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Graduation season is upon us and members of Black fraternities and sororities are taking graduation pictures that are better than ever. We at Watch The Yard have been getting thousands of submissions from D9 members who want to showcase their graduation pictures to the world so we decided to make a list of the best

Graduation season is upon us and members of Black fraternities and sororities are taking graduation pictures that are better than ever. We at Watch The Yard have been getting thousands of submissions from D9 members who want to showcase their graduation pictures to the world so we decided to make a list of the best

Graduation season is upon us and members of Black fraternities and sororities are taking graduation pictures that are better than ever. We at Watch The Yard have been getting thousands of submissions from people who want to showcase their pictures to the world so we decided to make a list of the best Sigma Gamma

Graduation season is upon us and members of Black fraternities and sororities are taking graduation pictures that are better than ever. We at Watch The Yard have been getting thousands of submissions from people who want to showcase their pictures to the world so we decided to make a list of the best Zeta Phi

Graduation season is upon us and members of Black fraternities and sororities are taking graduation pictures that are better than ever. We at Watch The Yard have been getting thousands of submissions from D9 members who want to showcase their graduation pictures to the world so we decided to make a list of the best

Graduation season is upon us and members of Black fraternities and sororities are taking graduation pictures that are better than ever. We at Watch The Yard have been getting thousands of submissions from people who want to showcase their pictures to the world so we decided to make a list of the best Alpha Kappa

Graduation season is upon us and members of Black fraternities and sororities are taking graduation pictures that are better than ever. We at Watch The Yard have been getting thousands of submissions from D9 members who want to showcase their graduation pictures to the world so we decided to make a list of the best

Dr. Lee Patrick Brown is a criminologist and entrepreneur, who in 1997 become the first African-American mayor of Houston, Texas. He served three terms from 1998 to 2004, the maximum permitted by law. He has worked in law enforcement and academia for nearly four decades. Brown was born to sharecropper parents in Wewoka, Oklahoma in

Did you know that the ‘Grandmother of Juneteenth’, Opal Lee, is a sorority sister of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.? In 2016, at the age of 89 years old, Opal Lee walked from her home in Fort Worth, Texas, to the nation’s capital in an effort to get Juneteenth named a national holiday. “My idea

Today the U.S. Small Business Administration announced a landmark collaboration with Historically Black Fraternities and Sororities to address the wealth gap through Black entrepreneurship. Isabella Casillas Guzman, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) signed a Strategic Alliance Memorandum (SAM) with Chairman of the Council of Presidents of the National Pan-Hellenic Council and Grand Polemarch of Kappa

President Biden and Vice President Harris announced the launch of the White House Internship Program today and for the first time in history, White House interns will be paid. The White House Internship Program is a highly-esteemed public service leadership and development program that provides emerging leaders with an opportunity to gain valuable skills while

Were you aware that Carrie Meek was a member of Delta Sigma Theta? Meek pledged the Beta Alpha Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. An educator and elected official, Carrie Mae Pittman Meek was a United States representative for Florida’s 17th congressional district from 1993 to 2003. In the 1992 primary, she was elected

Were you aware that Jamar Chaney is a member of Phi Beta Sigma? Chaney pledged the Theta Iota Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. Jamar Antwon Chaney is a former American football linebacker who is currently a Florida Gators’ coaching staff member. The Philadelphia Eagles drafted him in the seventh round of the 2010

Did you know that Julia Carson was a Zeta? Carson was a proud member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. Julia May Carson represented Indiana’s 7th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1997 until her passing in 2007. She was the first woman and the first African American to represent Indianapolis

Did you know that secret service agent Abraham Bolden is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha? Bolden pledged the Alpha Psi Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. In addition to earning his B.A. in music composition cum laude from Lincoln University, Bolden was the first African-American detective with the Pinkerton National Detective Agency prior

Did you know that Lucy Slowe was a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha? Slowe co-founded Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Lucy Diggs Slowe was the first African-American woman to serve as Dean of Women at any American university. She was an educator, athlete, and co-founder of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, the first sorority established

Did you know that Lee Brown pledged Alpha? Brown crossed through the Epsilon Beta Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Lee Patrick Brown is a criminologist and entrepreneur, who in 1997 become the first African-American mayor of Houston, Texas. He served three terms from 1998 to 2004, the maximum permitted by law. He has

Maya Angelou was an African American poet, author, and civil rights activist that changes the way we view the world. She was inducted into Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority as an honorary member so it’s only right that we share our favorite quotes from her. “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside

Did you know that only 7% of medical students, 6% of medical school graduates, and only 5% of physicians are Black? The American Heart Association is working to help change that with their HBCU Scholars Program. The American Heart Association (AHA), with a significant commitment from Quest Diagnostics, has expanded its HBCU Scholars program which is

Did you know that Rayford Logan pledged Alpha? Logan crossed through the Omicron Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Rayford Whittingham Logan was an African-American historian and Pan-African activist. He studied post-Reconstruction America, a period he termed the ‘nadir of American race relations.’ During the late 1940s, he was a chief advisor to the