Sororities-Delta Sigma Theta
Lucy Orintha Oxley (1912-1991)
Pioneering physician and cancer researcher Lucy Orintha Oxley was born on August 19, 1912, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Her father, Edmund...
Rita M. de Chabert-Schuster (1933-2023)
Dame of Magistral Grace of the Sovereign Order of Malta in the Virgin Islands, philanthropist, entrepreneur, educator, and real estate...
Suzzanne Douglas (1957-2021)
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Actor, dancer, singer Suzzanne Douglas Cobb was born on April 12, 1957, in Chicago, Illinois, to Lois Mae Thompson Douglas...
Lorraine Patricia Baa (1953-2021)
Lorraine Patricia Baa, commentator, entrepreneur, and cancer cure advocate was born in Charlotte Amalie, Virgin Islands, on February 1, 1953,...
Audrey Smedley (1930-2020)
Audrey Smedley, one of the nation’s first African American women anthropologists, was born in Detroit in 1930, the eldest daughter...
Mabel Janet Byrd (1895-1988)
Mabel Byrd, a life-long educator, researcher, and civil rights activist, was the first African American to attend the University of...
Sandra Hollins (1970- )
Sandra Hollins is the first African American woman to serve in the Utah State Legislature. She was born in New...
Danita Johnson (1984- )
Danita Johnson is a business executive affiliated with the WNBA, NBA, and NBA G leagues. In December 2020, Johnson was...
Susan L. Taylor (1946 – )
Magazine editor Susan L. Taylor was born in Harlem, New York on January 23, 1946. Her parents, Lawrence, from St....
