While shadows of colorism still exist within the culture of African-American fraternities and sororities in the United States, there was a point in which it was blatantly...
By WatchTheYard.com Contributing Writer Laura D. Reid Not even Prince could resist the pretty girls that wear twenty pearls. In 1994, His Royal Badness featured Marva...
If you have been to Howard University or have read The History of Alpha Phi Alpha, A Development in College Life, by Bro. Dr. Charles H....
Being able to listen to one of your founders speak should be considered truly a blessing in 2016 and something that everyone should do if they...
Did you know that Martin Luther King Jr. was a big Star Trek fan and that in the 1960s he personally convinced Nichelle Nichols, the African-American...
Are you a member of a BGLO who has some knowledge to share with the rest of greekdom? We at WatchTheYard.com are urgently looking for members...
Did you know that America’s first Black billion dollar businessman was a Nupe? It is true! Reginald F. Lewis (December 7, 1942 – January 19, 1993) was...
While searching through the archives, we recently came across this letter written by W.E.B. DuBois to Ruth T. Scruggs of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. in...
Yahoo just created a documentary on hymn lining, the disappearing art of African-American singing which dates back to slavery in the American South. For the mini-documentary...
Back in the day, the whole campus knew you were online when you started pledging. We at WatchTheYard.com have scoured the internet and found 10 rare...
The Nupes and the Deltas have always had a special connection and we have a proof! While looking through the State Historical Society of Iowa’s records,...
In honor of Omega Psi Phi, we have created the following list of rare pictures of Lampados Pledge Club members from back in the day when...
Thursday January 28th, 2016 marks the 30th anniversary of the Challenger space shuttle exploding in 1986 just 73 seconds after taking off over Cape Canaveral for its...
Today we celebrate the 72 birthday of American political activist, scholar, and author, Angela Davis (born January 26, 1944). Angela emerged as a prominent counterculture activist...
Watch The Yard has created a list of some of Alpha Phi Alpha’s top 20 most influential members. Share with your network on social media and...
Time for another great piece of history! We at WatchTheYard.com have stumbled upon a letter from the brothers of Kappa Alpha Psi’s Beta Lambda Chapter to...
Did you know that all of the members of The Temptations are members of Phi Beta Sigma? We were just submitted this picture of the Motown...
Today the NPHC world celebrates Sigma Gamma Rho’s Founders’ Day so we at WatchTheYard.com thought it would be great to make a list of “10 Famous SGRhos.”...
Did you know that Alpha Phi Alpha crossed its first non-Black member in 1946? His name was Bro. Dr. Bernard Levin, and he was the first...
Did you know that many major universities in the United States including Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Brown, Dartmouth, Rutgers, Williams and the University of North Carolina have deep...