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Broken Bonds: Are Black Greek Organizations Making Themselves Irrelevant?

by Matthew W. Hughey and Gregory S. Parks , June 14, 2007

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Dr. Gregory S. Parks is currently a law student at Cornell University and editor of the forthcoming book, Our Fight Has Just Begun: The Relevance of Black Fraternities and Sororities in the 21st Century (University Pressof Kentucky, 2008).

BGLO members and leaders clearly have an incentive to address these issues and others to ensure their organizations’ impact and perpetuity. However, their willingness to engage in critical self-reflection is so limited that the rewards that might be gained sometimes seem impossible to capture.

- Matthew W. Hughey is currently a doctoral candidate in sociology and an adjunct instructor in African-American studies, media studies and sociology at the University of Virginia. Dr. Gregory S. Parks is currently a law student at Cornell University and editor of the forthcoming book, Our Fight Has Just Begun: The Relevance of Black Fraternities and Sororities in the 21st Century (University Pressof Kentucky, 2008).

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