![]() When I made my way to Syracuse University, I saw the houses with the Greek letters that edged Walnut Park, and wished I could tour them. I am sure I would have agreed with them, too. I was the last person anyone would have suspected of joining a sorority in college. Welcome! Chances are good you found this blog by searching for something about fraternities or sororities. On March 11, 2018, her sorority sisters performed an Omega Omega service for her in Washington, D.C. In 2017, Freeman attended its dedication in Kiener Plaza near the courthouse where she argued that landmark 1954 case.įreeman died on January 12, 2018, at the age of 101. And it culminated with the installation of a bronze state in St. The list of honors given her by local and national organizations is quite long. In 2003, the Missouri Historical Society published her autobiography. Louis where she continued her law practice and involvement in the community. She was the first woman to serve in that capacity and she served until 1979.įreeman returned to St. Johnson, appointed her as a Commissioner in March 1964. Commission on Civil Rights a week before President John F. Freeman served as lead attorney on the 1954 case that ended racial discrimination in St. In the late 1940s, she began working for the NAACP and served as legal counsel on the 1949 suit against the St. Honorary member Mary Church Terrell joined them in their march. They were the only African-American women’s group to participate. Nearly two months after its founding, on March 3, 1913, the women took part in the historic suffrage march in Washington, D.C. Florence Letcher’s hobby of collecting elephant figurines led to the animal becoming the sorority’s symbol. The 1913 Valedictorian and Class President, she married Frank Coleman, a founder of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. ![]() Many of the first meetings took place in Edna Brown’s living room. Myra Davis went from being the president of the Alpha Kappa Alpha chapter to being president of the Delta Sigma Theta chapter. When a disagreement about the future of the organization arose between the active chapter and the alumnae, an ultimatum was given, decisions were made, and in the end, the active members left Alpha Kappa Alpha and became Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Shippen, Zephyr Chisom (Carter), Myra Davis (Hemmings), Mamie Reddy (Rose), Bertha Pitts (Campbell), Florence Letcher (Toms), Olive Jones, Jessie McGuire (Dent), Jimmie Bugg (Middleton), and Ethel Carr (Watson) – had been members of Alpha Kappa Alpha, which was founded at Howard University on January 16, 1908. All 22 founders – Winona Cargile (Alexander), Madree Penn (White), Wertie Blackwell (Weaver), Vashti Turley (Murphy), Ethel Cuff (Black), Frederica Chase (Dodd), Osceola Macarthy (Adams), Pauline Oberdorfer (Minor), Edna Brown (Coleman), Edith Mott (Young), Marguerite Young (Alexander), Naomi Sewell (Richardson), Eliza P. ![]() ![]() On January 13, 1913, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. ![]()
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