Salute to the Founders of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
Osceola McCarthy Adams
Soror Adams was a native of Albany, Georgia.
Soror Adams was an actress and member of the Repertory Playhouse Associates of New York. She also was the directress of the American Negro Theater and directed "Days of Our Youth" the play in which Harry Belefonte and Sidney Poitier premiered their dramatic careers. She also served as Teacher of dramatics at Bennett College in Greensboro, North Carolina and directress of the Harlem School of the Arts.
Soror Adams along with Soror Marguerite Y. Alexander founded the Lambda Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta in 1919.
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