Civil Rights Activist Jessie McGuire-Dent Honored with Official Texas Historical Undertold Marker Dedication Ceremony At the McGuire-Dent Recreation Center, the Galveston Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. hosted an official Texas Historical Undertold Marker Dedication Ceremony, unveiling a historical marker in front of the recreation center through the Galveston Historical Foundation, honoring black civil rights activist and national founder of the sorority Jessie McGuire Dent, who notably filed suit with the NAACP and Civil Defense Fund, getting equal pay for black teachers. McGuire-Dent’s numerous other contributions to the city of Galveston and the US are memorialized on the marker.

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