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You probably woke that fateful morning, assuming everything would probably run along on the accustomed track. Never dreaming – or nightmaring – that particular day would be so much different than you expected.
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I totally missed it, and I’m usually good at picking up on these things. It literally went right by me, unnoticed. I actually didn’t even know it was a thing. I had heard the phrase but had a different idea about it. But now I know. And I’m no better for knowing.
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Black Greek Letter Organizations
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The first chap ter of Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA) organized in Tulsa in 1931 when the charter was approved for the Alpha Chi Omega chapter. The graduate Alpha Upsilon Omega chapter also began in 1931 on the Langston University campus. In 1939, the undergraduate Alpha Zeta chapter formed at Langston. These organizations hosted social, community, and educational activities locally. They regularly participated in the Delta Sigma Theta’s Jabberwock variety show. The Tulsa chapter became known for holding a pre-Thanksgiving Vesper Service that hundreds attended yearly. For many years, the women of AKA mentored Tulsa high school students and provided scholarships. Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher was in the sorority, as was Nancy Davis, the first African Ameri can female to earn a graduate degree from Oklahoma State University (OSU).
Read moreThe Delta Sigma Theta Sorority began at Howard University in 1913. In 1938, eight women organized the Oklahoma City Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta. The first president was Buzeder Ragland and Sareeta Finley served as the first vice-president. So rority activities were a regular focus in the pages of The Oklahoma Eagle once an alumnae chapter was established in Tulsa. During the 1940s and 1950s, more chapters were added in other towns such as Okmulgee and Langston. Just as the other BGLOs, they organized social events, fundraisers, and scholarships. In Tulsa, the annual scholarship fundraiser was a variety show called the Jabberwock.
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