In a response to the news of the US Supreme Court potentially reversing Roe v. Wade, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. released a statement reaffirming their...
The sorority sisters of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. have released a statement on the Derek Chauvin trail verdict for the murder of George Floyd. The...
The brothers of Phi Beta Sigma have released a statement on the Derek Chauvin trail verdict for the murder of George Floyd. The statement, which was...
“Mother Nature tells you in a myriad of ways that something is a-kilter,” Kappa Alpha Psi brother Kelly Darden says in an interview produced by David Salvesen of the...
On Sunday, the Washington (DC) Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. led a Black Lives Matter march that was attended by several other Black...
To honor the life of George Floyd and vow to remain vocal about social injustice, the brothers of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. in Fort Worth...
Young people in Washington DC are leading the way and making their voices heard. Many of them leading this movement there are Black fraternity and sorority...
In response to the police killing of George Floyd in South Minneapolis, the presidents of Alpha Phi Alpha, Kappa Alpha Psi, Omega Psi Phi, Phi Beta...
In response to the Ahmaud Arbery case, the presidents of Alpha Phi Alpha, Kappa Alpha Psi, Omega Psi Phi, Phi Beta Sigma and Iota Phi Theta...
In response to President Donald Trump’s “Opening Up America Again” plan, the General President of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., Everett B. Ward, Ph.D., published an...
The brothers of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. just released a statement about the slew of racist incidents that have happened at Syracuse University recently. In...
The brothers of Phi Beta Sigma are standing by their brother US Representative Elijah Cummings. The International President of the fraternity, Micheal E. Cristal, released a...
The McArther Foundation just announced Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II as one of their 2018 Genius Grant recipients. Rev. Dr. Barber was named as one...
This week, Nike caught heat from multiple national police organizations from across the nation after it announced that Colin Kaepernick would be one of the faces of...
Question: What happens when members of the Divine Nine family who all teach at the same school do a remake of Childish Gambino’s “This is America”...
The Tuscaloosa Alumni chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi, Fraternity Inc., filed a suit with the U.S. District Court last week claiming that Cypress Inn restaurant had...
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. released a statement from their national headquarters today urging for “swift justice” in the police involved shooting of Antwon Rose Jr.,...
On May 29, Starbucks closed 8,000 stores across the United States for four hour so that 175,000 of its employees could come together for a conversation...
Tiffany Loftin, the new Director for the NAACP Youth and College department showed up today at the March For Our Lives Rally and let everyone know...
Over 1,200 women of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. showed up in Washington, DC this week to have their voices heard. The members of the organization...
In 1963, more than a dozen African-American girls, between the ages of 12-15, were arrested and locked in a dilapidated stockade for two months without charges....
The pipeline to prison is a problem that disproportionately affects the African-American community and four Black women who are judges and members of Alpha Kappa Alpha...
“The chief significance of Alpha Phi Alpha lies in its purpose to stimulate, develop, and cement an intelligent, trained leadership in the unending fight for freedom,...
Did you know that Malcolm X’s wife Dr. Betty Shabazz was a member of Delta Sigma Theta? It is true! Dr. Betty Shabazz, widow of slain...
The brothers of Alpha Phi Alpha at Davidson College are speaking out against President Donald Trump’s DACA repeal. The brothers of the Tau Omicron Chapter of Alpha...
San Fransisco 49er’s quarterback Colin Kaepernick has decided to use his own money and the money he has made from his jersey sales to help the...
The NAACP released a request for a formal meeting with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to discuss the “retaliatory actions against quarterback Colin Kaepernick for exercising his First...
A SPLC listed white nationalist group by the name of The National Policy Institute requested to reserve space for a speaker at Michigan State University and the...
Florida Representative Shevrin Jones (D-West Park) a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. says he will file legislation to immediately remove all Confederate statues, signs...
Colin Kaepernick is being treated unfairly. A lot of people are calling for a boycott of the NFL if he does not get picked up by...
Published in 2017 In response to the Supreme Court allowing parts of President Donald Trump’s travel ban to go into effect, we at Watch The Yard...
You’ve definitely heard the story of how Ruby Bridges desegregated the New Orleans school system in 1960 at the age of 6. For many young people...
This is how Greeks can work to help those facing domestic violence. But before we start the article here are some facts about domestic violence in...
Did you know that the first white member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc., was a freedom rider who was hunted by the KKK for working...
San Fransisco 49er’s quarterback Colin Kaepernick has decided to use his own money and the money he has made from his jersey sales to help the...
Fredrick Douglass once stated, “It is easier to raise strong children than to repair broken men.” GREAT TEACHERS are what our country needs, and especially in...
Currently, there are 892 know hate groups in the United States and there is now an interactive map that is tracking them. The Southern Poverty Law...
Since Sunday night, more than 167 Native Americans and allies fighting the $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline have been injured by police, who attacked them with...
This was originally posted on December 15th, 2015 A brother of Alpha Phi Alpha has made national news after he was seen being forced by security...
Delta Sigma Theta’s Soledad O’Brien is not having it with the way cable news networks including CNN, her former employer, are making money off of the...
[This piece was written by Alexzandria Chill | UNT Graduate. Marketing Freak. Frankie Bev Fanatic. Adamant Knowledge Seeker. Lady of ZPHIB [Pearl Clu5]. Founder of Blog:@DPTaughtMe] At...
Colin Kaepernick’s protest of the National Anthem has grown so large that he will be featured on the cover of the October 3rd issue of Time...
“You don’t have to train police not to shoot white people, why do you have to train them not to shoot us?” That’s what former Zeta...
The national anthem protest of Kappa Alpha Psi’s Colin Kaepernick seems to be slowly be gaining steam across the NFL. On Thursday, during the NFL opener, Broncos linebacker Brandon Marshall joined the movement...
After experiencing the multiple deaths of black men at the hands of police this summer, the Theta Phi Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi at Troy University...
Kappa Alpha Psi’s Marc Lamont Hill is not backing down to racist statements. During a live segment on CNN, Professor Marc Lamont Hill attempted to correct...
[Originally posted on July 13th, 2015] On Wednesday night, the International Headquarters of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc., held a “Prayer Line” conference call for their...
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. released the following statement regarding the Dallas sniper attack which killed 5 and wounded 11 police officers this week. A link...
Phi Beta Sigma’s very own Rep. John Lewis and a group of his fellow Democrats took to the House floor Wednesday morning to stage a sit-in...
This weekend 50 people were killed in one of the biggest mass shootings in modern US history at PULSE nightclub, a gay club in Orlando Florida....
Sigma Gamma Rho soror Monica O. Montgomery had a chance opportunity to be a featured Humans of New York (HONY) story. She told HONY creator and...
Sigma Men come from a proud lineage of social justice advocates. We at WatchTheYard.com have worked with members of Phi Beta Sigma to create an iconic...
Did you know that the first Prime Minister of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah was a member of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. and that he crossed at...
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...
The internet is crying “reverse racism” after Rosalind Brewer, the CEO of Sam’s Club opened up to CNN in an interview about how she pushes diversity...
The Alphas are standing up to Fox and Sean Hannity and making it known that they are in the community and that they do WORK! Watch...
Alpha Phi Alpha’s Roland Martin is bringing that heat! Bro. Martin brought Bishop E.W. Jackson on to his show today and destroyed him when he called...
The sports world was put on notice last month when African-American football players at the University of Missouri joined protests that successfully forced the school’s president...
After becoming fed up with the violence that is happening in Chicago over 100 brothers of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. gathered in the snow to...
After becoming fed up with the violence that is happening in Chicago over 100 brothers of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. gathered in the snow to hold an anti-violence rally...
Can ya’ll please stop arguing…this is stupid… [This post was written by Damon Young and originally posted on VerySmartBrothas.com. They told us at Watch The Yard that...
The University of Missouri’s president, Tim Wolfe, resigned Monday morning in the face of a walkout by faculty and a strike by football players that was...
The University of Missouri’s president, Tim Wolfe, resigned Monday morning in the face of a walkout by faculty and a strike by football players that was...
Kappa Alpha Psi’s Martese Johnson may be getting the justice he deserves. “Lawyers for the University of Virginia student bloodied by alcohol-control agents outside a bar in...
CNN’s Reliable Sources show recently did a segment featuring Princeton University professor and proud brother of Alpha Phi Alpha, Dr. Cornel West as well as Huffington Post...
A video posted to social media yesterday of police violently detaining a UDC student who was using an ATM has caused an uproar and even protests....
[The information and photos in this article are directly from the official press release that was released by Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.] September 21, 2015...
The Westboro Baptist Church showed up on the campus of Northern Kentucky University today and the students dealt them one of the most epic roast sessions...
Fed up Texas Southern University students and alumni have taken their frustration with their university public and now it has gone viral. On Wednesday, thousands of complaints...
Delta Sigma Theta is yet again stepping up to the plate for social justice and has expressed its intention to staunchly support the Department of Justice...
In the true spirit of “Manhood, Scholarship, Perseverance and Uplift” Omega Psi Phi has teamed up with Fathers Inc. to encourage at least 20,000 Black fathers across the nation to sign...
[This piece was written by WatchTheYard.com Guest Writer, Alexzandria Chill] Just about a month ago, McKinney, Texas broke the internet. We witnessed Police Officer Eric Casebolt...
Social media platforms have erupted in a outcry against police brutality after a video emerged of Kappa Alpha Psi member, Martese Johnson’s bloody arrest Tuesday night...
This article was originally posted on Iowa City Press Citizen. A group of 45 students filled the halls of the Iowa City and Coralville police departments...
On Thursday January 29th, Kappa Alpha Psi took over the internet! In honor of National Mentoring Month, Kappa Alpha Psi’s National Guide Right Committee launched a...
Written by Lawrence Ross, Author of “The Divine Nine: The History of African American Fraternities and Sororities,” exclusively for WatchTheYard.com. Happy Holidays, everyone. So you’ve followed Phase I...
The #BoycottSororitySisters movement has taken to the streets! This weekend, members of NPHC fraternities and sororities showed up in front of the VH1 offices in New...
Written by Lawrence Ross, Author of “The Divine Nine: The History of African American Fraternities and Sororities,” exclusively for WatchTheYard.com. So as you know, we’ve been running...
The National Pan-Hellenic Council has had enough with VH1’s “Sorority Sisters” show. Read below and share this with your networks. The #BoycottSororitySisters movement is working!
The #BoycottSororitySisters movement is working! So many people have contacted brands who air commercials during VH1’s “Sorority Sisters” that these advertisers are starting to pull their...
Singer K Michelle may be part of the VH1 family and friends with Mona Scott Young, but her allegiance lies with her beloved Delta Sigma Theta....
Sigma Gamma Rho has issued an immediate “Golden Alert” today calling for all members to get involved in the struggle to save our communities and our...