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1963-1967
1967-1971
1971-1975
1975-1979
Hodge Podge
100
This president, our 13th National President, was responsible for establishing the Delta Teen Lift program, which is now called Delta G.E.M.S in 1963.
Who is Geraldine P. Woods?
100
This president, our 14th National President, was the first Black woman appointed to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights by President Lyndon B. Johnson.
Who is Frankie Muse Freeman, Esq.?
100
This President, our 15th National President, added some focus around internal development such as reducing expenditures at annual meetings, and reducing brutalities and other practices that plagued Membership Intake activities.
Who is Lillian Pierce Benbow?
100
This President was our 16th National President.
Who is Thelma T. Daley?
100
The Capital Funds Drive was established to make needed improvements to the National Headquarters property and launched this campaign to pay off the debt of the property.
What is Burn The Mortgage Campaign?
200
DREF, established in 1967.
What is Delta Research and Educational Foundation?
200
This program was designed to have volunteers support Black youths in goal setting such as college enrollment and acceptance.
What is Project Discover Scholastic Talent? What is Project DST?
200
This commission was established under President Benbow’s leadership, with Lena Horne and Leontyne Price serving as co-chairs.
What is the National Commission on Arts and Letters?
200
This program was established and designed to bring an outstanding professor to lecture and teach on a specific campus for one year.
What is the Distinguished Professor Endowed Chair?
300
These items, written by and about Negroes, were donated to the Nebraska Public Library in 1965.
What are D.S.T Collection of Books?
300
Soror Freeman was activist for social_______, during her term as President and way beyond. This is also our 7th Jewel.
What is Justice?
300
This award was established for artistic excellence in honor of this Founder?
Who is Osceola Macarthy Adams?
300
Delta commissioned this sculpture to symbolize black womanhood on the campus of Howard University, and still stands in tribute to Delta’s founders symbolizing courage, hope, wisdom, and strength?
What is Fortitude? Or warmly referred to as “Lady Fortitude”
300
This small song can either be sung or recited.
What is the Delta Mitzpah?
400
July 21, 1966.
What day was the National Headquarters’ mortgage paid off?
400
Soror Freeman was named to this prestigious honor in Atlanta GA during her service as President.
What is the U.S. Civil Rights Walk of Fame?
400
The Sorority made a $10,000 grant to this college where the civil rights papers of Mississippi are housed. This room of Special Collections is named after our 15th President.
What is Tougaloo College?
400
This program, currently called the Delta G.E.M.S program, was de-centralized to make the program more accessible to more youth, thus awarding scholarships and financial aid at the local levels.
What is the Teen-Lift Program?
400
Membership in Delta Sigma Theta is a Lifetime Commitment.
What is the Sacred Vow?
500
This Delta was the only woman elected to the New York State Assembly, and later ran for U.S. President.
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
500
This official document was revised under the leadership of the 17th National President to reflect changes in the organization and the current times, and has most recently been revised again in 2014.
What is the Delta Sigma Theta Ritual?
500
This project was established to help young adults 16 and over improve their reading skills to compete for better jobs, increase earnings, and teach their own children how to read.
What is Delta’s Right to Read Project?
500
Local chapter programs such as Right to Read, Skills Banks, Teen-Lift, and more were offered through these established centers during this time period.
What are Delta Life Development Centers (LDCs)?
500
: Under the first biennium of the 17th National President, Delta established an ongoing relationship, among many others, with this program, currently headed by Marian Wright Edelman
What is The Children's Defense Fund?