Two group portraits taken at the Founders Luncheon of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority to celebrate the 57th anniversary of its founding, Los Angeles, 1970
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Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Binder compiled by Miriam Matthews
Photographs appear in "Deltas Celebrate 57th Founders Anniversary," Los Angeles Sentinel 29 Jan. 1970: C3. Two group portraits of Founders of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority at a Founders Luncheon held at the Proud Bird Restaurant. Top photo, from left: Portia Broyles Griffith (2nd), Roena Muckelroy Savage, (3rd), Juanita Miller (4th). Bottom photo, from left: Marion Carter Moore, Miriam Matthews, Walter R. Webster (for Ruth Sykes Webster), Hebe Mack Robinson, Alma Green Covington, and Marian Robinson McCard. Roena Savage received her BA in Music from the University of Southern California and MA from the University of Missouri in Voice and Musicology. She served on the music faculties of Lincoln University (Mo.), Morgan State College (Baltimore) and Jarvis Christian College (Texas). She sang with the Oratorio Society of Los Angeles, worked with the creative writing and poetry sections of the American Association of University Women, was a member of the Music Teachers Association of California, and vice president of the California Retired Teachers Association, Huntington Park Branch. She also served as President of the National Association of Teachers of Singing, Inc. Alma Greene Covington, was an educator for 40 years and a principal for 17 in Los Angeles. She earned her degrees from the University of Southern California and the University of California Los Angeles. She participated in civic affairs and teacher recruitment. She was the daughter of Thomas A. Greene, and the wife of Floyd Covington Sr. 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. Hebe Mack Robinson was the first Black woman probation officer in Los Angeles County. Juanita Ellsworth Miller was the Deputy Director of the Department of Social Welfare for the State of California, a chartered member of the Allied Arts League and a life member of the NAACP. She was married to judge Loren Miller. 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 Written on back of photo: Delta Sigma Theta Sorority founders of Pi, Upsilon & Nu Sigma chapters January 24, 1970. Founder's Luncheon at the Proud Bird Restaurant honoring 57th anniversary of the sorority.
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African American Greek letter societies Miller, Juanita, 1904-1970 Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Griffith, Portia Broyles, 1905-1989 McCard, Marian Edith Robinson, 1905-1987 Matthews, Miriam Covington, Alma Greene, 1904-1995 Savage, Roena Muckelroy, 1904-1991 Robinson, Hebe Mack, 1895-1971 Webster, Walter R Moore, Marion Carter
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