Ethel Cuff Black
Female, Deceased Person
1890 –
Who is Ethel Cuff Black?
Ethel Cuff Black, one of the founders of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, was born in Wilmington, Delaware. Her father was a banker in an African-American owned business. Her maternal grandfather was a Civil War veteran. In Bordentown, New Jersey, she attended the Industrial School for Colored Youth and graduated with the highest grade point average. At Howard University, she was chairwoman of the collegiate chapter of the YWCA. During college, she was also the vice-president of Alpha Kappa Alpha, but later voted to reorganize the sorority and formed Delta Sigma Theta with twenty-one other women Due to illness, she graduated Howard in 1915. She was also the first African-American teacher in Rochester, New York. She was married in 1939 to real estate agent David Horton Black.
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- Born
- 1890
United States of America - Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- Howard University
- Lived in
- Delaware
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on July 23, 2013
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