The year was 1976. With only a handful of Black Greek Letter Organizations at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chuck Watts and several others chartered the Theta Omicron chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc. The group understood the vital role these organizations played in easing racial isolation and building community on campus.
“It was a support base. It was a situation where older students could advise and counsel sophomores and freshmen in a way that helps them survive this experience,” said Watts.
Every Black Greek Letter Organization is represented at UNC-Chapel Hill, except Iota Phi Theta Fraternity Inc. ABC11 spoke with members about the legacy that has lived on for a century, and about what it’s like being Greek on the campus of a predominantly White institution…