Miriam Matthews was hired as the first African American librarian in the Los Angeles Public Library in 1927. Matthews was also a civil rights activist, historian, and collector of African American art and primary source materials. She was the sister of businesswoman Ella Matthews and lawyer Charles Matthews Group portrait of Delta Sigma Theta' Sorority members standing together in front of a house with a palm tree in the background. Miriam Matthews is on the right. They are in, either, Los Angeles or Berkeley. Delta Sigma Theta Sorority is an African American women’s’ Greek organization that was founded at Howard University in 1913. Delta Sigma Theta creates programming to improve political, educational, and social and economic conditions within black communities.
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African American civic leaders African American Greek letter societies Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Matthews, Miriam
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