Written By Lexx Thornton Streets in Miami-Dade County are getting new names, and it’s all to honor a historic segment of American fraternity and sorority life. Commissioner Oliver G. Gilbert, III has led the county’s efforts, becoming the first in the U.S. to name roads after each of the nine Black Greek-lettered organizations known collectively as the Divine Nine. These fraternities and sororities, said to have influenced America’s social and educational fabric, have now been indelibly etched onto the map of Miami Gardens. These road designations are a way of celebrating the Divine Nine’s hand in the cultural pot, having
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