2025\2026 Delta Sigma Theta Founders Test
Study Guide Questions and Answers
Osceola Macarthy Adams - ✔✔Founder who selected the delta mottoes; an acclaimed actress
and Directress of the America Negro Theater.
Marguerite Young Alexander - ✔✔Born in Illinois; constant supporter of Alpha Chapter.
Winona Cargile Alexander - ✔✔First custodian (historian) of the Alpha Chapter; was the first
Black social worker with New York City and New York County charities.
Ethel Cuff Black - ✔✔The first Vice President of Alpha Chapter; first Black teacher in
Richmond County, NY; charter member of the Queens Alumnae Chapter.
Bertha Pitts Campbell - ✔✔The only Black student enrolled at her school; was the valedictorian
of the class of 1908.
Zephyr Chisom Carter - ✔✔Born in El Paso, Texas; featured in the Crisis Magazine in 1913;
reporter for Alpha Chapter.
Edna Brown Coleman - ✔✔President and valedictorian of her graduating class; married a
Founder of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.
