More information can be found in "Hidden in Plain Sight: The Other People In Norman Rockwell’s America".
http://static1.1.sqspcdn.com/static/...PlainSight.pdf
In addition to more info of what happened at the time, the book includes the following.
In 2008, the National Office of Alpha Xi Delta sought out Crystal Malone Brown, wishing to offer her a formal apology. As Deanna Detchemendy, then national president of the
sorority recounts:
When I contacted Mrs. Brown’s daughter (Carol Jackson) with the hopes of getting in touch with Mrs. Brown and arranging a meeting at which Alpha Xi Delta would formally apologize, she shared that Mrs. Brown had generally conveyed positive memories of her relationship with Alpha Xi Delta to her children, most particularly of her Upsilon Chapter sisters who were so very supportive. And that while certainly difficult, she (Mrs. Brown) perceived the incident with our then national officers as one that helped shaped her character in positive ways as an adult.
Detchemendy went on to say that:
Mrs. Brown was not in good health, and Mrs. Brown had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and was experiencing (and would continue to experience) related mental deterioration. Given this information, we felt that outreach to Mrs. Brown at that point and the related dredging of negative memories could easily cause more harm than good at this stressful time for the family, and so we determined to forego “closure” on our end in order to avoid opening old wounds for Mrs. Brown or her family.
(end quote from book)
Former president Detchemendy is currently the Alpha Xi Delta representative to the NPC.
