Delilah W. Pierce was very involved with the Smithsonian Institution throughout her life. In 1992 Delilah was published in: Delilah W. Pierce in Smithsonian Year: Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the Year Ended September 30. The author was the Smithsonian Institution and was published by the Smithsonian Institution Press in 1992. Related Information:Continue reading “Delilah W. Pierce in Smithsonian Year: Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the Year Ended September 30”
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The African American Washington, DC Elite Celebrate The Holiday’s
Known as the Gold Coast, the upper NW Washington, DC neighborhood is well respected for its affluent African American dwellers. Joseph and Delilah W. Pierce were among the select group. Delilah and her Gold Coast dwellers had a club called The Neighbors and they regularly got together to socialize, especially during the holiday. It wasContinue reading “The African American Washington, DC Elite Celebrate The Holiday’s”
Delilah W. Pierce Highlighted In Pearlie’s Prattle
Delilah W. Pierce and her life with Joseph Pierce highlighted in The Afro American’s column Pearlie’s Prattle. Learn more by reading: Pearlie’s Prattle.
In 1937 Phi Delta Kappa Selected Delilah W. Pierce As Head Of National Sorority
According to The Afro American, Delilah W. Pierce was selected as the head of Phi Delta Kappa. Delilah was very active in her sorority and believed that education was the key to progress. Click to read the article: Phi Delts Select.
Delilah W. Pierce Hosted Phi Delta Kappa Meeting In The Gold Coast
Delilah W. Pierce hosted a planning meeting of the Phi Delta Kappa sorority at her home in the Washington, DC Gold Coast – A nickname for the community of Washington, DC’s African American elite. At the time, the president was Mr. Olivia Henry, educator and fierce advocate for African American young people understanding the importanceContinue reading “Delilah W. Pierce Hosted Phi Delta Kappa Meeting In The Gold Coast”
Delilah W. Pierce Attends Phi Delta Kappa Conclave In Chicago 1937
Delilah W. Pierce spent the holiday season attending the conclave of the Phi Delta Kappa Sorority, held in Chicago. It was promoted in The Afro American on January 9, 1937. Click to view: Delilah W. Pierce Attends Chicago Phi Delta Kappa Conclave.
Delilah W. Pierce Among Alma Thomas’ Little Paris Group, 1948
Delilah W. Pierce and Alma Thomas were professional peers and friends. According to the Smithsonian Institutes Archives of American Art their relationship was captured in the Alma Thomas papers, 1894-2001, in her Little Paris Group, 1948. The Little Paris Group, as described in the archives: Met once a week with Miles Celine Tabary and LoisContinue reading “Delilah W. Pierce Among Alma Thomas’ Little Paris Group, 1948”
Delilah W. Pierce’s Marriage Highlighted
In the December 19, 1936 Afro American an announcement was published highlighting the marriage of Delilah with Joseph L. Pierce. This was 1930’s African American society at its best. The wedding was performed by the Reverend Walter H. Brooks who was a religious scholar and at the time pastor of the Nineteenth Baptist Church, the first AfricanContinue reading “Delilah W. Pierce’s Marriage Highlighted”
Delilah W. Pierce Mentioned In African American Almanac Authored by Lean’tin Bracks
Delilah W. Pierce is mentioned in the African American Almanac, authored by Lean’tin Bracks. Reviewer Emily Rose Compton-Dzak wrote: Bracks chronicles the African American experience from the arrival of the first Africans to North America in the early 1600s to the present day. The almanac is organized into 12 chapters: “Africans in America”; “Civil Rights”;Continue reading “Delilah W. Pierce Mentioned In African American Almanac Authored by Lean’tin Bracks”
Delilah W. Pierce Included In Corcoran Gallery Book
In 1983 The Gallery published a book authored by historian and current Harvard University Adjunct Professor John Beardsley; color field painter and lyrical abstractionist Sam Gilliam and the Corcoran Gallery of Art. The book covered modern painters at the Corcoran, which included African American art. In the book Sam Gilliam talks with great affection aboutContinue reading “Delilah W. Pierce Included In Corcoran Gallery Book”
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