Patricia Roberts Harris

Served as Delta Sigma Theta's first Executive Director. First African American woman to be named U.S. Ambassador to a European country (Luxembourg) and to be appointed to a presidential cabinet post as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). She was later appointed as Secretary of Health and Human Services. In January 2000, she was honored on the 23rd commemorative stamp in the United States Postal Service's Black Heritage Series.

Juanita Kidd Stout

First African American elected to a judgeship in the Philadelphia (PA) Municipal Court.

Gloria Randle Scott

Received award as an outstanding African American student in academic achievement, personal qualities and leadership potential from Governor Matthew E. Walsh of Indiana.

Leontyne Price

Awarded the United States Medal of Freedom by President Lyndon B. Johnson in recognition of her significant contribution to the quality of American life.

Shirley Chisholm

When elected to the New York State Assembly, she was the only woman and one of only eight Black members in that legislative body.

Frankie Muse Freeman

Delta's 14th National President. First female member of the US Civil Rights Commission; appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson and served 16 years.

Joycelyn Elders

First African American Resident Pediatrician at the University of Arkansas Medical Center.

Grace Hewell

Appointed Education Chief, Committee on Education and Labor, U.S. House of Representatives.

Barbara Jordan

First African American woman elected to the Texas State Senate.

Leontyne Price

Became the only soprano to have opened a season in both old and new opera houses when she sang the title role in the opera, Anthony and Cleopatra, an opera written for her by Samuel Barber.

Barbara Jordan

First African American person elected to the U.S. Congress from Texas since Reconstruction.

Ruth Bates Harris

First woman appointed Deputy Assistant Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).Honored with the 1976 Distinguished Service Award of the Federally Employed Woman (FEW), an international organization interested in combatting discrimination in government and by government contractors. Bates was the first African American to receive the award given previously to Elliot Richardson, Edith Green, Martha Griffith and Alan Alda.