You will remember the YouTube video of the young man who handled a Kappa Kane like none seen before at his age. Black Greek Network went on a search to find out just who little Nupe was.

His name is Omari LeMan Stephens and he is five years old. He has been interested in the kane since he was about 8 months old and began twirling the cane at about 15 months old.

Where did he learn to twirl and shimmy like that? Omari's father is a Kappa of course, and he would sit at home and watch Kappa step show tapes. After watching them a few times and seeing his father dance around the house, he gradually picked up on the moves.

When asked what he wants to be when he grows up, Omari at only five years old has many dreams that change every day. One day he says he want to be a fireman and the next week he might want to be whatever   more »

With the overwhelming endorsement of the Emancipation Proclamation, and the election of Abraham Lincoln to a second term in 1863, a foregone conclusion was that the stage was set for the complete elimination of physical slavery. Still in question, however, was what to do with four million newly freed depraved slaves? Clearly, one philosophy held that there was simply no way for Colored and Whites to co-exist as equals in these United States. Another, was that what served other ethnic groups migrating to this country should likewise serve freed Colored people. The American Missionary Association subscribed  to this philosophy of which the substance was EDUCATION. Education not for subordination, rather Freedom and Liberation-for the most deprived - for the fullest development of man and womanhood.    

In Ante-Bellum days, the State of Georgia forbade the teaching of reading and writing to black people. But soon after the Civil War, 1868, the American Missionary Association, now part of   more »

The walls of Olivia White's office are barely visible, covered by testaments to a lifetime of achievement and service.

White, the dean of students and vice president for student life at Hood College, has to check the dozens of plaques and service awards to remember all the organizations she has led or belonged to.

A short list includes: The Rotary Club of Carroll Creek, the Delta Sigma Theta sorority of Frederick County, the Heartly House, an agency providing help to victims of domestic violence, and her church, Beltway Church of Christ in Suitland.   more »