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Lula Vashti Turley Murphy (February – March 17, ) was an American educator and community leader, one of the founding members of Delta Sigma Theta, the historically black sorority.

Early life and education

Lula Vashti Turley was born in , in Washington, D.C., the daughter of Hamilcar Turley and Ida H.

Francis Turley.^[1] Her father was a clerk in the Pension Bureau, and a church choirmaster.^[2] Both of her parents died when she was a girl, and her older siblings both died while she was in high school.^[3]

Turley graduated from the M Street School in Washington, D.C., and trained as a teacher at the Miner Normal School (now the University of the District of Columbia).^[3] In , while she was a student at Howard University, Turley was one of the founders of Delta Sigma Theta.^[4][5] At Howard, she graduated in the class of ^[6]

Delta Sigma Theta and other activities

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