Black Student Gets Bid to White Sorority at University of Alabama
TUSCALOOSA, Ala.
A Black student at the University of Alabama accepted a bid to a traditionally White sorority last month, a rare case in which the longstanding racial exclusivity of the campus Greek social system has been broken.
Carla Ferguson, a freshman from Tuscaloosa, was the only Black woman to participate in the weeklong recruitment activities. She and 28 other pledges were offered membership in Gamma Phi Beta sorority.
Administrators and faculty leaders have pushed for integration of the school’s fraternities and sororities.
