“ It is a visible reminder of what the Black community brings to the campus and shares with the campus .”
“ It is a visible reminder of what the Black community brings to the campus and shares with the campus .”
— Glynda Davis , retired senior diversity officer at UC San Diego and member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc .
The Divine Nine : The pillars represent the nine historically Black fraternities and sororities : Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc ., 1906 ; Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc ., 1908 ; Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc ., 1911 ; Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc ., 1911 ; Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc ., 1913 ; Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc ., 1914 ; Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc ., 1920 ; Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Inc ., 1922 ; Iota Phi Theta Fraternity Inc ., 1963 .