FRATERNAL ORGANIZATION

Founded in 1913 at Howard University.

Official Website:
http://www.deltasigmatheta.org/

Founding Date:
1913

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Juanita P. Baranco	Business	19-Mar-1949		Baranco Automotive Group
Carol Moseley Braun	Politician	16-Aug-1947		First black female US Senator
Shirley Chisholm	Politician	30-Nov-1924	1-Jan-2005	First black woman elected to US House
Kim Coles	Actor	11-Jan-1962		Synclaire James on Living Single
Ruby Dee	Actor	27-Oct-1924	12-Jun-2014	The Jackie Robinson Story
Marian Wright Edelman	Activist	6-Jun-1939		Founder, Children's Defense Fund
Aunjanue Ellis	Actor	21-Feb-1969		Madeleine Hightower on The Mentalist
Roberta Flack	Singer	10-Feb-1939		Killing Me Softly with His Song
Aretha Franklin	Singer	25-Mar-1942		R-E-S-P-E-C-T
Shirley Franklin	Politician	10-May-1945		Mayor of Atlanta, 2002-10
Marcia Fudge	Politician	29-Oct-1952		Congresswoman, Ohio 11th
Nikki Giovanni	Poet	7-Jun-1943		Black Feeling, Black Talk
Dorothy Height	Activist	24-Mar-1912	20-Apr-2010	National Council of Negro Women
Alexis Herman	Government	16-Jul-1947		US Secretary of Labor, 1997-2001
Lena Horne	Singer	30-Jun-1917	9-May-2010	Stormy Weather
Shirley A. Jackson	Physicist	5-Aug-1946		NRC Chairman, 1995-99
Stephanie Tubbs Jones	Politician	10-Sep-1949	20-Aug-2008	Congresswoman, Ohio 11th
Barbara Jordan	Politician	21-Feb-1936	17-Jan-1996	Gave 1976 Democratic keynote speech
Allison Keyes	Radio Personality	c. 1963		All Things Considered
T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh	Actor	13-Oct-1962		Tonya Baxter on That's So Raven
Reatha Clark King	Business	11-Apr-1938		President of Metropolitan State, 1977-88
Leontyne Price	Singer	10-Feb-1927		Operatic soprano
Keshia Knight Pulliam	Actor	9-Apr-1979		Rudy Huxtable on The Cosby Show
Sheryl Lee Ralph	Actor	30-Dec-1956		Ginger St. James on It's a Living
Johnnie B. Rawlinson	Judge	16-Dec-1952		9th Circuit Court of Appeals
Wilma Rudolph	Track and Field	23-Jun-1940	12-Nov-1994	Three track Olympic Gold Medals in 1960
Gloria R. Scott	Educator	14-Apr-1938		President of Bennett College, 1987-2001
Betty Shabazz	Activist	28-May-1936	23-Jun-1997	Widow of Malcolm X
Cicely Tyson	Actor	19-Dec-1933		Sounder
Leslie Uggams	Actor	25-May-1943		Roots
Kym Whitley	Actor	7-Jun-1961		Deliver Us from Eva
Ann C. Williams	Judge	16-Aug-1949		7th Circuit Court of Appeals
Kellie Williams	Actor	22-Mar-1976		Laura Winslow on Family Matters
Nancy Wilson	Singer	20-Feb-1937		Jazz and pop diva

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