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Gamma Phi Delta
Gamma Phi Delta (ΓΦΔ) is a historically African American service sorority for businesswomen, professionals, and students. It was founded in 1943 at the Lewis College of Business and expanded to have chapters across the united states The sorority is an affiliate of the National Council of Negro Women. History Sisters Elizabeth Garner and Violet T. Lewis founded the Phi Gamma Delta sorority at the Lewis College of Business in Detroit, Michigan on February 20, 1943. Lewis was the owner and president of the college and Lewis was a teacher. Phi Gamma Delta was a business and professional sorority. The two founders recruited eleven members; these thirteen women are called the Sorority's 13 Original Pearls. They are: Each of the Original Pearls was tasked with starting a chapter of Gamma Phi Delta in her home city. In February 1946, Ivalue Lennear formed the ''Gamma chapter'' in Indianapolis, Indiana, her hometown. As a special dispensation, the chapter was allowed to use Gamma, ...
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Pensole Lewis College Of Business And Design
Pensole Lewis College of Business and Design is a Private university, private, Historically black colleges and universities, historically black college in Detroit, Michigan. It was also the first and only historically African American, black college in Michigan. Founded in 1928 as the Lewis College of Business by Violet T. Lewis, it specialized in business-related topics. The school originally closed in 2015 after losing its accreditation. However, the school became the first HBCU to reopen, rebranding as Pensole Lewis College of Business and Design in 2021 through the efforts of D'Wayne Edwards, founder of the Pensole, Pensole Footwear Design Academy, with an emphasis on design in addition to business. The school is operating in a partnership with the College for Creative Studies while it works to obtain a new accreditation, campus, and legal & legislative approval to reopen. The school was the founding location of the Gamma Phi Delta (sorority), Gamma Phi Delta, Eta Phi Be ...
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Violet T
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Student Organizations Established In 1943
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1943 Establishments In Michigan
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Lambda Kappa Mu
Lambda (; uppercase , lowercase ; , ''lám(b)da'') is the eleventh letter of the Greek alphabet, representing the voiced alveolar lateral approximant . In the system of Greek numerals, lambda has a value of 30. Lambda is derived from the Phoenician Lamed. Lambda gave rise to the Latin L and the Cyrillic El (Л). The ancient grammarians and dramatists give evidence to the pronunciation as () in Classical Greek times. In Modern Greek, the name of the letter, Λάμδα, is pronounced . In early Greek alphabets, the shape and orientation of lambda varied. Most variants consisted of two straight strokes, one longer than the other, connected at their ends. The angle might be in the upper-left, lower-left ("Western" alphabets) or top ("Eastern" alphabets). Other variants had a vertical line with a horizontal or sloped stroke running to the right. With the general adoption of the Ionic alphabet, Greek settled on an angle at the top; the Romans put the angle at the lower-left. S ...
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Iota Phi Lambda
Iota Phi Lambda Sorority Inc. () is an African American business sorority. It was the first Greek-lettered business sorority established by African American women. It has established more than 100 chapters in the United States. It is a member of the Coalition of Black Business Sororities. History Iota Phi Lambda was founded on June 1, 1929, in Chicago, Illinois by Lola Mercedes Parker. It was the first African American business and professional sorority. Its purpose was to help elevate the status of business women, encourage women to choose business as a career, inspire women to seek career training, and to help African American women overcome the impact of the Great Depression. Its six founding members were Ethel T. Edwards, Mildred G. Hardin, Ophelia Harrison, Lola M. Parker, Harriet M. Robinson, Burdette Trigg, and Marjorie Tyndall, Lola M. Parker. Six of the founders were graduates of the Chicago Business College and one from Kansas State College. The sorority held its fir ...
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Eta Phi Beta
Eta Phi Beta (ΗΦΒ) is an African American business sorority located in the United States and the U.S. Virgin Islands. It was founded in Detroit, Michigan at the historically black Lewis Business College in October 1942. In 1997, the organization had 91 chapters and over 5,000 members internationally. History Eta Phi Beta was established by students at the historically black Lewis Business College in Detroit, Michigan in October 1942. Eta Phi Beta was founded to foster women to enter into the world of business. Its founders were Ivy Burt Banks, Dorothy Sylvers Brown, Earline Carter, Mae Edwards Curry, Katherine Douglas, Atheline Shelton Graham, Merry Green Hubbard, Ethel Madison, Ann Porter, Mattie Rankin, and Lena Reed. The sorority was incorporated in 1943. Additional chapters were chartered at schools such as St. Augustine's University as well as the city of Indianapolis. In 1977, the Michigan state House of Representatives approved a resolution making May 14, 1977 the Eta ...
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Phi Gamma Delta
Phi Gamma Delta (), commonly known as Phi Gam and sometimes written as FIJI, is a North American social fraternity with 139 active chapters and 13 colonies across the United States and Canada. It was founded at Jefferson College, Pennsylvania, in 1848. Along with Phi Kappa Psi, Phi Gamma Delta forms half of the Jefferson Duo. Since its founding, the fraternity has initiated more than 211,000 brothers. History Founding Phi Gamma Delta was founded on April 22, 1848, at Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. Six students gathered in a dormitory room (known by the students as "Fort Armstrong") to establish a secret society. The society they formed was initially called "The Delta Association". The founders, referred to by members as the "Immortal Six", were Daniel Webster Crofts, James Elliott Jr., Naaman Fletcher, Ellis Bailey Gregg, John Templeton McCarty, and Samuel Beatty Wilson.Stevens, Albert C., editor. The Cyclopædia of Fraternities'' New York: Hamilton Pr ...
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Indianapolis ( ), colloquially known as Indy, is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Indiana, most populous city of the U.S. state of Indiana and the county seat of Marion County, Indiana, Marion County. Indianapolis is situated in the state's central till plain region along the west fork of the White River (Indiana), White River. The city's official slogan, "Crossroads of America", reflects its historic importance as a transportation hub and its relative proximity to other major North American markets. At the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the Indianapolis (balance), balance population was 887,642. Indianapolis is the List of United States cities by population, 16th-most populous city in the U.S., the third-most populous city in the Midwestern United States, Midwest after Chicago and Columbus, Ohio, and the fourth-most populous state capital in the nation after Phoenix, Arizona, Phoenix, Austin, Texas, Austin, and Columbu ...
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Detroit, Michigan
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National Council Of Negro Women
The National Council of Negro Women, Inc. (NCNW) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1935 with the mission to advance the opportunities and the quality of life for African-American women, their families, and communities. Mary McLeod Bethune, the founder of NCNW, wanted to encourage the participation of Negro women in civic, political, economic and educational activities and institutions. The organization was considered as a clearing house for the dissemination of activities concerning women but wanted to work alongside a group that supported civil rights rather than go to actual protests. Women on the council fought more towards political and economic successes of black women to uplift them in society. NCNW fulfills this mission through research, advocacy, national and community-based services, and programs in the United States and Africa. NCNW serves as a super organization that acts as a cohesive umbrella for the other African-American groups that already existed. With its ...
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Shades Of Pink
Pink colors are usually light or desaturated shades of reds, roses, and magentas which are created on computer and television screens using the RGB color model and in printing with the CMYK color model. As such, it is an arbitrary classification of color. Below is a list of some of the common pink colors. Web colors Pink Displayed here is the web color pink. Light pink Displayed here is the web color light pink. The name of the web color is written as "lightpink" (no space) in HTML for computer display. Although this color is called "light pink", as can be ascertained by inspecting its hex code, it is actually a slightly deeper, not a lighter, tint of pink than the color pink itself. A more accurate name for it in terms of traditional color nomenclature would therefore be ''medium light pink''. Displayed here is the web color hot pink. The name of the web color is written as "hotpink" (no space) in HTML for computer display. This shade of pink, along w ...
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