Crossing the Sands, Crossing the Color Line: Non-Black Members of Black Greek Letter Organizations
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At the beginning of the fraternal movement, students had to be male, Caucasian, and Christian to be eligible for membership.
“At the beginning of the fraternal movement, students had to be male, Caucasian, and Christian to be eligible for membership (Boschini & Thompson, 1998;Hughey, 2007).”
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- Authors
- Hughey, M. W.
- Affiliations
- University of Virginia (US)
- Corresponding author
- Hughey, Matthew W.
- ORCID
- Hughey, Matthew W.
- Venue
- Journal of African American Studies
- Published
- 2007-06
- Volume
- 11
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 55-75
- ISSN
- 1559-1646 (ISSN-L)
- 1936-4741
- OpenAlex
- W1994016270
- Cited by
- 31
- References
- 54
- Citations by year
- 2021: 4 · 2020: 4 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 3 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 2.25
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Journal of African American Studies (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Race, History, and American Society
- Social Sciences › Education › Higher Education Research Studies
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Critical Race Theory in Education
- Keywords
- Black Greek-letter organizations, college fraternities and sororities, racial boundaries, tokenism, campus diversity, racial segregation, interracial contact, multiculturalism
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