I had the pleasure of meeting and taking pictures of - and with - Sorors Osceola Macarthy Adams, Winona Cargile Alexander, Bertha Pitts Campbell, and Naomi Sewell Richardson between 1981 and 1992....
My most memorable moment was in '81, in DC, marching down Pennsylvania Avenue with Soror Campbell... she insisted that the limousine that was designated to CARRY her down the street FOLLOW her down the street... and our National President at the time, Mona H. Bailey (who had presided at my initiation!), had to endure that walk in HEELS!!! (haha).. Soror Campbell is also featured in "Roses & Revolutions", reciting "For My People", a poem by one of my favorite JSU instructors, Margaret Walker Alexander... so I guess I have a strong "attachment" to her.
She was not a founder, but Soror Lillian P. Benbow lit the spark that made me KNOW that I would be a Delta. If you ever heard her speak, you'd never forget her, especially since she had a commanding voice and one of the BAAADEST Afros I'd ever seen. She visited Fisk my freshman year and I was HOOKED....
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