Crossing Over: Black Greek Life A 4-part mini-series begins exploring Black fraternities and sororities at Louisiana’s HBCUs. Kara St. Cyr explores the “Divine Nine.”

The “Divine Nine” Black Greek letter organizations were founded when predominantly white colleges denied black students equal rights. NBC News' Priscilla Thompson takes a look at how they’ve shaped Black leaders in the U.S., like Vice President Kamala Harris and Georgia’s first Black senator, Raphael Warnock.
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The Legacy Of The ‘Divine Nine’ Black Fraternities And Sororities | NBC News NOW

Black Greek letter organizations date back to the early 1900s.

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