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    In Harris, Black Sororities And Fraternities Celebrate One Of Their Own

    Lawrence C. Ross, author of The Divine Nine, explains why Black sororities showed up and showed out for Kamala Harris—and how Black Greek organizations have long pushed for enfranchisement.
    by Karen Grigsby Bates Nov 09, 2020 5 minutes
    Sen. Kamala Harris stands with attendees and participates in the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. hymn at their Annual Pink Ice Gala in Columbia, South Carolina on Friday, Jan. 25, 2019.

    When Kamala Harris stepped to the podium in Delaware on Saturday night to speak to supporters as vice president-elect, she made all kinds of history: She'll become the first woman to serve as vice president. The first woman of African descent (on her father's side) and also the first Asian American (on her late mother's side). The first graduate of a historically Black college or university (Howard)—and the first member of a Black sorority to sit a heartbeat away from the presidency.

    Black Greek organizations turned up and turned out to support Harris. They registered people to vote. They phone-banked. They encouraged, coaxed and nagged people to turn their ballots in. (You may have seen a popular Internet video: it features Black sorors dressed in their sororities' colors, accessorized in

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