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Acting Icon Roxie Roker Was a Proud Member of Alpha Kappa Alpha

Watch The Yard @watchtheyard.bsky.social · Jun 20

Did you know that Roxie Roker, the actress who played Helen Willis on The Jeffersons, is a soror of Alpha Kappa Alpha from Howard University?

She is also the mother of Lenny Kravitz.

ShareTweetShareAlpha Kappa Alpha’s Roxie Roker is widely remembered for her role as Helen Willis on The Jeffersons, one of television’s most iconic and enduring sitcoms. Her portrayal brought grace, i...

ShareTweetShareThe sorors of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated commemorated Juneteenth 2025 with a virtual Economic Justice Town Hall that celebrated community uplift, intergenerational wealth-buil...

Watch The Yard @watchtheyard.bsky.social · Jun 19

Zeta Phi Beta Honors Juneteenth with Powerful Digital Economic Justice Town Hall

He Needed a Kidney. His Phi Beta Sigma Line Brother Gave Him One.

Watch The Yard @watchtheyard.bsky.social · Jun 10

He needed a kidney.

His Phi Beta Sigma line brother gave him one.

ShareTweetShareBrian Taylor and Larry Sutton pledged Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. together in the Fall of 1982 through the Notorious Lambda Phi Chapter at SUNY Old Westbury. More than four decades ...

Alpha Phi Alpha Releases First Issue of Its New Comic Book Series, “The Men of Distinction”

Watch The Yard @watchtheyard.bsky.social · Jun 6

Alpha Phi Alpha just released the first issue of its new official comic book! 🤙🏾

ShareTweetShareAlpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. has announced the release of Issue 1 of its groundbreaking comic book series, The Men of Distinction – Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. According to the...

Rhode Island Congressman Gabe Amo Is Now a Member of Alpha Phi Alpha

Watch The Yard @watchtheyard.bsky.social · Jun 6

Rhode Island Congressman Gabe Amo is now a member of Alpha Phi Alpha

ShareTweetShareThe nation’s first Black congressman from Rhode Island, Gabe Amo, has officially joined the ranks of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. The historic organization initiated Amo through its...

Adrian Holmes, the Actor Who Plays Uncle Phil on Bel-Air, Is Now a Member of Alpha Phi Alpha

Watch The Yard @watchtheyard.bsky.social · Jun 6

Adrian Holmes, the actor who plays Uncle Phil on Bel-Air, is now a member of Alpha Phi Alpha

ShareTweetShareAdrian Holmes, the Welsh-Canadian actor known for portraying Uncle Phil in the hit series Bel-Air, has officially joined the ranks of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Holmes was initiat...

Phi Beta Sigma’s John Horhn Elected Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi

Watch The Yard @watchtheyard.bsky.social · Jun 4

Phi Beta Sigma’s John Horhn has been elected Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi

ShareTweetShareJackson, Mississippi has elected State Senator John Horhn as its next mayor. Horhn, a member of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc., won Tuesday’s general election after defeating incumbent...

ShareTweetShareOn Wednesday, May 28, 2025, U.S. Congresswoman Frederica Wilson awarded more than $1 million in federal funding to historically Black fraternities and sororities in Miami-Dade County th...

Watch The Yard @watchtheyard.bsky.social · May 31

Alpha Kappa Alpha Congresswoman Frederica Wilson Secures $1M for Divine Nine Community Centers in Miami-Dade County

Alpha Kappa Alpha Just Chartered a New Chapter in London, Extending Global Presence to the UK

Watch The Yard @watchtheyard.bsky.social · May 30

Exclusive: Alpha Kappa Alpha just chartered a new chapter in London

ShareTweetShareWATCH THE YARD EXCLUSIVE LONDON — Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated® has expanded its global footprint with the chartering of a new chapter in London, United Kingdom. On Friday, ...

803 Fresh’s New Music Video for ‘Boots On The Ground’ Features SC State University’s Marching 101 Band and D9 Members

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Watch The Yard @watchtheyard.bsky.social · May 28

Where them fans at??!! 🙌🏾

Did you know that members of the Divine Nine and SCSU's marching band are featured in the new music video for 'Boots on the Ground'?

ShareTweetShareSouthern Soul artist 803 Fresh has released the official music video for his viral debut single, Boots On The Ground! Climbing to the top R&B US radio chart, the single was written by 8...

National Museum of African American Music to Launch Immersive Fisk Jubilee Singers Exhibit

Watch The Yard @watchtheyard.bsky.social · May 14

The National Museum of African American Music is launching an immersive Fisk Jubilee Singers exhibit.

#FiskUniversity #HBCU

ShareTweetShareThe National Museum of African American Music (NMAAM) in Nashville will debut a major new exhibition on May 10, 2025, celebrating the enduring legacy of one of the most influential voca...

Omega Psi Phi Brother and Morehouse Alumnus Dr. F. DuBois Bowman Named 13th President of Morehouse College

Watch The Yard @watchtheyard.bsky.social · May 14

Morehouse College just announced its new president and he is a brother of Omega Psi Phi!

#OmegaPsiPhi #Morehouse

ShareTweetShareAfter an extensive national search, Morehouse College has announced that one of its own—Dr. F. DuBois Bowman, a 1992 graduate and a proud brother of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.—will ...

Alpha Phi Alpha Issues Strong Condemnation of President Trump’s Executive Order to Dismantle the Department of Education

Watch The Yard @watchtheyard.bsky.social · Mar 20

Alpha Phi Alpha has issued a strong condemnation of President Donald Trump’s executive order to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education. #AlphaPhiAlpha

ShareTweetShareAlpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. has issued a strong condemnation of President Donald J. Trump’s executive order to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education. In a statement released t...

ShareTweetShareIn an effort to highlight the people who are leading colleges and universities across the nation, we at Watch The Yard reached out to Georgia State University and did an interview with ...

Watch The Yard @watchtheyard.bsky.social · Mar 20

Leadership Highlight: Georgia State University’s Student Government President James Wilson

Gamma Alpha Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Awarded Multiple Top Honors at Western Province Council

Watch The Yard @watchtheyard.bsky.social · Mar 20

Gamma Alpha Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Awarded Multiple Top Honors at Western Province Council

#KappaAlphaPsi

ShareTweetShareThe Gamma Alpha Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., representing the University of California, Berkeley, San Francisco State University, and the University of San Francisco, re...

Zeta Phi Beta Issues Statement Opposing Trump’s Executive Order to Dismantle Department of Education

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Watch The Yard @watchtheyard.bsky.social · Mar 18

Zeta Phi Beta has issued a statement publicly opposing President Donald Trump's executive order to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education.

#ZetaPhiBeta

ShareTweetShareZeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. has issued a statement firmly opposing President Donald Trump’s executive order to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, calling the move a direct thr...

Southern University Suspends All Fraternity and Sorority Membership Intake Amid Investigation

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Watch The Yard @watchtheyard.bsky.social · Mar 7

Southern University has suspended all fraternity and sorority membership intake for the remainder of the academic year amid an ongoing investigation into the death of Caleb Wilson. #HBCU

ShareTweetShareSouthern University officials have announced a series of actions following the death of student Caleb Wilson, who died last week after what they are calling an unsanctioned off-campus f...

National Society of Black Engineers and Watch The Yard Announce National Partnership

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Watch The Yard @watchtheyard.bsky.social · Mar 6

The National Society of Black Engineers and Watch The Yard just announced a national partnership to amplify the stories of Black students and professionals in STEM.

ShareTweetShareThe National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) has officially announced a national partnership with Watch The Yard, the leading digital platform dedicated to celebrating Black culture, ...

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Watch The Yard @watchtheyard.bsky.social · Mar 5

#JusticeForCalebWilson

Black Greekdom Mourns the Passing of Delta Sigma Theta Civil Rights Activist and NAACP Leader Dr. Hazel Nell Dukes

Watch The Yard @watchtheyard.bsky.social · Mar 3

Black Greekdom mourns the passing of Delta Sigma Theta civil rights activist and NAACP leader Dr. Hazel Nell Dukes.

ShareTweetShareThe Black Greek-letter community and civil rights organizations nationwide are mourning the loss of Dr. Hazel Nell Dukes, a pioneering civil rights leader and devoted member of Delta Si...

Kappa Alpha Psi Brothers FAMU Donate 500 Suits to Young Men at Suits For Our Sons Event

Watch The Yard @watchtheyard.bsky.social · Mar 3

Kappa Alpha Psi brothers at FAMU donate 500 suits to young men at Suits For Our Sons event.

ShareTweetShareThe Alpha Xi Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi at Florida A&M University recently hosted its annual Suits For Our Sons event, providing 750 suits to 500 attendees as part of its commitment to ...

Black Greekdom Mourns the Death of Zeta Phi Beta Soror Angie Stone

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Watch The Yard @watchtheyard.bsky.social · Mar 1

The Black fraternity and sorority is community is in mourning following the tragic passing of Grammy-nominated R&B singer Angie Stone, a beloved member of #ZetaPhiBeta.

Stone, 63, was killed early Saturday morning in a devastating car crash.

ShareTweetShareThe Black geek community is in mourning following the tragic passing of Grammy-nominated R&B singer, songwriter, and actress Angie Stone, a beloved member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc...

ShareTweetShareCaleb Wilson, a 20-year-old student at Southern University, lost his life early Thursday morning after collapsing during what the WAFB news station in Baton Rouge reports to be a off-ca...

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Watch The Yard @watchtheyard.bsky.social · Feb 28

Southern University Leaders, SGA, Campus Royalty and Marching Band Respond to the Tragic Death of Caleb Wilson

Black Greekdom Mourns the Passing of Delta Sigma Theta Musical Legend Roberta Flack

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Watch The Yard @watchtheyard.bsky.social · Feb 24

Black greekdom is currently mourning the passing of #DeltaSigmaTheta musical legend #RobertaFlack who died at 88 today.

ShareTweetShareRoberta Flack, the legendary R&B singer known for timeless hits like The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face and Killing Me Softly with His Song, has passed away at the age of 88. A stateme...