"If You Ask Me, by Frankie Lou"
The Baltimore Afro-American
June 17, 2006 - June 23, 2006
Page A3
DEREK FORDJOUR, producer of "The Black Sorority Projecy: The Exodus",
the story of Delta Sigma Theta, a groundbreaking documentary, has invited me
to New York for the screening of the film. The producer's disclaimer states:
"The Black Sorority Project is an independent historical initiative and
is in no way funded, supported, endorsed or promoted by the present day organization
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. The views expressed herein are objective, unbiased
and based solely on scholarship and historical record."
Following Fordjour's invitation came a letter from the national president of Delta stating: "Many of you may have received invitations to, or have heard about, the first public viewing and screening of a painting and film entitled: "Black Sorority Project, The Exodus" (that supposedly is about the history of Delta). Please be advised that the Executive Board has taken action not to "in anyway, endorse, support, sponsor, approve of, or [become] involved in this project” or any project marketed under a slightly different name.
My Mom, Vashti Turley Murphy, was one of the founders of this sorority
and is featured in this documentary, so I AM GOING TO SEE IT. I
have also been asked to participate in the unveiling of the portrait of these
founders, which I will do.
Derek, who is the producer of the film, is a good Alpha Phi Alpha brother like
my late dad, Carl Murphy, and a graduate of Morehouse. He has assured me that
the film is based onhistorical facts.
I cannot judge something I have not seen. Nor do I purport to know all the facts
about the founding of this sorority at Howard University back in 1913, but I
know quite a bit of what went on "inside" because my mom talked about
her Howard University friends and Delta all of the time. Thus, maybe I can be
a fair judge of what is historical. We'll see,
If you are a Delta soror (and there are over 200,000 college educated women
who are members) and you attend this screening either in New York or Philadelphia,
let me hear what you think.
Frances L. Murphy II
The Afro-American
Newspaper
2519 N. Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21218-4602
Screenings:
rsvp.blacksororityproject.com
Info: www.blacksororityproject.com
Note: Soror Murphy (Frankie Lou, as she was affectionately know) was
a charter member of The DELTAnet. She passed away in November, 2007.