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 »