Community Tampa Bay celebrates history of Black fraternities, sororities while exposing members to NHL TAMPA — Bonnie G. Belford went somewhere Tuesday she and several of her sorority sisters never imagined they would: A Tampa Bay Lightning game. "This is awesome," said Belford, president of a local chapter of Zeta Phi Beta sorority. "I probably never would have come to a hockey game without this, and as a result I may come to another hockey game." Belford was among more than 225 Black sorority and fraternity members who attended the first event by the Lightning and NHL that honored the Divine Nine, the nine Black Greek letter fraternities and sororities, at Amalie Arena. The organizations were founded to uplift and provide fellowship and have been at the forefront in the drives for voting rights, civil rights, equal rights, and economic and educational advancement for Black Americans and other underserved in communities in the United States and worldwide for more than a century. The organizations are Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, Alpha Kappa Psi fraternity, Delta Sigma Theta sorority, Iota Phi Theta fraternity, Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity, Omega Psi Phi fraternity, Phi Beta Sigma fraternity, Sigma Gamma Rho sorority and Zeta […]