Throwback Pics of Black Sorority-Fraternity Life Through the Decades

The afros and trench coats these lovely ladies of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. are rocking are giving us life.

Come through with the clutches! Zetas from Florida A&M University in 1977 are slaying with coordinating handbags.

Service to others is a big part of Greek life. These members of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. held a Thanksgiving charity dance to collect food for needy families at North Carolina Central University in 1964.

These Alpha men showed off their moves with a step performance at the NAACP Image Awards in Los Angeles in 2006.

There isn’t a hair out of place in this 1970s throwback photo of AKAs at Paul Quinn College in Texas.

Lovely ladies of Zeta Phi Beta in 1951.

This throwback photo of Delta Sigma Theta ladies wearing matching dresses and white gloves just says glamour.

Omega Psi Phi pledges wear all black on the Fisk University campus in 1969 while fellow students look on.

Members of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity hanging out at Claflin University in Orangeburg, South Carolina.

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. members at Virginia Union University in 1960.

What’s not to love about this beautiful photo of members of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. from 1961.

Alpha Phi Alpha members playing basketball at the Central Avenue YMCA in Pittsburgh, PA in 1946.

Auroras of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. on the campus of Wilberforce University in 1984.

Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. members looking smooth on the campus of Prairie View A&M University.

This may be a throwback photo of Sigma Gamma Rho members, but the glamour is timeless.

Members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. march in the Orange County Black History Parade in 2014.

A throwback photo of Iota Phi Theta men hanging out on campus.

The men of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc’s Delta Delta Chapter strut their stuff on the campus of Albany State University in 1971.