Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity and Zeta Phi Beta Sorority will host Blue and White Week, the second of seven such weeks for the National Pan-Hellenic Council.

The two Greek societies will present an interesting program informing the USM and the Hattiesburg communities about issues related to love, society and service to the community. The week began Sunday with church at Mt. Carmel Baptist Church and ends with the annual stepshow hosted by Comedian Benji Brown at Bennett Auditorium at 7 p.m.  more >>

The Fosters, a local husband-wife team, founded the Skanner News Group in 1975. They publish two weekly newspapers, the Portland and Seattle Skanner and own two radio stations, KEUG 105.5FM and KAVJ 101.1FM, broadcasting from Eugene and Roseberg, Oregon. For the past 30 years, Bernie has led as President of their publication and Bobbie has significantly contributed as the publication’s Executive Editor. The Skanner has sponsored numerous community events and has been fundamental in shedding light on hard issues that continue to challenge the African-American community.

Mrs. Bobbie Dore Foster equally contributes with her focus on education. She donates her time to her alma mater, the University of Portland, she was a founding member of the De La Salle North Catholic High School Board where she still serves and she participates as a member of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival Board. For the past 16 years Mrs. Foster has been involved with the Albina Rotary Club and she is equally committed to Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, where she contributes on the Education committee helping raise awareness about HIV/AIDS, Methamphetamine use and other relevant health concerns.   more >>

It's Super Bowl Time and Black Greek Network would like to showcase some of NFL's firsts for African Americans. Do you know the answers to these facts?

1. Who was the first African American drafted by an NFL club?

2. Who was the first African American draftee to play in the NFL?

3. Who was the first African - American quarterback in the NFL?

4. Who was the first African American NFL official?

5. Who was the first African American NFL referree?

6. Who was the first African American starting quaterback in a Super Bowl?

7. Who was the first African American NFL  head coach?

8. Who was the frist African American NFL general manager?  ...   more »

Lenoir-Rhyne College recently chartered its first new fraternity in 22 years, and the first historically black fraternity in the history of the college. The Beta Beta Zeta Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma was officially recognized by the college during its annual Ellis Boatman Greek Awards Ceremony April 25.

Known as the Sigmas, the national fraternity was founded in 1914 at Howard University in Washington, D.C. Famous Sigmas have included George Washington Carver, Blair Underwood and Emmitt Smith. The ideals of the fraternity are scholarship, service and brotherhood.  more >>

Before Muhammad Ali,"The Greatest of All Time", there was another famous African American boxer . In 1805, he was the first black to become a prominent boxer in England. He was also the first black to pursue boxing as a career and the first American boxer to become highly successful at it.

Born a slave in Cuckhold, Staten Island, NY, this boxer became one of boxing's most accomplished and respected fighters of the late-18th and early 19th centuries. While in his early teens, he came to the attention of British general Earl Percy, who was then the commanding general of British forces in New York during America's War of Independence.

Can you guess who this boxer is? ...   more »

This African American was the first African American General in the regular army and in the US Armed Forces. As one of America's military pioneers, he retired after 50 years of service in the Army in 1948, one year after the Air Force separated from the Army Air Corps.

Throughout his military career, the general pushed for racial integration. The year he retired, President Harry S. Truman issued an order banning discrimination in the armed services. This General was the 20th American honored in the U.S. Postal Service’s Black Heritage stamp series in early 1997.

His son later became the Air Force's first African-American general and commander of  The Tuskegee Airmen. Both he and his son are members of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. Can you name these Generals? ...   more »

History is not always something that happened a long time ago. History sometimes happens within a blink of an eye. The world lost one of its greatest female pioneers of civil rights, Mrs. Coretta Scott King. She was the widow of Dr. Martin Luther King and is often referred to as”The First Lady of Civil Rights".

Mrs. King was most famously known as the widow of the late Dr. Martin Luther King but she was much more than that. She herself was a civil rights activist that pressed on toward the cause of equality even after the assassination of her husband...    more »

February 1st marks the first day of what we call Black History month. For many African Americans the origin of the celebrated month is not known. In fact, there is a running joke in the African American community that Blacks got the short end of the stick with Black History month being in the shortest month of the year. Here are some interesting facts: ...   more »