Bell Ringer – 3/26/08

1. Who started the NAACP and what were the organization’s goals?

2. What does NACW stand for? What were the organization’s original goals?

3. Who was Anna Julia Cooper?

The Upper Class• By the early 1900s, there were

several hundred wealthy Af-Ams• Doctors, lawyers, & businessmen• Ugly Club – social club open only to

New York City’s wealthiest black men

• Boulé – exclusive organization open to male college graduates. (a.ka. Sigma Pi Phi, or Sigma Pi Beta).

In many cities, Boule societies meet regularly

today

Fraternities & Sororities

• Alpha Phi Alpha – first Greek letter black fraternity, began at Cornell in 1906. Chapters soon began at Michigan, Yale, Columbia, & Ohio State

• Alpha Kappa Alpha – first black sorority, began at Howard Univ in 1908

• Sororities – Delta Sigma Theta, Zeta Phi Beta, Sigma Gamma Rho

• Fraternities – Phi Beta Sigma, Kappa Alpha Psi, Iota Phi Theta, Omega Psi Phi

• Objectives - scholarship, social grace, friendship, community involvement

Homework• Read 575-582• Answer all questions on page 575