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Members of Delta Sigma Theta's Teen Club were recently treated to a Black history program. Pictured from left: Phyllis Glover, Delta Sigma Theta member and Teen Club adviser; Patterson Mayor Rodney Grogan, award recipient; Joyce Skinner Thomas (daughter of Emmanuel Skinner), accepting a posthumous award; Barbara Lancelin, Delta member; Alexis Rack, chapter president; Pearl Barnes-Rack, Delta member and Teen Club chairperson); and Mary Grimm Howard, Delta member and Teen Club adviser).
Teen Club treated to Black history program
The Del-Leaders/Delta G.E.M.S./EMBODI Teen Club of Franklin Jeanerette Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. recently hosted a Black history program themed “Still I Rise.”
This year’s program highlighted local history makers such as Patterson’s youngest elected mayor, Rodney Grogan; Morgan City buffalo solider Emmanuel Skinner; David Triggs, Smithsonian Institute folklore artist; Savitra Collins, pharmacist; Clarence Clark, fire chief in St. Mary Parish (housed in Four Corners); and Terri Foulcard, St. Mary registrar of voters.