It was the early 1900s and white supremacists were running rampant. The gains we’d made just a few decades before were fading as lynching, beatings, and intimidation grew. But a perhaps unexpected group of our people were planning to fight back.
The women of Delta Sigma Theta were inspired and infuriated by what was happening. They knew they were taking a risk just by showing up as Black women, so they made a decision that would make their work impactful for decades to come.
Winning against white supremacy required all of them to cooperate. Their first project would be participating in the 1913 suffrage march for women’s rights – because white women seeking the vote were aligning themselves with white supremacy! So what happened?
The Deltas marched in their graduation gowns! And they did so while being threatened, taunted, and ducking things thrown at them by an angry white crowd. By protecting each other and sticking together, they were successful.
Their cooperation didn’t end there, either. The organization now boasts hundreds of thousands of women across the globe. Delta Sigma Theta, Inc. still has an active and powerful voice today. As their work shows, when we work together, we can accomplish anything.