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Delta Sigma Theta was the first national African-American organization to collaborate with Habitat for Humanity International in 1992, during National President Bertha Roddey's administration. Habitat for Humanity builds and rehabilitates homes with the help of selected homeowners, volunteer labor, management expertise, and tax-deductible ...
1947–1956. Height was the longest-serving National President of both Delta Sigma Theta and the National Council of Negro Women, where she served from 1957 to 1997. She is one of the most preeminent civil rights leaders in the country.
This list of Delta Sigma Theta National Conventions includes dates on which the conventions were held, host cities, and general themes and significant accomplishments of each convention. Number. Location. Dates [a] Significant outcomes. Refs. 1st. Howard University, Washington, D.C. December 27, 1919.
In 1919, she was elected the first national President of Delta Sigma Theta. Mossell Alexander also served as the legal advisor to Delta Sigma Theta sorority for 35 years. She was in contact with the Alpha Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta since 1915 when she arrived at the University of Pennsylvania. However, she needed five students to charter a ...
Height was an active member of Delta Sigma Theta sorority, throughout her life, developing leadership training programs and ecumenical education programs. She was initiated at the Rho Chapter at Columbia University, and served as national president of the sorority from 1947 to 1956.
Died. December 8, 1968 (aged 73) San Antonio, Texas, U.S. Occupation (s) Actress; a founder of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated; Teacher. Spouse. John W. Hemmings (1892–1958) [citation needed] Myra Lillian Davis Hemmings (August 30, 1895 – December 8, 1968) was an American actress and teacher, and a founder of Delta Sigma Theta ...
Delta Sigma Theta ( ΔΣΘ ), an international historically Black sorority, was founded on January 13, 1913, at Howard University. It has more than 1,000 collegiate and alumnae chapters located in the United States, Canada, England, Japan ( Tokyo and Okinawa ), Germany, the Virgin Islands, Liberia, Bermuda, Jamaica, The Bahamas, South Korea and ...
Delta Sigma Epsilon: ΔΣΕ: 1914 – 1956: International NPC: Traditional Inactive [m] Delta Sigma Theta: ΔΣΘ: 1913 International NPHC: African-American ΔΕΛΤΑ ΣΙΓΜΑ ΘΕΤΑ [sic] Active Delta Xi Nu: ΔΞΝ: 1997 National NMGC: Multicultural Active Delta Xi Phi: ΔΞΦ: 1994 National NMGC: Multicultural ΔΕΛΤΑ ΞΙ ΦΙ Active ...