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Delta Sigma Theta Sorority was founded on January 13, 1913 by 22 African American women at Howard University. DST was the only African American women’s organization to participate in the historic march for women’s suffrage that took place in Washington DC.
March organizers did not want black women to participate. They were told to march in back of the procession. African American anti-lynching activist Ida B. Wells Barnett, also a member of Delta Sigma Theta, to march in the back of the procession with her sorority sisters. Instead she joined the delegation of white women from her home state of Illinois refusing. Bravo to the ladies of Delta Sigma Theta for their activism past, present, and future.
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https://www.deltasigmatheta.org
Black Mail Blog 
January 16, 2019 at 2:16 pm
I should be used to hearing these sorts of tales, but it still hits me so hard when I hear new accounts of the horrendous ways in which white feminists have excluded women of colour. DST and Ida B. Wells Barnett were so brave to do this, hostile people on all fronts.
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January 16, 2019 at 2:38 pm
Many white suffragists did not want to connect their cause with the black community at all. They felt it would would weaken their effectiveness and credibility. The fierce resolve demonstrated by DST definitely deserves acknowledgement. Ida B. Wells Barnett is a true MVP. Already a an activist for against lynching, she could have easily been targeted for violence, for that as well as not marching in the back of the procession. Thanks for checking out the post!
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January 27, 2019 at 4:20 pm
It’s very thoughtful of you to reply, definitely wasn’t expecting that, my comment didn’t really merit it. I’m glad to have a black MVP to madly research about and become smitten with.
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January 27, 2019 at 4:29 pm
I try to respond back to all comments!! I appreciate anytime reads and takes time to comment.
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January 26, 2019 at 11:45 pm
Alice Paul didn’t want the ladies of DST there, but they marched anyway! I heard that the crowd of white men was brutal as they marched and that it was the Boy Scouts of America that protected them, serving as a barrier between the marchers and the men.
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January 27, 2019 at 4:04 am
Didn’t know about the boy scouts!! But yes Alice Paul didn’t want any black women to March. The women in the March (black and white) were targets if violence from the me.100 women went to the hospital. Alice Paul said, “As far as I can see, we must have a white procession, or a Negro procession, or no procession at all.’ ”. These brave women marched anyway! Thanks for checking out the blog post!
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February 7, 2019 at 10:34 am
I always knew about Delta’s involvement, but like you, I didn’t know about the role the Boy Scouts played! I learned about it when I went to a presentation on the Women’s Suffrage Movement. Deborah Stapleton, the National Nominating Chair of DST, spoke about it.
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