Interesting Historical tidbits (Alpha & Delta)

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Originally posted by APhiAce
Another Delta Founder who married an Alpha was Miss Vashti Turley. She married Brother Carl Murphy, also a graduate of the Howard and Harvard University, an instructor of German at
Howard and later editor and publisher of his father's paper The Baltimore Afro-American. Brother Murphy also served as Editor of the Sphinx in the 1920's. The Murphy's had five children (all daughters, all Delta's) Their granddaughter is the Reverend Vasti Murphy McKenzie, a prominent Baltimore pastor and National Chaplain for Delta Sigma Theta as well a candidate for the
Episcopacy of the African Methodist Episcopal Church.

The Right Reverend Vashti Murphy McKenzie IS the first female Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church.