Tag Archives: Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
Remembering Dr. Muriel Petioni
Posted on 22. Dec, 2011 by Leshell Hatley.
Dr. Muriel Marjorie Petioni was an African-American doctor, activist, and community server. She was a remarkable woman and an amazing example for all of us!
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Keith L. Black, MD – Chairman and Professor, Department of Neurosurgery Director, Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute
Posted on 10. Feb, 2010 by Leshell Hatley.
Keith L. Black, MD serves as Chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery and Director of the Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. He also holds the title of Professor in the Department of Neurosurgery. An internationally renowned neurosurgeon and scientist, Dr. Black joined Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in July 1997 and was awarded the Ruth and Lawrence Harvey Chair in Neuroscience in November of that year. Thanks for Leslye Allen, one of our Facebook Fan Page Members, for the feature suggestion.
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Carter G. Woodson: The Father of Black History
Posted on 01. Feb, 2010 by Leshell Hatley.
Imagine a world in which people like you have no written history, or that which has been written is incomplete or distorted. Before Dr. Carter Godwin Woodson (1875–1950) began his work, there was very little information, and much of that stereotypical misinformation, about the lives and history of Americans of African descent.
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Barbara Jordan: 1st Black Woman from a Southern State to Serve in the House of Representatives
Posted on 28. Jan, 2010 by Leshell Hatley.
In 1972, Barbara Jordan was elected to serve in the Ninety-third Congress, becoming the first African American woman elected to Congress from Texas and the first African American woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from the South. In 1976, Jordan was the keynote speaker at the Democratic National Convention at which she nominated President Jimmy Carter. She became the first African American to give a keynote speech at a major party’s political convention.
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Carol Parham: 1st African-American and 1st Woman to Serve as Super of Anne Arundel County, MD Public Schools
Posted on 25. Jan, 2010 by Leshell Hatley.
Carol S. Parham serves as Associate Chair and Professor of Practice at the University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland. Before taking the position at the University of Maryland, Dr. Parham served for over eight years as Superintendent of Anne Arundel County Public Schools in Maryland. The first woman to serve in this position and the first African American, she was the chief county school officer for a 75,000 student school system, providing leadership to more than 8,000 employees.
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Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. – Happy Founders Day
Posted on 13. Jan, 2010 by Leshell Hatley.
Happy Founders Day to the women of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Read an inspiring Founders Day wish and review a list of Deltas who have been featured here to date.
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Robert P. Moses: Civil Rights Activist & Founder of The Algebra Project
Posted on 18. Nov, 2009 by Leshell Hatley.
Robert P. Moses was a Freedom Rider in the 1960s and is founder of The Algebra Project, an innovative program that teaches mathematics literacy to children to prepare them for higher education and success in life.
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[HBCU Presidents] Dr. Earl G. Yarbrough, Sr. – Savannah State University
Posted on 10. Nov, 2009 by Leshell Hatley.
Dr. Earl G. Yarbrough Sr., full professor and former provost and vice president for academic and student affairs at Virginia State University in Petersburg, Va., was named President of Savannah State University on May 30, 2007.
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The Black Scholar: Journal of Black Studies and Research
Posted on 06. Nov, 2009 by Leshell Hatley.
THE BLACK SCHOLAR: The Journal of Black Studies and Research was founded in 1969 and hailed by The New York Times as “a journal in which the writings of many of today’s finest black thinkers may be viewed.” It has firmly established itself as the leading journal of black cultural and political thought in the United States.
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Dorothy I. Height: Educator, Activist, and Civil Rights Leader
Posted on 08. Oct, 2009 by Leshell Hatley.
Presidents from Bill Clinton to Ronald Reagan have sought her advice. Arts and entertainment icons from Bill Cosby to Maya Angelou call her friend; and four million African-American women have looked to Dorothy Height for decades as their unwavering voice in the corridors of power.
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Dr. Darnell Hunt: Director of Bunche Center for African-American Studies @ UCLA
Posted on 17. Sep, 2009 by Leshell Hatley.
Dr. Darnell Hunt, Professor of Sociology, has been the Director of the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African-American Studies at UCLA since 2001. His research interests include race, media, and cultural studies.
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Your Testimonials Needed Below!
Posted on 08. Sep, 2009 by Leshell Hatley.
Help our upcoming grants campaign! Share your thoughts about The Black Scholars Index for review by potential funders.
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HBCUs: A Historical & Statistical Perspective
Posted on 25. Aug, 2009 by Leshell Hatley.
Today, we have decided to feature HBCUs from a slightly different perspective than our usual Tuesday feature on HBCU Presidents. In the spirit of political transparency, we thought it would be great to simple share with you the historical formation of the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges & Universities along with a few statistical facts about HBCUs and their impact on society in this country and abroad.
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Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies
Posted on 31. Jul, 2009 by Leshell Hatley.
The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies is a national, nonprofit research and public policy institution. Founded in 1970 as the Joint Center for Political Studies by black intellectuals and professionals to provide training and technical assistance to newly elected black officials, the Joint Center is recognized today as one of the nation’s premier think tanks on a broad range of public policy issues of concern to African Americans and other communities of color.
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Marian Wright Edelman: Activist, NAACP Lawyer, Founder of Children's Defense Fund
Posted on 29. Jul, 2009 by Leshell Hatley.
Marian Wright Edelman is the Founder and President of the Children’s Defense Fund and the first African American woman admitted to the Mississippi State Bar. She is the author of dozens of books and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest honor.
