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Saturday, January 16, 2021

Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc's Song "A Zeta Train Is A-Slowly Pushing" (videos & lyrics)



A Zeta Train is a slowly pushing....STRICTLY BIZNESS PROBATE Feb25, 2011

Sasha  Lightbourne, Mar 2, 2011

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Beta Alpha Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Probate Spring 2014 Part. 1
Human Jukebox Media, April 25, 2014, Southern University
The "Zeta Train" Song is sung in the beginning of this video.
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Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post presents a video of the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. chant "A Zeta Train Is Slowing Pushing" (performed in the beginning of this video.  

This post also presents information about Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. That historically Black Greek letter sorority was founded on Jan. 16, 1920 at Howard University.

The content of this post is presented for cultural purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to the Founders of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. and thanks to all those who are featured in this video. Thanks to the composer/s of the song "The Zeta Train Is Slowly Pushing" and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post. Thanks also to the publishers of this video on YouTube. 
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Happy 101 Founders' Day to all past and present members of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.!
 
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INFORMATION ABOUT ZETA PHI BETA SORORITY, iNC.
From https://zphib1920.org/our-history/
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About Zeta Phi Beta
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. was founded January 16, 1920, at Howard University, Washington, D.C.  The Klan was very active during this period and the Harlem Renaissance was acknowledged as the first important movement of Black artists and writers in the U.S.  This same year the Volstead Act became effective heralding the start of Prohibition and Tennessee delivered the crucial 36th ratification for the final adoption of the 19th amendment giving women the right to vote.  The worst and longest economic recession to hit the U.S. would define the end of the decade-The Great Depression.

It was within this environment that five coeds envisioned a sorority which would directly affect positive change, chart a course of action for the 1920s and beyond, raise consciousness of their people, encourage the highest standards of scholastic achievement, and foster a greater sense of unity among its members.  These women believed that sorority elitism and socializing overshadowed the real mission for progressive organizations and failed to address fully the societal mores, ills, prejudices, and poverty affecting humanity in general and the black community in particular.

Since its inception, Zeta has continued its steady climb into the national spotlight with programs designed to demonstrate concern for the human condition both nationally and internationally.  The organization has been innovative in that it has chronicled a number of firsts.  It was the first National Pan-Hellenic Council organization to centralize its operations in a national headquarters, first to charter a chapter in Africa, first to form auxiliary groups, and first to be constitutionally bound to a fraternity, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.   The sorority takes pride in its continued participation in transforming communities through volunteer services from members and its auxiliaries.  Zeta Phi Beta has chartered hundreds of chapters worldwide and has a membership of 100,000+."...

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LYRICS TO "A ZETA TRAIN IS A-SLOWLY PUSHING"

Zeta Train is a slowly pushing, gotta keep on moving
Pink and Green you don't mean a thing
Red and White get out of my sight
'Cause you haven't seen a lady until you've seen a Zeta
She'll be wearing the lovely Blue and White...keep on pushin...

It's a hard road, searching for my Beta
It's a hard road to Zeta Land
Don't wanna be no AKA, Delta just won't do
Don't wanna Ee-yip-yip for no SGRho
Just wanna wear that White and Blue.

Zeta Train is a slowly pushing, gotta keep on moving
Pink and Green you don't mean a thing
Red and White get out of my sight
'Cause you haven't seen a lady until you've seen a Zeta
She'll be wearing the lovely Blue and White...keep on pushin...

Source for this version of this song: https://www.horntip.com/mp3/2000s/2001ca_black_greek_soundz_songs_and_chants_(CDs)/2001ca_zeta_phi_beta_sorority/06_zeta_train.htm  Black Greek Soundz - Zeta Train  

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