Three rows of 27 Delta Sigma Theta Sorority members seated on the steps of a building. Faricita Hall Wyatt (1912-1993) was an educator, poet and artist. She published two books of poetry The River Must Flow (1965) and By the Banks of the River (1974). The Faricita Hall Wyatt Papers are held at the African American Museum & Library at Oakland. Tarea Hall Pittman was an American civil rights leader who served as President of the California State Association of Colored Women’s Clubs from 1936 to 1938 and of the California Council of Negro Women from 1948 to 1951, and as Director of the West Coast Region of the NAACP from 1961 to 1965. [Wikipedia] 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. Caption: Back Row: Theresa Barfield, Ruby Chenier, Dovie Miles, Katherine Greene, Farcita Hall Henderson, Tarea Pittman, Samantha Lee, Mary Jones. Middle Row: Navada Davis, Ruth Manning, Opal Massey, Hildred Chevalier, Vernell Pearson, Jewel Hall, Julia Overton, Gladys Johnson. First Row: Dorene Long, Ollie Owens, Elva Robinson, Eleanor Watkins, Dorothy Osibian, Adele Burnett, Gertrude Hines, Veola O'Neal, Ella Wiley. Other members not shown: Leola Banks, Thelma Cleaver, Muriel Collier, Mary Everhart, Julia Furlow, Ernestine Henderson, Mildred Jackson, Dellree Jones, Phyllis Lydia, Vivial Marsh, Mary McKinney, Gloria Romine, Emma Stricklin, Ruby Wilson.
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