Racial Integration Remains Challenge for Greek Letter Organizations on College Campuses

Informal segregation has long existed among fraternities and sororities on U.S. campuses.
Racial Integration Remains Challenge for Greek Letter Organizations on College Campuses
Students at the University of Oklahoma protest racist comments made by the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity on campus, on Monday, March 9, 2015 in Norman, Okla. University President David Boren ordered the fraternity's house to be vacated by midnight Tuesday. AP Photo/The Oklahoman, Steve Sisney
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Long before the emergence of a video this past weekend showing students from the University of Oklahoma’s Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity shouting racist chants, universities have struggled with the integration of minority students into traditionally white Greek organizations.

For example, students at the University of Alabama—the school that President John F. Kennedy forced to desegregate in 1963—have been divided along racial lines when choosing who to admit into fraternities and sororities.

Annie Wu
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Annie Wu joined the full-time staff at the Epoch Times in July 2014. That year, she won a first-place award from the New York Press Association for best spot news coverage. She is a graduate of Barnard College and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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