorority receiving an award at the Philadelphia Academy of Music in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority (AKA) and the Ivey Leaf Club.

Shaw University, 1959 Shaw Bear Yearbook.

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Members, 1950's. Bethune-Cookman University

Alpha Lambda Chapter of DST North Carolina Central University The Pyramid Club of Delta Sigma Theta 1944.

The Pyramid Club of Delta Sigma Theta 1944.

Alpha Phi Alpha - Morehouse College Alpha Rho Chapter circa 1940

Chapter dating back to its chartering in January 1924.

Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity Bethune-Cookman University. 1950.

Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity dressed in tuxedoes and prepared for a ball on campus.

Alpha Phi Alpha, Shaw University.

Bennett College For Women 1975 Yearbook. Source: UNC Digital Library.

Bennett College For Women, Greensboro, NC.

AKA-Spring 1983 -Leslie B. Nesbitt on Right.

Bethune-Cookman Delta Sigma Theta sorority 1960.

Delta Sigma Theta probates, or sorority sisters who have not reached full status with the sorority.

Delta Sigma Theta Alpha Lambda Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta at North Carolina Central University in 1939.

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority , 1922, Wilberforce University.

Elizabeth City State (NC) Panhellenic Council 1964.

Fraternity pledges for Omega Psi Phi practice their stepping routine in the Fisk University gymnasium in Nashville, Tennessee, 1969.

Ivy Leaf pledge club, Gamma Mu chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated , Alabama A&M University 1961.

KAPPA ALPHA PSI FRATERNITY, Lincoln University, 1935.

Kappa Alpha Psi, Delta Chapter at Wilberforce University, 1922.

Mu Psi Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. NC A&T, Greensboro, NC.

Civil Rights activist Jesse Jackson can be found sixth from the left in the top row.

On Saturday, Feb. 10, 1979, ninety-seven young women of Spelman College were initiated into the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., by the Regional Director Deloris H. Oliver, assisted by other members of the Directorate.

For the first time in it's 97 year history, a sorority has been chartered on Spelman College campus.

PHI BETA SIGMA FRATERNITY, MU CHAPTER, Lincoln University, 1930.

Phi Beta Sigma and The Crescent Club, Shaw University.

Pledges from the Zeta Phi Beta sorority gather together at the gymnasium to perform during one of their pledge rituals at Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee in 1969.

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with his Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity brothers at Alabama State College in Montgomery, Alabama. Ca. 1950-1959

SCROLLERS - Kappa Alpha Psi 1935 Saint Augustine College

Shaw University, Raleigh, NC. - PAN-HELLENIC COUNCIL

The Pan-Hellenic Council is composed of two representatives from each Greek organization.

Sigma Men, 1933, Lincoln University

Our founder's maternal grandfather Rev. G.C. Hawley, is on the second row, second from right.

The Alpha Chapter, Kappa Alpha Psi / Fraternity Host to Regional Meeting / Indiana University.

Members of the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity in front of the Alpha Chapter house during the North Central Province regional meeting.

The Alpha Chapter, Kappa Alpha Psi / Fraternity Host to Regional Meeting / Indiana University.

Members of the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity in front of the Alpha Chapter house during the North Central Province regional meeting.

The Scrollers Club of the Alpha Nu Chapter Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity

The de-coded Chapter picture featured in the 1925 "Tiger: Second Edition" Morehouse College yearbook is comprised of Charter Members and initiates from Spring 1924, Fall 1924 and Spring 1925.

In recognition of the 98th anniversary of the chartering of Alpha Rho Chapter at Morehouse College, we are releasing the latest, and clearly the most significant update to the timeline since the Alpha Rho International Census (APIC) was completed in 2014.

The first six Morehouse College students initiated into Alpha Phi Alpha via Alpha Rho Chapter are featured on the top row, followed by the six men who joined in the fall of the Charter year.

These Black Greek organizations are under The National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC), which is a collaborative umbrella council.

The Divine Nine refers to the historically Black fraternities and sororities also referred to as Black Greek Letter Organizations (BGLOs).

They Marched Anyway.

A group photo of the Howard University Delta Sigma Theta founders, 1913. Courtesy of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority and Howard University.

Zeta Phi Beta Shaw University.

Zeta Phi Beta Sorority - Shaw University.

The Divine Nine

1950 Members of Omega Psi Phi on campus with students at Claflin University in Orangeburg, South Carolina.

1950 Portrait of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity members at Claflin University in Orangeburg, South Carolina.

A meeting of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority at Howard University in 1946.

AKA heads for Capitol Hill on civil rights: 1964

ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY, NU CHAPTER. Lincoln University. 1930.

Alpha Chi chapter, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC 1949.

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority (AKA) and the Ivey Leaf Club.

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Members, 1950's. Bethune-Cookman University

Alpha Lambda Chapter of DST North Carolina Central University The Pyramid Club of Delta Sigma Theta 1944.

Alpha Phi Alpha - Morehouse College Alpha Rho Chapter circa 1940

Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity Bethune-Cookman University. 1950.

Alpha Phi Alpha, Shaw University.

Bennett College For Women 1975 Yearbook. Source: UNC Digital Library.

Bennett College For Women, Greensboro, NC.

Bethune-Cookman Delta Sigma Theta sorority 1960.

Delta Sigma Theta Alpha Lambda Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta at North Carolina Central University in 1939.

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority , 1922, Wilberforce University.

Elizabeth City State (NC) Panhellenic Council 1964.

Fraternity pledges for Omega Psi Phi practice their stepping routine in the Fisk University gymnasium in Nashville, Tennessee, 1969.

Ivy Leaf pledge club, Gamma Mu chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated , Alabama A&M University 1961.

KAPPA ALPHA PSI FRATERNITY, Lincoln University, 1935.

Kappa Alpha Psi, Delta Chapter at Wilberforce University, 1922.

Mu Psi Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. NC A&T, Greensboro, NC.

On Saturday, Feb. 10, 1979, ninety-seven young women of Spelman College were initiated into the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., by the Regional Director Deloris H. Oliver, assisted by other members of the Directorate.

PHI BETA SIGMA FRATERNITY, MU CHAPTER, Lincoln University, 1930.

Phi Beta Sigma and The Crescent Club, Shaw University.

Pledges from the Zeta Phi Beta sorority gather together at the gymnasium to perform during one of their pledge rituals at Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee in 1969.

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with his Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity brothers at Alabama State College in Montgomery, Alabama. Ca. 1950-1959

SCROLLERS - Kappa Alpha Psi 1935 Saint Augustine College

Shaw University, Raleigh, NC. - PAN-HELLENIC COUNCIL

Sigma Men, 1933, Lincoln University

The Alpha Chapter, Kappa Alpha Psi / Fraternity Host to Regional Meeting / Indiana University.

The Alpha Chapter, Kappa Alpha Psi / Fraternity Host to Regional Meeting / Indiana University.

The Scrollers Club of the Alpha Nu Chapter Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity

The de-coded Chapter picture featured in the 1925 "Tiger: Second Edition" Morehouse College yearbook is comprised of Charter Members and initiates from Spring 1924, Fall 1924 and Spring 1925.

The first six Morehouse College students initiated into Alpha Phi Alpha via Alpha Rho Chapter are featured on the top row, followed by the six men who joined in the fall of the Charter year.

These Black Greek organizations are under The National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC), which is a collaborative umbrella council.

They Marched Anyway.

Zeta Phi Beta Shaw University.

Zeta Phi Beta Sorority - Shaw University.

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