Calling all Devastating Divas!! On this day, 103 years ago, 22 collegiate women founded Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated on Howard University’s campus. Their mission was to promote academic excellence and to provide assistance to people in need and to this day, there are over 200,000 women who are a functioning part of the sorority! A few of these ladies happen to be some of your favorite actresses, musicians and public speakers! Check out this list of unsuspecting sorors! Happy founder’s day! ????????????
1.) Natalie Cole – USC’s Upsilon chapter
2.) Angela Bae-ssett – Honorary Member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated
3.) Betty Shabazz, wife of Malcolm X – New York Alumnae Chapter
4.) Kym Whitley – Alpha Beta chapter at Fisk University
5.) Cicely Tyson – Honorary Member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated
6.) Shirley Chisholm, the first African-American woman elected into Con – Brooklyn Alumnae Chapter
7.) T’Keyah Crystal Keymáh – Beta Alpha chapter at Florida A&M University
8.) Soledad O’Brien – Honorary Member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated
9.) Dr. Nikki Giovanni – Honorary Member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated
10.) Aretha Franklin – Honorary Member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated
11.) K. Michelle – Beta Alpha chapter at Florida A&M University
12.) Sheryl Lee Ralph – Honorary Member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated
13.) Keshia Knight Pulliam – Spelman’s Eta Kappa Chapter
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Source Cited: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Delta_Sigma_Theta_sisters
