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At institutions of higher education, men were meeting weekly to discuss topics outside the realm of their academic learning but still pertaining to their intellectual growth. Pic Credit: https://sites.jmu.edu/103fall14/a-toast-to-greek-life/
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Men's Fraternity. Hamilton College.
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Many fraternities did not have their own chapter houses until this time. At this point in time, many chapters' Alumni networks began building chapter houses on college campuses and changing the face of the American fraternity. Pic Credit: http://www.wabash.edu/fraternity/phidelt/history
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Called by Kappa Kappa Gamma. It lasted 3 days and ended in a banquet. (Baird, W. R., Anson, J. L., & Marchesani, R. F. (1991). Baird's manual of American college fraternities. Indianapolis, Ind: Baird's Manual Foundation. Page I-8.) Pic Credit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kappa_Kappa_Gamma
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Originally proposed by Willis O. Robb of Beta Theta Pi. Held at Chicago's World Fair. Meeting included groups of fraternity magazine editors. William Baird presented a paper on the "Legal Status of the Fraternities". (Baird, W. R., Anson, J. L., & Marchesani, R. F. (1991). Baird's manual of American college fraternities. Indianapolis, Ind: Baird's Manual Foundation. Page I-8.) Pic credit: http://beta.org/
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Men's Fraternity. Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut.
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Cotton States and International Exposition in Atlanta, Georgia. Presided over by Phi Delta Theta. (Baird, W. R., Anson, J. L., & Marchesani, R. F. (1991). Baird's manual of American college fraternities. Indianapolis, Ind: Baird's Manual Foundation. Page I-8.) Pic Credit: https://www.phideltatheta.org/
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Separate but Equal is Constitutional
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Formed from the Panhellenic Convention. Alpha Phi invited 8 other sororities to attend the conference. Became the first interfraternity association. (Baird, W. R., Anson, J. L., & Marchesani, R. F. (1991). Baird's manual of American college fraternities. Indianapolis, Ind: Baird's Manual Foundation. Page I-38.) Pic Credit: http://www.sfasu.edu/studentaffairs/925.asp
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First Jewish Fraternity. Columbia University.
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Men's Fraternity. University of Michigan.
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First African American Fraternity. Cornell University.
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Meeting in New York of 26 fraternity representatives. Alpha Delta Phi as chairman and Beta Theta Pi as secretary. (Baird, W. R., Anson, J. L., & Marchesani, R. F. (1991). Baird's manual of American college fraternities. Indianapolis, Ind: Baird's Manual Foundation. Page I-8.)
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First Asian American Fraternity. Cornell University.
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Gave women the right to vote.
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Men's Fraternity. Lakeshore Campus of Loyola University in Chicago, IL.
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Founded by Alpha Phi Alpha, Delta Sigma Theta, Sigma Gamma Rho, Zeta Phi Beta, Alpha Kappa Alpha, Kappa Alpha Psi, Phi eta Sigma, and Omega Psi Phi. Constitution approved at Howard University. (Baird, W. R., Anson, J. L., & Marchesani, R. F. (1991). Baird's manual of American college fraternities. Indianapolis, Ind: Baird's Manual Foundation. Page I-42.) Pic Credit: http://www.sjsu.edu/getinvolved/frso/groups/nphc/
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First Latino American Fraternity. Louisiana State Univerity.
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Supreme Court overturns Plessy V Ferguson.
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Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott lead by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Four college students in Greensboro, NC, stage a sit in at the Woolworth's counter. This method of protest spreads throughout the South.
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., delivers his famous speech in Washington, D.C.
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Formed by the merger of the Professional Panhellenic Association and the Professional Interfraternity Conference. Pic Credit: http://pfa.publishpath.com/
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First Multicultural American Sorority. Rutgers University, New Brunswick.
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First Fraternity for Gay Men of Color. Florida State University.
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First Native American Sorority. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Groundwork laid in 1997. Merged with ConcilioNactional de Hermandades Latinas (CNHL) to form a single umbrella organization for all Latino/a/x fraternities and sororities. ((2016) NALFO History. Retrieved from: http://nalfo.org/nalfo-history/) Pic Credit: http://nalfo.org/
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Followed on the heels of NALFO. Thirteen multicultural greek organizations came together to form the NMGC. ((2016). NMGC - National Multicultural Greek Council >> About. Retrieved from: http://nationalmgc.org/about/). Pic Credit:http://nationalmgc.org/
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Fourteen APIA fraternities and sororities created the APIA Greek Alliance, later renamed NAPA. Originally created to help "Rock the Vote". (Dosono, B., & Gee, B. (2016). About. Retrieved from http://www.napahq.org/about/#history) Pic Credit: http://www.napahq.org/
