Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. was organized on November 12,1922 in
Indianapolis, Indiana by seven school teachers:
Mary Lou Allison Little Dorothy Hanley Whiteside Vivian White Marbury Nannie Mae Gahn Johnson Hattie Mae Dulin Redford Bessie M. Downey Martin and Cubena McClure
This group became an incorporated national collegiate sorority on December 30,
1929, when a charter was granted to Alpha chapter at Butler University.
Official Colors: Royal Blue and Antique Gold Official Flower: Yellow Tea Rose Official Mascot: Toy French Poodle Official Publication: The Aurora Magazine
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In keeping with the ideals of Sigma Gamma Rho, the sorority has support
the following organizations:
Nationals Association for the Advancement
of Colored People, National Council of Negro Women,
National Pan Hellenic
Council, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights,
National Urban League, March
of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation,
National Mental Health Association,
United Negro College Fund,
Martin Luther King Center for Non-Violent Social
Change,
Black Women's Agenda and American Association of University
Women.
Mary Lou Allison Little
