Editing Delta Sigma Theta (section)

=== Golden Anniversary ===
[[File:DSTGolden.jpg|thumb|50th Anniversary 1963]]In 1963, the sorority celebrated its Golden 50th Anniversary was celebrated; this was the same year as the [[March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom]]. Delta Sigma Theta's national president [[Dorothy Height]] was an organizer of the march and was the sole woman to have been seated on the speakers' platform.<ref>[https://www.flickr.com/photos/vieilles_annonces/9584648874/ Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Celebrates 50 years by participating in the March on Washington]. Jet Magazine. Retrieved September 7, 2013.</ref> Delta members were also present at the march in large numbers.

The Golden Anniversary Luncheon was held on January 12, 1963. President [[John F. Kennedy]] addressed the membership, congratulated the sorority on their anniversary, and explained the necessity for all Americans to have equal education opportunities.<ref>[http://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/Archives/JFKWHA-159-002.aspx Remarks at the Delta Sigma Theta Anniversary Parage 12 January 1963]. JFK Library. Retrieved September 7, 2013.</ref> Vice President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] and Supreme Court Justice [[William O. Douglas]] also addressed the membership during the Golden Anniversary Celebration in 1963 at a reception held January 13.<ref name="DST50">Shaped to Its Purpose: Delta Sigma Theta--the First Fifty Years by [[Mary Elizabeth Vroman]] pp 187-189</ref> Founders Osceola McCarthy Adams, Winona Cargile Alexander, Ethel Cuff Black, Bertha Pitts Campbell, Myra Davis Hemmings, Jimmie Bugg Middleton, Eliza Pearl Shippen, Florence Letcher Toms, Wertie Blackwell Weaver, and Madree Penn White were in attendance.<ref name="DST50" /> Soror Mary Elizabeth Vrooman wrote ''Shaped to its Purpose'', a 50-year history of Delta Sigma Theta, which was published in 1965.<ref name="DST50" />