{"id":148,"date":"2020-08-25T10:41:09","date_gmt":"2020-08-25T10:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jupiterx.artbees.net\/business-consulting\/?p=148"},"modified":"2022-06-20T09:51:23","modified_gmt":"2022-06-20T09:51:23","slug":"construction-industry-as-their-over-draft-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hbcurpi.org\/?p=148","title":{"rendered":"Former Florida U.S. Congresswoman Carrie Meek Was A Member Of Delta Sigma Theta"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"148\" class=\"elementor elementor-148\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dbe9d13 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dbe9d13\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_image&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;_id&quot;:&quot;92f37b6&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_speed&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_x&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_y&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_image_tablet&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;jet_parallax_layout_image_mobile&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;jet_parallax_layout_type&quot;:&quot;scroll&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_direction&quot;:null,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_fx_direction&quot;:null,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_z_index&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_x_tablet&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_x_mobile&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_y_tablet&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_y_mobile&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_size&quot;:&quot;auto&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_size_tablet&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_size_mobile&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_animation_prop&quot;:&quot;transform&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_on&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;]}]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-db11612\" data-id=\"db11612\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-890e458 elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"890e458\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.6.7 - 03-07-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Were you aware that former U.S. Congresswoman, Carrie Meek, was a member of Delta Sigma Theta? Meek pledged the Beta Alpha Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. at Florida A&amp;M University in 1946.<\/p><p>An educator and elected official, Carrie Mae Pittman Meek was a United States representative for Florida\u2019s 17th congressional district from 1993 to 2003. In the 1992 primary, she was elected to the United States Congress without an opponent, making her the first African American since the Reconstruction era to do so, and she worked for the welfare of the poor and disadvantaged.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a31ab3e elementor-widget elementor-widget-raven-image\" data-id=\"a31ab3e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"raven-image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"raven-image\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<img width=\"2048\" height=\"1152\" src=\"https:\/\/hbcurpi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Blog3-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hbcurpi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Blog3-1.png 2048w, https:\/\/hbcurpi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Blog3-1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/hbcurpi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Blog3-1-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/hbcurpi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Blog3-1-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/hbcurpi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Blog3-1-1536x864.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ced4792 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ced4792\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In 1946, Meek received a degree from Florida A&amp;M University (then known as Florida A&amp;M College for Negroes). Because African Americans were not admitted to graduate schools in Florida at the time, Meek enrolled at the\u00a0University of Michigan\u00a0and received her master of science degree in 1948.<\/p><p>After the University of Michigan, Meek became a teacher at\u00a0Bethune-Cookman College in\u00a0Daytona Beach, Florida and later at her\u00a0alma mater, Florida A&amp;M University. In 1961 she moved to\u00a0Miami\u00a0in 1961 to serve as special assistant to the vice president of\u00a0Miami-Dade Community College.\u00a0The college was desegregated in 1963 and she is credited for her integral role in the administration of the college during the push for its integration.<\/p><p>Meek was granted honorary degrees from a variety of institutions, including Florida A&amp;M University, University of Miami, Barry University, Florida Atlantic University, and Rollins College.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-82d2390 elementor-widget elementor-widget-raven-image\" data-id=\"82d2390\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"raven-image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"raven-image\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<img width=\"2048\" height=\"1152\" src=\"https:\/\/hbcurpi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Blog3-2.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hbcurpi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Blog3-2.png 2048w, https:\/\/hbcurpi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Blog3-2-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/hbcurpi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Blog3-2-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/hbcurpi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Blog3-2-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/hbcurpi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Blog3-2-1536x864.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f02f89d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f02f89d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>She died at her home in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Miami\">Miami<\/a>\u00a0on November 28, 2021, at the age of 95<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52ab21a elementor-widget elementor-widget-raven-divider\" data-id=\"52ab21a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"raven-divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"raven-widget-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"raven-divider\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"raven-divider-line raven-divider-solid\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Were you aware that former U.S. Congresswoman, Carrie Meek, was a member of Delta Sigma Theta? 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