University of Alabama: 11 of 72 Sorority Bids Went to Black Students
LatestIn the wake of an official video remonstrating and forced bid reopening from University President Judy Bonner and a heavy dose of public outrage, the University of Alabama’s Panhellenic sorority system is less racially segregated than it was at the beginning of the school year.
According to a progress report from Bonner, 11 of the 72 sorority bids offered since bidding was reopened have gone to black women, while three others have gone to other minorities. At least two traditionally white UA sororities will now include black students. One of those students, Halle Lindsay, accepted a bid from Alpha Gamma Delta, and tweeted this appropriate aphorism immediately afterward: