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Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. History
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority was founded on January 13, 1913 by 22 collegiate women
at Howard University. Our illustrious founders were dedicated to improving the lives of African-American people by fighting
for civil rights, helping to give direction to the youth, finding solutions to end economic strife, and reevaluating and implementing
family values. Since the inception in 1913, the light of DST continues to transcend with a sisterhood of more than 200,000
predominantly Black college educated women throughout 900 chapters located in the U.S., England, Japan, Germany, the Virgin
Islands, Bermuda, the Bahamas and the Republic of Korea.
Our Cherished Founders
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Osceola Macarthy Adams
Marguerite Young Alexander
Winona
Cargile Alexander
Ethel Cuff Black
Bertha Pitts Campbell
Zephyr Chisom Carter
Edna
Brown Coleman
Jesse McGuire Dent
Fredrica Chase Dodd
Myra Davis Hemmings
Olive
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Jimmie Bugg Middleton
Pauline Oberdorfer Minor
Vashti
Turley Murphy
Naomi Sewell Richardson
Mamie Reddy Rose
Eliza Pearl Shippen
Florence
Letcher Toms
Ethel Carr Waston
Wertie Blackwell Weaver
Madree Penn White
Edith
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Chapter History
BLAAC was chartered on January 30, 2000 by 13 dedicated, elegant and college-educated black
women of the Bayou Lafourche Area who wanted to make a difference in their community. Thus, BLAAC became the
36th Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. in Louisiana and the 933rd chapter in the world. The Bayou
Lafourche Area Alumnae Chapter serves the following areas: Ascension, Assumption, Lafourche, St. Charles, St. John &
Terrebone Parishes.
BLAAC remains committed to Delta's traditions of Sisterhood, Scholarship & Service and strives toward
making a difference in our communities through volunteer advocacy, public service and social action.
The Charter Members for BLAAC are:
Pamela Alcorn, Angela Alexander, Ida Bush, Vanessa Draper-Harris, Chandra Gibson, Cynthia Lee, Meisca
Moore, Shannon Rhodes, Lisa Southall, Frances Stevenson, Gwendolyn Streams, Mildred Sylvester, & Beatrice Wallace.
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