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This list of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorors (commonly referred to as ''AKAs'') includes initiated and honorary members of
Alpha Kappa Alpha Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. () is the first intercollegiate historically African American sorority. The sorority was founded on January 15, 1908, at the historically black Howard University in Washington, D.C., by a group of sixteen stud ...
(ΑΚΑ), the first inter-collegiate Greek-letter sorority established for Black college women. Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority was founded on January 15, 1908, at Howard University in
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, by nine women who were known as ''The Original Group of 1908'', and seven sophomores, who were accepted as honor initiates and are known as ''The Sophomores of 1910''.Ross Jr., ''The Divine Nine'', p. 166. Alpha Kappa Alpha has a membership of more than 200,000 women in over 950 chapters in the United States and several other countries. Membership is extended to female college undergraduate and graduate students. The sorority also bestows honorary membership as its highest honor.


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Listed below are notable Alpha Kappa Alpha women such as the founders and international presidents, and members who are involved in the fields of arts and entertainment,
business Business is the practice of making one's living or making money by producing or Trade, buying and selling Product (business), products (such as goods and Service (economics), services). It is also "any activity or enterprise entered into for pr ...
, civil rights, education, health, law, politics, science, literature and sports.


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, Miss USA, Miss Black USA Pageant and other pageant titleholders


Singers, musicians, music business


Television


Civil rights


Education


Health and science

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anthropologist An anthropologist is a person engaged in the practice of anthropology. Anthropology is the study of aspects of humans within past and present societies. Social anthropology, cultural anthropology and philosophical anthropology study the norms and ...
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alumna Alumni (singular: alumnus (masculine) or alumna (feminine)) are former students of a school, college, or university who have either attended or graduated in some fashion from the institution. The feminine plural alumnae is sometimes used for grou ...
trustee of Howard University , ref= {{Mem/f , name=
Dorothy Boulding Ferebee Dorothy Celeste Boulding Ferebee (October 10, 1898 – September 14, 1980) was an American obstetrician and civil rights activist. Biography Background and Early Life Born on October 10, 1898, in Norfolk, Virginia, Dorothy Celeste Boulding Fere ...
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Epsilon Epsilon (, ; uppercase , lowercase or lunate ; el, έψιλον) is the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet, corresponding phonetically to a mid front unrounded vowel or . In the system of Greek numerals it also has the value five. It was der ...
, nota=advocate for women's health; established health clinics in Washington, D.C. and Mississippi , ref={{cite web , url=https://www.nlm.nih.gov/changingthefaceofmedicine/physicians/biography_109.html , title=Changing the Face of Medicine: Dr. Dorothy Celeste Boulding Ferebee , access-date=2007-12-20 , publisher=National Library of Medicine , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628144208/https://www.nlm.nih.gov/changingthefaceofmedicine/physicians/biography_109.html , archive-date=2011-06-28 , url-status=live {{Mem/f , name=Edith Finlayson , chapter=''Honorary'' , nota= nurse , ref= {{Mem/f , name=Marilyn Hughes Gaston , chapter=''Honorary'' , nota=
pediatrician Pediatrics ( also spelled ''paediatrics'' or ''pædiatrics'') is the branch of medicine that involves the medical care of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. In the United Kingdom, paediatrics covers many of their youth until the ...
and Assistant Surgeon General , ref= {{Mem/f , name=Gwendolyn Goldsby Grant , chapter=
Beta Alpha Omega Dartmouth College is host to many fraternities and sororities, and a significant percentage of the undergraduate student body is active in Greek life. In 2005, the school stated that 1,785 students were members of a fraternity, sorority, or co ...
, nota=media psychologist; advice columnist for '' Essence'' , ref= {{Mem/f , name=
Mae Jemison Mae Carol Jemison (born October 17, 1956) is an American engineer, physician, and former NASA astronaut. She became the first black woman to travel into space when she served as a mission specialist aboard the Space Shuttle ''Endeavour''. Je ...
, chapter=''Honorary'' , nota=first African-American female
astronaut An astronaut (from the Ancient Greek (), meaning 'star', and (), meaning 'sailor') is a person trained, equipped, and deployed by a human spaceflight program to serve as a commander or crew member aboard a spacecraft. Although generally r ...
in space , ref=McNealey, E., ''Pearls of Service'', p. 314. {{Mem/f , name=Pearl E. Grimes , chapter= Gamma Rho , nota= dermatologist , ref= {{Mem/f , name= Joy Harden Bradford , chapter= , nota=
clinical psychologist Clinical psychology is an integration of social science, theory, and clinical knowledge for the purpose of understanding, preventing, and relieving psychologically based distress or dysfunction and to promote subjective well-being and persona ...
and creator of the platform "Therapy for Black Girls" , ref= {{Mem/f , name=
Katherine Johnson Katherine Johnson (née Coleman; August 26, 1918 – February 24, 2020) was an American mathematician whose calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights. ...
, chapter= Nu , nota=Computer pioneer who helped calculate the trajectory for the 1969 Apollo 11 flight to the Moon , ref= {{Mem/f , name=
Dorothy Vaughan Dorothy Jean Johnson Vaughan (September 20, 1910 – November 10, 2008) was an American mathematician and human computer who worked for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), and NASA, at Langley Research Center in Hampton, Vir ...
, chapter= Wilberforce , nota=The first African-American woman to receive a promotion and supervise a group of staff at NASA , ref= {{Mem/f , name=
Mary Jackson (engineer) Mary Jackson ( née Winston; April 9, 1921 – February 11, 2005) was an American mathematician and aerospace engineer at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), which in 1958 was succeeded by the National Aeronautics and S ...
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Hampton University Hampton University is a private, historically black, research university in Hampton, Virginia. Founded in 1868 as Hampton Agricultural and Industrial School, it was established by Black and White leaders of the American Missionary Association af ...
, nota= NASA's first black female engineer , ref= {{Mem/f , name=Margaret M. Lawrence , chapter=''Honorary'' , nota=child
psychiatrist A psychiatrist is a physician who specializes in psychiatry, the branch of medicine devoted to the diagnosis, prevention, study, and treatment of mental disorders. Psychiatrists are physicians and evaluate patients to determine whether their sy ...
and
psychoanalyst PsychoanalysisFrom Greek language, Greek: + . is a set of Theory, theories and Therapy, therapeutic techniques"What is psychoanalysis? Of course, one is supposed to answer that it is many things — a theory, a research method, a therapy, a bo ...
, ref= {{Mem/f , name= Jewel Plummer Cobb , chapter=
Chi Chi or CHI may refer to: Greek *Chi (letter), the Greek letter (uppercase Χ, lowercase χ); Chinese *Chi (length), ''Chi'' (length) (尺), a traditional unit of length, about ⅓ meter *Chi (mythology) (螭), a dragon *Chi (surname) (池, pin ...
, nota= cancer researcher, former President of California State University, Fullerton , ref= {{Mem/f , name=
Gladys West Gladys Mae West (née Brown; born October 27, 1930) is an American mathematician known for her contributions to the mathematical modeling of the shape of the Earth, and her work on the development of the satellite geodesy models that were even ...
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Alpha Epsilon Alpha Epsilon () is a scholastic honor society recognizing academic achievement among students in the fields of Agricultural, Food, and Biological Engineering. History Alpha Epsilon Honor Society was founded at the University of Missouri on May ...
, nota=pivotal in the development of the satellite geodesy models that were eventually incorporated into the
GPS The Global Positioning System (GPS), originally Navstar GPS, is a Radionavigation-satellite service, satellite-based radionavigation system owned by the United States government and operated by the United States Space Force. It is one of t ...
; inducted into the United States Air Force Hall of Fame in 2018 , ref={{Cite news , url=http://www.fredericksburg.com/features/gladys-west-s-work-on-gps-would-impact-the-world/article_26e82f21-bb5a-5d76-9789-69a5039ad018.html , title=Gladys West's work on GPS 'would impact the world' , last=Dyson , first=Cathy , work=The Free Lance Star, Fredericksburg.com , date=2018-01-19 , access-date=2018-02-09 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180204213250/http://www.fredericksburg.com/features/gladys-west-s-work-on-gps-would-impact-the-world/article_26e82f21-bb5a-5d76-9789-69a5039ad018.html , archive-date=2018-02-04 , url-status=live Also printed as
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and cancer researcher , ref=


Judges

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judge A judge is a person who presides over court proceedings, either alone or as a part of a panel of judges. A judge hears all the witnesses and any other evidence presented by the barristers or solicitors of the case, assesses the credibility an ...
, and
state senator A state senator is a member of a state's senate in the bicameral legislature of 49 U.S. states, or a member of the unicameral Nebraska Legislature. Description A state senator is a member of an upper house in the bicameral legislatures of 49 U ...
, ref= {{Mem/f , name=Joan Bernard Armstrong , chapter=''Honorary'' , nota=Judge in New Orleans , ref= {{Mem/f , name=
Ada E. Brown Ada Elene Brown (born November 8, 1974) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas. She is a former trial judge of the Dallas County courts and a former Justice of the Fifth Court of A ...
, chapter=Mu Pi , nota=first African-American woman federal judge in the Northern District of Texas in its 140 year history, {{Mem/f , name=Chereé A. Buggs, chapter= Epsilon Pi Omega , nota=Judge, Civil Court of the City of New York, ref= {{Mem/f , name=Julia Cooper Mack , chapter=''Honorary'' , nota=Senior judge of District of Columbia's Court of Appeals , ref= {{Mem/f , name=Dena Douglas, chapter= Delta Rho Omega , nota=Judge, Civil Court of the City of New York, ref= {{Mem/f , name=Lenora Gerald , chapter= Nu Mu , nota=Judge, Queens County (NY) Criminal Court , ref= {{Mem/f , name=Toni King, chapter= Upsilon Kappa Omega , nota=judge, District Court of Cumberland County, North Carolina, ref={{cite web , url=http://www.aoc.state.nc.us/data/district12/GeneralInformation/JudicialOfficials.htm , title=Directory of Cumberland County Judicial Officers , access-date=2010-06-08 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110323021638/http://www.aoc.state.nc.us/data/district12/GeneralInformation/JudicialOfficials.htm , archive-date=2011-03-23 , url-status=dead {{Mem/f , name=Bertina Lampkin , chapter=''Honorary'' , nota= circuit court judge , ref= {{Mem/f , name=Joyce London Alexander , chapter=''Honorary'' , nota=Chief Judge in Massachusetts State Court; United States magistrate judge , ref= {{Mem/f , name=Alice O. McCollum , chapter= Beta Eta Omega , nota=first African-American female municipal judge, Dayton, Ohio; County Probate Judge for Montgomery County, Ohio , ref=''Ivy Leaf Magazine''. Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated. Summer 2004 {{Mem/f , name=
Vicki Miles-LaGrange Vicki Miles-LaGrange (born September 30, 1953) is an inactive Senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma. She was the first African-American woman to be sworn in as United States ...
, chapter= Beta Sigma Omega , nota=first African-American Federal District Judge in
Western District of Oklahoma The United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma (in case citations, W.D. Okla. or W.D. Ok.) is a federal court in the Tenth Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, whi ...
, ref={{cite web , url=http://www.buffalo.edu/uncrownedqueens/Q/files/miles-lagrange_vickie.html, archive-url=https://archive.today/20070519185701/http://www.buffalo.edu/uncrownedqueens/Q/files/miles-lagrange_vickie.html, url-status=dead, archive-date=2007-05-19, title=Uncrowned Queens: Vicki Miles-LaGrange, publisher= University at Buffalo, access-date=2007-10-12 {{Mem/f , name=Thelma Wyatt Moore , chapter= Tau Omega , nota=first African-American female municipal judge, Atlanta, Georgia; first African-American judge for Fulton County, Georgia , ref= {{Mem/f , name=Valerie Brathwaite Nelson , chapter= Iota Upsilon , nota=Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York , ref= {{Mem/f , name=Lisa Symone Ottley , chapter=Lambda , nota=first African-American Judge appointed Supervising Judge of Civil Court, Kings Co., Brooklyn , ref=''Ivy Leaf Magazine'', Alpha Kappa Alpha, Fall 2010. {{Mem/f , name=Honorable Zina Pickens Cruse , chapter=Mu Tau , nota=first African-American woman elected Circuit Judge, 20th Judicial Circuit, State of Illinois , ref=''Facebook: Zina Cruse for Circuit Judge''. {{Mem/f , name=
Peggy Quince Peggy Ann Quince (born January 3, 1948) is a former justice of the Supreme Court of Florida, having previously served as chief justice from July 1, 2008, until June 30, 2010. Quince was the second African American and third woman to serve as chie ...
, chapter=Alpha , nota=first African-American female Supreme Court Justice on the
Florida Supreme Court The Supreme Court of Florida is the highest court in the U.S. state of Florida. It consists of seven members: the chief justice and six justices. Six members are chosen from six districts around the state to foster geographic diversity, and one ...
, ref={{cite web , url=http://www.floridasupremecourt.org/justices/quince.shtml , title=Florida Supreme Court Justice Profile of Peggy A. Quince , publisher=Florida Supreme Court , access-date=2007-10-12 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606081527/http://www.floridasupremecourt.org/justices/quince.shtml , archive-date=2011-06-06 , url-status=live {{Mem/f , name= Fern Flanagan Saddler , chapter=Xi Omega , nota= D.C. Superior Court Judge , ref={{cite web , url=http://www.dccourts.gov/dccourts/about/media/press/2003/090803.jsp , title=New D.C. Superior Court Judge to be Sworn-in Friday , publisher=D.C. Courts , date=September 8, 2003 , access-date=2007-12-12 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719192847/http://www.dccourts.gov/dccourts/about/media/press/2003/090803.jsp , archive-date=2011-07-19 , url-status=live {{Mem/f , name=
Leah Ward Sears Leah Ward Sears (born June 13, 1955) is an American jurist and former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia. Sears was the first African-American female chief justice of a state supreme court in the United States. When she was first ap ...
, chapter= Mu Upsilon , nota=first African-American woman Chief Supreme Court Justice on the Georgia Supreme Court , ref=McNealey, E., ''Pearls of Service'', p. 297.{{cite web , url=http://www.gasupreme.us/justices_bios.php, title=The Supreme Court of Georgia, publisher=Georgia Supreme Court, access-date=2007-11-10 , archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927121234/http://www.gasupreme.us/justices_bios.php , archive-date = 2007-09-27


Political figures


Humanitarian and social causes

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Elinor Guggenheimer Elinor Sophia Coleman "Ellie" Guggenheimer (11 April 1912 – 29 September 2008) was an American civic leader, author, and philanthropist in New York City.Nemy, Enid (December 19, 1973)To Elinor Guggenheimer, Affluence Is No Excuse to Take It Easy.' ...
, chapter=''Honorary'' , nota=
humanitarian Humanitarianism is an active belief in the value of human life, whereby humans practice benevolent treatment and provide assistance to other humans to reduce suffering and improve the conditions of humanity for moral, altruistic, and emotional ...
and founder of the Women's Forum , ref= {{Mem/f , name=Addie Waites Hunton , chapter=''Honorary'' , nota=a founder of the National Association of Colored Women; co-author of ''Two Colored Women with the A.E.F.'' , ref= {{Mem/f , name=Ann Sunsteen Kheel , chapter=''Honorary'' , nota=
philanthropist Philanthropy is a form of altruism that consists of "private initiatives, for the Public good (economics), public good, focusing on quality of life". Philanthropy contrasts with business initiatives, which are private initiatives for private goo ...
, ref= {{Mem/f , name=Dr.
Wangari Muta Maathai Wangarĩ Muta Maathai (; 1 April 1940 – 25 September 2011) was a Kenyan social, Natural environment, environmental and a political activist and the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. As a beneficiary of the Kennedy Airlift, ...
, chapter=''Honorary'' , nota=first African woman to receive Nobel Peace Prize , ref= {{Mem/f , name= Eleanor Roosevelt , chapter=''Honorary'' , nota=First Lady of the United States;
humanitarian Humanitarianism is an active belief in the value of human life, whereby humans practice benevolent treatment and provide assistance to other humans to reduce suffering and improve the conditions of humanity for moral, altruistic, and emotional ...
, ref= {{Mem/f , name=
Lou Nelle Sutton Lou Nelle Sutton ( Callahan; December 20, 1905 – July 1, 1994) was a businesswoman and former state representative from San Antonio, Texas. Born Lou Nelle Callahan, she married Garlington "G. J." Sutton in 1958. Together they would raise his ...
, chapter=''Honorary'' , nota= State Representative of Texas; completed a State Office Complex outside of
Austin Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas, as well as the seat and largest city of Travis County, with portions extending into Hays and Williamson counties. Incorporated on December 27, 1839, it is the 11th-most-populous city ...
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Non-elected officials

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Gayleatha B. Brown Gayleatha Beatrice Brown (June 20, 1947 – April 19, 2013) was a United States foreign service officer and ambassador. She served in several diplomatic posts during her career with the U.S. Department of State including U.S. ambassador to Ben ...
, chapter=''Honorary'' , nota=US Ambassador to the Republic of Benin , ref= {{Mem/f , name=Donna Hill Staton , chapter= Iota Lambda Omega , nota=first African-American female deputy attorney general in Maryland; first African-American circuit court judge in Howard County, MD , ref=''Jet'' Magazine
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Azie Taylor Morton Azie Taylor Morton (February 1, 1936 – December 7, 2003) served as Treasurer of the United States during the Carter administration from September 12, 1977, to January 20, 1981. She remains the only African American to hold that office. Her sign ...
, chapter=Beta Kappa , nota=first and only African-American to serve as
United States Treasurer The treasurer of the United States is an officer in the United States Department of the Treasury who serves as custodian and trustee of the federal government's collateral assets and the supervisor of the department's currency and coinage produc ...
, ref= {{Mem/f , name= Hazel O'Leary , chapter=Pi , nota=first African-American and first female United States Secretary of Energy; President of
Fisk University Fisk University is a private historically black liberal arts college in Nashville, Tennessee. It was founded in 1866 and its campus is a historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 1930, Fisk was the first Africa ...
, ref=McNealey, E., ''Pearls of Service'', p. 293.


U.S. politicians

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Alma Adams Alma Shealey Adams (born May 27, 1946) is an American politician who represents North Carolina's 12th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. A Democrat, Adams represented the state's 58th House district in Guilford ...
, chapter=''Beta Iota Omega'' , nota=Democratic Congresswoman of
North Carolina's 12th Congressional District North Carolina's 12th U.S. House of Representatives, congressional district is a congressional district located in the city of Charlotte and surrounding areas in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Mecklenburg County represented by Democrat Alm ...
, ref={{cite web, url=http://almaadamsforcongress.com/about , title=Alma Adams , publisher=Alma Adams , access-date=2007-04-24 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130811130420/http://almaadamsforcongress.com/about , archive-date=2013-08-11 , url-status=dead {{Mem/f , name= Alma Allen , chapter= Xi Alpha Omega , nota=Representative to Texas State Legislature , ref="Newsmakers". ''Ivy Leaf''. Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated. Summer 2006 {{Mem/f , name= Yvonne Brathwaite Burke , chapter= Alpha Gamma , nota= Democratic Congresswoman of
California's 37th Congressional District California's 37th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California based in Los Angeles County. It includes many neighborhoods west and southwest of Downtown Los Angeles. The district includes *Culver City * I ...
, 1973-1975; represented
California's 28th Congressional District California's 28th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California, in Los Angeles County. The district is regarded as a Democratic stronghold and has been held by the Democratic Party since 2003 and is curren ...
, 1975-1979; represents the second district on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors; named Democratic National Convention's co-chairman (1972), becoming the first African-American woman to serve in that position in any major political party , ref={{cite web, url=http://dolphin.upenn.edu/~akas/phenomenalakas.htm , title=Phenomenal Women of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority , publisher=Gamma Epsilon Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated , access-date=2007-11-11 , url-status=dead , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017054354/http://dolphin.upenn.edu/~akas/phenomenalakas.htm , archive-date=October 17, 2007 {{Mem/f , name=
Rosetta Burke Rosetta Y. Burke (born February 28, 1937) is a retired senior officer of the United States Army Reserve. She was the first female Assistant Adjutant General of New York State and of the Army National Guard. Education and civilian career Rosetta Bu ...
, chapter=''Honorary'' , nota= New York State and
Army National Guard The Army National Guard (ARNG), in conjunction with the Air National Guard, is an organized Militia (United States), militia force and a Reserve components of the United States Armed Forces, federal military reserve force of the United States A ...
's Assistant Adjutant General, ref= {{Mem/f , name= Eva M. Clayton , chapter= Gamma Delta , nota=Democratic Congresswoman of North Carolina's 1st Congressional District, 1993-2003 , ref={{cite web , url=http://www.wkkf.org/default.aspx?tabid=102&CID=19&CatID=19&ItemID=190416&NID=200231&LanguageID=0 , title=Challenges and Success in Creating Community Based Food Systems , publisher=W.K. Kellogg Foundation , access-date=2007-11-11 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728012455/http://www.wkkf.org/default.aspx?tabid=102&CID=19&CatID=19&ItemID=190416&NID=200231&LanguageID=0 , archive-date=2011-07-28 , url-status=dead {{Mem/f , name= Bonnie Watson Coleman , chapter= Epsilon Upsilon Omega , nota=Democratic Congresswoman of New Jersey's 12th Congressional District , ref={{cite book, last1=Schaller, first1=Thomas F., last2=King-Meadows, first2=Tyson, title=Devolution and Black state legislators: challenges and choices in the twenty-first century, year=2006, publisher=State University of New York Press, location=Albany, isbn=978-0-7914-6729-9, page=39 {{Mem/f , name= Cardiss Collins , chapter=''Honorary'' , nota=Democratic Congresswoman of Illinois' 7th Congressional District, 1973-1997 , ref= {{Mem/f , name= Vivian Davis Figures , chapter= Delta Theta Omega , nota=Alabama State Senator , ref={{cite web , url=http://www.legislature.state.al.us/senate/senators/senatebios/sd033.html , title=Alabama State Senate Bios , access-date=2007-12-15 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516063507/http://www.legislature.state.al.us/senate/senators/senatebios/sd033.html , archive-date=2011-05-16 , url-status=dead {{Mem/f , name= Katie Hall , chapter= Epsilon Pi , nota=Democratic Congresswoman of Indiana's 1st Congressional District, 1982-1985 , ref=McNealey, E., ''Pearls of Service'', p. 298. {{Mem/f , name= Kamala Harris , chapter=Alpha , nota=first female, first Jamaican (Hispanic) and first Indian (India) American United States Senator from California, Attorney General of California, District Attorney for San Francisco, CA, former 2020 Democratic presidential candidate; 2020 Democratic vice presidential nominee for the 2020 election, first African-American and first Asian-American vice presidential nominee of a major party; first female, first African-American, and first Asian-American Vice President of the United States , ref={{cite web , url=http://www.kamalaharris.org/ , title=Kamala D. Harris, San Francisco District Attorney , access-date=2007-12-14 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110426015424/http://kamalaharris.org/ , archive-date=2011-04-26 , url-status=live {{Mem/f , name=
Christina Henderson Christina Kirk Henderson (15 August 1861 – 27 September 1953) was a New Zealand teacher, feminist, prohibitionist, social reformer and editor. Early life Henderson was born in Emerald Hill, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on 15 August 186 ...
, chapter=Rho Zeta , nota=Member of the
Council of the District of Columbia The Council of the District of Columbia is the legislative branch of the local government of the District of Columbia, the capital of the United States. As permitted in the United States Constitution, the district is not part of any U.S. state ...
, ref={{cite news , last=Austhermuhle , first=Martin , date= November 3, 2020, title= D.C.-Area Voters Find Fewer Lines Than Expected At Most Polling Places, url=https://wamu.org/story/20/11/03/election-day-vote-polls-trump-biden-virginia-dc-maryland-washington-region/, work=WAMU , location= Washington DC, access-date=November 4, 2020 {{Mem/f , name=
Monique Holsey-Hyman Monique Holsey-Hyman (born November 10, 1965) is an American social worker, professor, and politician. Prior to her work in politics and academia, Holsey-Hyman worked as a social worker in New York City. She was a caseworker for the New York Ci ...
, chapter= , nota=Democratic member of the
Durham City Council Durham most commonly refers to: * Durham, England, a cathedral city and the county town of County Durham * County Durham, an English county *Durham County, North Carolina, a county in North Carolina, United States * Durham, North Carolina, a city in ...
, ref= {{Mem/f , name= Sheila Jackson-Lee , chapter= Alpha Kappa Omega , nota=Democratic Congresswoman of Texas's 18th Congressional District , ref= {{Mem/f , name=Jacqueline Jennings , chapter=Pi Mu Omega , nota=Mayor, Willingboro, NJ , ref= {{Mem/f , name= Eddie Bernice Johnson , chapter= Alpha Xi Omega , nota=Democratic Congresswoman of
Texas's 30th Congressional District Texas's 30th congressional district of the United States House of Representatives covers much of the city of Dallas and other parts of Dallas and Tarrant counties (primarily black- and Hispanic-majority areas). The district contains the Univer ...
, ref= {{Mem/f , name= Jolanda "Jo" Jones , chapter= Epsilon Lambda , nota=At-Large City Council Member of Houston City Council , ref= {{Mem/f , name=
Eleanor Jordan Eleanor Jordan (born May 18, 1953) is an American politician who served in the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1996 to 2001 before becoming the Executive Director of the Kentucky Commission on Women. Politics Jordan won a special elect ...
, chapter=Unknown , nota=Kentucky State Representative, Executive Director on the Kentucky Commission on Women , ref={{Cite web, url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/11498/eleanor-jordan, title=Eleanor Jordan, website=Vote Smart, language=en, access-date=2019-09-05, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190923113825/https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/11498/eleanor-jordan, archive-date=2019-09-23, url-status=live {{Mem/f , name= Mamie E. Locke , chapter= Gamma Omicron , nota= State Senator, Virginia; former Mayor, Hampton, VA; Dean School of Liberal Arts, Hampton University, ref= {{Mem/f , name= Juanita Millender-McDonald , chapter=
Alpha Gamma Omega Alpha Gamma Omega (, or AGO) was founded in 1927 at UCLA as a Christ-centered fraternities and sororities, fraternity. Alpha Gamma Omega now has chapters at universities in California, Colorado, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. It mai ...
, nota=former Democratic Congresswoman of
California's 37th Congressional District California's 37th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California based in Los Angeles County. It includes many neighborhoods west and southwest of Downtown Los Angeles. The district includes *Culver City * I ...
, ref={{cite web , url=http://aka1908.com/news/millender-mcdonald/, title=Sorority Mourns Loss of California Rep. Millender-McDonald, publisher=Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, access-date=2007-04-24 , archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070530122104/http://aka1908.com/news/millender-mcdonald/, archive-date=May 30, 2007 {{Mem/f , name= Gwendolyn M. Miller , chapter= Gamma Theta Omega , nota=Chairperson, Tampa (FL) City Council; first African-American woman elected to Tampa City Council , ref={{cite web, url=http://www.tampagov.net/dept_City_Council/about_us/Gwen_Miller.asp , title=Tampa City Council: About Us , publisher=Tampa City Government , access-date=2007-12-16 , url-status=dead , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016135919/http://www.tampagov.net/dept_City_Council/about_us/Gwen_Miller.asp , archive-date=October 16, 2007 {{Mem/f , name= Sharon Pratt Kelly , chapter=Alpha , nota=first African-American female mayor of a major city,
Washington, D.C. ) , image_skyline = , image_caption = Clockwise from top left: the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall, United States Capitol, Logan Circle, Jefferson Memorial, White House, Adams Morgan, ...
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M. Athalie Range M. Athalie Range (born ''Mary Athalie Wilkinson''; November 7, 1915 in Key West, Florida – November 14, 2006 in Miami, Florida) was a Bahamian American civil rights activist and politician who was the first African-American to serve on the Miam ...
, chapter=''Honorary'' , nota=first African-American to serve on Miami City Commission and Florida's Department of Community Affairs , ref= {{Mem/f , name= Terri Sewell , chapter=Zeta Eta Omega , nota=Democratic Congresswoman of
Alabama's 7th Congressional District Alabama's 7th congressional district is a United States congressional district in Alabama that elects a representative to the United States House of Representatives. The district encompasses Choctaw County, Alabama, Choctaw, Dallas County, Alab ...
, ref={{cite web, url=http://sewell.house.gov/biography/ , title=Terri Sewell , publisher=Terri Sewell , access-date=2007-04-24 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221072436/http://sewell.house.gov/biography/ , archive-date=2014-02-21 , url-status=dead {{Mem/f , name= Alma G. Stallworth , chapter=''Honorary'' , nota= Michigan state representative , ref= {{Mem/f , name=
Lou Nelle Sutton Lou Nelle Sutton ( Callahan; December 20, 1905 – July 1, 1994) was a businesswoman and former state representative from San Antonio, Texas. Born Lou Nelle Callahan, she married Garlington "G. J." Sutton in 1958. Together they would raise his ...
, chapter=''Honorary'' , nota= Texas state representative , ref= {{Mem/f , name= Alisha Thomas Morgan , chapter= unknown/grad , nota=youngest elected member of the House of Representatives in the U.S. state of Georgia , ref={{cite web, url=http://www.house.ga.gov/Representatives/en-US/member.aspx?Member=173&Session=21, title=Representative Alisha Thomas Morgan, publisher=Georgia House of Representatives, access-date=2012-12-30, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121121042949/http://www.house.ga.gov/representatives/en-US/member.aspx?Member=173&Session=21, archive-date=2012-11-21, url-status=live {{Mem/f , name=
Marietta Tree Marietta Peabody Tree (April 17, 1917 – August 15, 1991) was an American socialite and political reporter, who represented the United States on the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, appointed under the administration of John F. Kenn ...
, chapter=''Honorary'' , nota=first U.S. woman ambassador to the United Nations; founder of Syndenham Hospital, Harlem, first interracial hospital in the US , ref= {{Mem/f , name=
C. Delores Tucker Cynthia Delores Tucker (née Nottage; October 4, 1927 – October 12, 2005) was an American politician and civil rights activist. She had a long history of involvement in the American Civil Rights Movement. From the 1990s onward, she engaged in a ...
, chapter=''Honorary'' , nota=civil rights activist; first African-American Secretary of State in Pennsylvania (1971-77) , ref= {{Mem/f , name= Joyce Waddell , chapter= Unknown , nota= Democratic Senator of North Carolina District 40 Mecklenburg County {{Mem/f , name= Diane Watson , chapter=Alpha Gamma , nota=Democratic Congresswoman of California's 33rd Congressional District , ref= {{Mem/f , name= Frederica Wilson , chapter=''Pi'' , nota=Democratic Congresswoman of Florida's 24th Congressional District , ref={{cite web, url=http://wilson.house.gov/about/full-biography , title=Frederica Wilson , publisher=Frederica Wilson , access-date=2007-04-24 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161207100039/https://wilson.house.gov/about/full-biography , archive-date=2016-12-07 , url-status=dead


World leaders

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Diane Abbott Diane Julie Abbott (born 27 September 1953) is a British politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Hackney North and Stoke Newington since 1987. A member of the Labour Party, she served in the Shadow Cabinet of Jeremy Corbyn as Sh ...
, chapter=Boule , nota=British Labour Party Member of Parliament, representing the
Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hackney North and Stoke Newington is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom since 1987 by Diane Abbott of the Labour Party, who served as Shadow Home Secretary from 6 October 2016 to 5 April 2020. Abbott was o ...
constituency An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger State (polity), state (a country, administrative region, ...
, ref={{cite web , url=http://www.aka1908.com/centennial/region-international.html , title=AKA Centennial: International Region , publisher=Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated , access-date=2007-11-09 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110221042253/http://aka1908.com/centennial/region-international.html , archive-date=2011-02-21 , url-status=dead {{cite web, url=http://www.akainternational.org/main/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=26&Itemid=34&limit=1&limitstart=1, title=AKA International Region: Historical Overview, publisher=International Region of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, access-date=2007-11-09, url-status=dead, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080105223459/http://www.akainternational.org/main/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=26&Itemid=34&limit=1&limitstart=1, archive-date=2008-01-05 {{Mem/f , name=Cheryl Albury , chapter=''Honorary'' , nota=Serves on the Bahamas Supreme Court , ref={{cite web, url=http://www.akainternational.org/main/index.php?Itemid=41&id=31&option=com_content&task=view, title=International Honorary Members, publisher=International Region of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, access-date=2007-11-11, url-status=dead, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071102225159/http://www.akainternational.org/main/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=41, archive-date=2007-11-02 {{Mem/f , name= Dame Nita Barrow , chapter=''Honorary'' , nota=
Governor-general Governor-general (plural ''governors-general''), or governor general (plural ''governors general''), is the title of an office-holder. In the context of governors-general and former British colonies, governors-general are appointed as viceroy t ...
from Barbados; Permanent representative to the United Nations , ref= {{Mem/f , name=
Angie Elisabeth Brooks Angie Elizabeth Brooks (August 24, 1928 – September 9, 2007) was a Liberian diplomat and jurist. She was the only African female President of the United Nations General Assembly. She was also the second woman from any nation to head the U.N. bo ...
, chapter= Eta Beta Omega , nota=first African female President of the United Nations General Assembly from
Liberia Liberia (), officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to Liberia–Sierra Leone border, its northwest, Guinea to its north, Ivory Coast to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean ...
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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (born Ellen Eugenia Johnson, 29 October 1938) is a Liberian politician who served as the 24th president of Liberia from 2006 to 2018. Sirleaf was the first elected female head of state in Africa. Sirleaf was born in Mon ...
, chapter=Eta Beta Omega , nota=first female president of Liberia , ref={{cite web , url=http://www.aka1908.com/news/sirleaf/, title=Johnson-Sirleaf Inaugurated as Liberian President, publisher=Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, access-date=2007-10-16 , archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927194222/http://aka1908.com/news/sirleaf/ , archive-date = 2007-09-27 {{Mem/f , name= Allyson Maynard Gibson , chapter=''Honorary'' , nota=Attorney-General of the Bahamas, barrister, politician, and community rights advocate , ref= {{Mem/f , name=
Gloria McPhee Gloria Juanita McPhee OBE (née Darrell; 10 November 1926 – 18 February 2007) was a Bermudian politician who served as a member of the House of Assembly from 1968 to 1980, representing the United Bermuda Party (UBP). She was a government ministe ...
, chapter=Alpha , nota=first female Cabinet Minister, Bermuda; Member of the Bermuda Cabinet , ref="Ivies Beyond the Wall". ''Ivy Leaf''. Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated. Summer 2007. {{Mem/f , name=Veronica Owens , chapter= , nota=Member of Parliament, The Bahamas , ref= {{Mem/f , name=
Edith Mai Padmore Edith Mai Padmore, nee Wiles (August 20, 1916 – July 3, 1988) was a Liberian politician. She became Liberia's first female cabinet minister when she was appointed Minister of Health and Welfare in 1972. Life Mai Wiles was born on August 20, 19 ...
, chapter=''Honorary'' , nota=cabinet member from Liberia , ref= {{Mem/f , name= Vijaya Lakshmi Nehru Pandit , chapter=''Honorary'' , nota=first female
President of the United Nations General Assembly The president of the United Nations General Assembly is a position voted by representatives in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on a yearly basis. The president is the chair and presiding officer of the General Assembly. Election ...
; Indian diplomat , ref= {{Mem/f , name=Lois Marion Roselyn Perinchief , chapter=''Honorary'' , nota=first female Mayor of St. George's, Bermuda , ref= {{Mem/f , name=Sheila Makate Sisulu , chapter=''Honorary'' , nota=South African ambassador to the US , ref= {{Mem/f , name=Edith G. Ssempala , chapter=''Honorary'' , nota=US Ambassador from Uganda , ref= {{Mem/f , name=Sylvia Ross Talbot , chapter=''Honorary'' , nota=churchwoman from St. Croix, Virgin Islands , ref= {{Mem/f , name=
Leah Tutu Nomalizo Leah Tutu (; born 14 October 1933) is a South African activist and the widow of Desmond Tutu. Life Tutu was born Nomalizo Leah Shenxane on 14 October 1933 in Krugersdorp, South Africa. She married Desmond Tutu on 2 July 1955. They had ...
, chapter=''Honorary'' , nota=wife of South African
Archbishop In Christian denominations, an archbishop is a bishop of higher rank or office. In most cases, such as the Catholic Church, there are many archbishops who either have jurisdiction over an ecclesiastical province in addition to their own archdi ...
Desmond Tutu Desmond Mpilo Tutu (7 October 193126 December 2021) was a South African Anglican bishop and theologian, known for his work as an anti-apartheid and human rights activist. He was Bishop of Johannesburg from 1985 to 1986 and then Archbishop ...
, ref= {{Mem/f , name=Tanisha Tynes , chapter=unknown , nota=Senator, the Bahamas , ref={{cite web, title=PLP, url=http://myplp.org/constituencies/senators/east-grand-bahama/, publisher=PLP, date=June 11, 2012, access-date=2007-11-06, archive-url=https://archive.today/20130415112856/http://myplp.org/constituencies/senators/east-grand-bahama/, archive-date=2013-04-15, url-status=dead


Religion

{{Mem/fstart, alist= {{Mem/f , name=Cheryl Moore Adamson , chapter= Theta Gamma , nota=founding pastor of the Palmetto Missionary Baptist Church,
Conway, South Carolina Conway is a city in Horry County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 24,849 at the 2020 census, up from 17,103 in 2010 census. It is the county seat of Horry County and is part of the Myrtle Beach metropolitan area. It is the home ...
, ref={{cite web, title=Palmetto Missionary Baptist Church: Our Pastor , url=http://www.palmettomissionarybaptistchurch.org/pastor.htm , access-date=2007-12-16 , url-status=dead , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071031110247/http://www.palmettomissionarybaptistchurch.org/pastor.htm , archive-date=October 31, 2007 {{Mem/f , name=Arnetta Beverly , chapter= Omicron Psi Omega , nota=District Superintendent, Northeast District, United Methodist Church , ref={{cite web, title=SEJ Ministries with Young People, Upcoming events , url=http://www.sejmyp.org/events.aspx?id=2452 , publisher=The Christian Recorder , date=November 22, 2006 , access-date=2007-12-16 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071231111450/http://www.sejmyp.org/events.aspx?id=2452 , archive-date=December 31, 2007 , url-status=dead {{Mem/f , name=D'Mrtri Cato-Watson , chapter= Zeta Omicron , nota=pastor, Harris Chapel United Methodist Church,
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida Fort Lauderdale () is a coastal city located in the U.S. state of Florida, north of Miami along the Atlantic Ocean. It is the county seat of and largest city in Broward County with a population of 182,760 at the 2020 census, making it the tenth ...
; pastor, Kirkman Road United Methodist Church,
Orlando, Florida Orlando () is a city in the U.S. state of Florida and is the county seat of Orange County, Florida, Orange County. In Central Florida, it is the center of the Greater Orlando, Orlando metropolitan area, which had a population of 2,509,831, acco ...
, ref= {{Mem/f , name=Rev. Portia Annette Cavitt , chapter=unknown , nota=pastor of Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church in South Omaha, Nebraska , ref={{cite web , title = THE CHRISTIAN RECORDER Online , url = http://www.the-christian-recorder.org/tcr-online/2006/11/christian-recorder-online-english_22.html , publisher = The Christian Recorder , date = November 22, 2006 , access-date = 2007-12-13 , archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110723193739/http://www.the-christian-recorder.org/tcr-online/2006/11/christian-recorder-online-english_22.html , archive-date = 2011-07-23 , url-status = dead {{Mem/f , name=
Leontine T. Kelly Leontine Turpeau Current Kelly (March 5, 1920 – June 28, 2012) was an American bishop of the United Methodist Church. She was the second woman elevated to the position of bishop within the United Methodist Church, and the first African American ...
, chapter= Nu , nota=first African-American woman to become a bishop; second woman to become a bishop in the United Methodist Church , ref={{cite web , title = Leontine Kelly , url = http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0900711.html , publisher = Infoplease.com , access-date = 2007-12-13 , archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110412212525/http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0900711.html , archive-date = 2011-04-12 , url-status = live {{Mem/f , name=Mia Knight Wright , chapter=Delta Xi , nota=founder and executive director of Metamorphosis Empowerment Conference; co-pastor of the Fountain of Praise Church, Houston, TX , ref={{cite web , title = Metamorphosis Women - Executive Director , url = http://www.mymetamorphosis.org/exec_director.html , publisher = Metamorphosis Women Empowerment Conference , access-date = 2007-01-22 , archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110309014232/http://www.mymetamorphosis.org/exec_director.html , archive-date = 2011-03-09 , url-status = dead


Sports

{{Mem/fstart , ilist = , alist= {{Mem/f , name=Robin Aikens , chapter= Lambda Alpha Omega , nota=Division I golf coach, Chicago State University; founder of InnerCityGolf , ref={{cite web, url=http://www.sportsloop.com/sportsloop/rep_athletes.asp?id=9 , title=SportsLoop Athlet , access-date=2007-12-16 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071231064925/http://www.sportsloop.com/sportsloop/rep_athletes.asp?id=9 , archive-date=2007-12-31 , url-status=dead {{Mem/f , name= Lisa Borders , chapter= Iota Mu , nota=President of WNBA , ref={{cite web , url=https://theafricanamericanathlete.com/skee-wee-no-1-pick-wilson-wnba-prez-borders-rep-aka-at-draft/ , title=Skee-Wee!: No. 1 Pick Wilson, WNBA Prez Borders, Rep AKA At Draft , access-date=2018-08-15 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815164515/https://theafricanamericanathlete.com/skee-wee-no-1-pick-wilson-wnba-prez-borders-rep-aka-at-draft/ , archive-date=2018-08-15 , url-status=live {{Mem/f , name= Alice Coachman Davis , chapter=''Honorary'' , nota=first African-American woman to win an Olympic Gold Medal and first American woman to win a gold medal in track and field during the
1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca ...
in London, England , ref= {{Mem/f , name=Brandit Copper , chapter= Theta Sigma , nota=former professional track runner, college all-American; assistant track and field coach, US Military Academy; Associated Head track coach,
California State University-Fullerton California State University, Fullerton (CSUF or Cal State Fullerton) is a public university in Fullerton, California. With a total enrollment of more than 41,000, it has the largest student body of the 23-campus California State University (CSU) ...
, first female (African-American) on their coaching staff; Olympic track and field coach of 2016 bronze medalist Bolade Ajomale , ref={{cite web , url=http://fullertontitans.cstv.com/sports/c-track/spec-rel/100807aab.html , title=Army Assistant Comes to Titan Program , access-date=2007-12-15 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080312130327/http://fullertontitans.cstv.com/sports/c-track/spec-rel/100807aab.html , archive-date=2008-03-12 , url-status=dead {{Mem/f , name=
Vonetta Flowers Vonetta Flowers (; born October 29, 1973) is an American bobsledder. In 2002 Winter Olympics, Flowers became the first African American and the first Black athlete from any country to win a gold medal at a Winter Olympics. Career Flowers was a s ...
, chapter=''Honorary'' , nota=gold medal winner of
bobsledding Bobsleigh or bobsled is a team winter sport that involves making timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sleigh. International bobsleigh competitions are governed by the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Feder ...
competition in the 2002 Winter Olympics; first African-American (male or female) to win a gold medal in the Winter Olympics , ref= {{Mem/f , name= Chryste Gaines , chapter= Alpha Xi Omega , nota=US track champion; bronze medal winner, 2000 Olympics , ref={{cite web , url=http://www.usatf.org/athletes/bios/Gaines_Chryste.asp , title=Athlete Bios: Chryste Gaines , access-date=2007-12-15 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611072509/http://www.usatf.org/athletes/bios/Gaines_Chryste.asp , archive-date=2011-06-11 , url-status=live {{Mem/f , name=
Zina Garrison Zina Lynna Garrison (born November 16, 1963) is an American former professional tennis player. Garrison was the runner-up in singles at the 1990 Wimbledon Championships, a three-time major mixed doubles champion, and an Olympic gold and bronze m ...
, chapter=''Honorary'' , nota=first African-American to win a tennis medal , ref= {{Mem/f , name= Althea Gibson , chapter= Beta Alpha , nota=first African-American to win a Grand Slam in tennis , ref={{cite web , date=September 21, 2005 , url=http://media.www.thefamuanonline.com/media/storage/paper319/news/2005/09/21/Announcements/Famu-Announcements-991963.shtml , title=FAMU Announcements , publisher=The FAMUAN , access-date=2007-10-21 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716233136/http://media.www.thefamuanonline.com/media/storage/paper319/news/2005/09/21/Announcements/Famu-Announcements-991963.shtml , archive-date=July 16, 2011 , url-status=dead {{cite web, url=http://www.tennisfame.com/famer.aspx?pgID=867&hof_id=119 , title=Althea Gibson , publisher=- International Tennis Hall of Fame , access-date=2007-10-23 , url-status=dead , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930180458/http://www.tennisfame.com/famer.aspx?pgID=867&hof_id=119 , archive-date=September 30, 2007 {{Mem/f , name= Chamique Holdsclaw , chapter=''Honorary'' , nota=top WNBA draft pick; basketball player , ref={{cite web, date=October 28, 2004, url=http://espn.go.com/wnba/news/2004/1028/1911836.html, title=ESPN.com: WNBA - Holdsclaw discloses mystery illness: Depression, work= ESPN.com, access-date=2007-10-21 , archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070510051231/http://espn.go.com/wnba/news/2004/1028/1911836.html , archive-date = 2007-05-10 {{Mem/f , name= Jolanda "Jo" Jones , chapter= Epsilon Lambda , nota=US Track and Field Heptathlon champion; three-time NCAA Heptathlon champion; NCAA Top Six Award winner; Verizon Academic All-America Hall of Fame; Texas Black Sports Hall of Fame; University of Houston Hall of Honor {{Mem/f , name= Tiffany Mitchell , chapter= Theta Gamma , nota=shooting guard for WNBA's
Indiana Fever The Indiana Fever are an American professional basketball team based in Indianapolis, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The team was founded before the 2000 season began. The team is owned ...
, ref= {{Mem/f , name=Shannon Perry , chapter= Epsilon Theta , nota=women's basketball assistant coach,
Duke University Duke University is a private research university in Durham, North Carolina. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco and electric power industrialist James ...
; former assistant coach University of Southern California women's basketball team , ref={{cite web, url=http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=4200&ATCLID=152903, title=Shannon Perry Bio, access-date=2007-12-16, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927210722/http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=4200&ATCLID=152903, archive-date=2011-09-27, url-status=dead {{Mem/f , name=Danya Pilgrim , chapter= Pi Beta , nota=head coach, field hockey, Bryn Mawr College; head field hockey coach,
State University of New York at Oswego State University of New York at Oswego (SUNY Oswego or Oswego State) is a public college in the City of Oswego and Town of Oswego, New York. It has two campuses: historic lakeside campus in Oswego and Metro Center in Syracuse, New York. SUN ...
; assistant coach, Wittenberg University , ref={{cite web , url=http://www.brynmawr.edu/athletics/intercollegiate/fieldhockey/coach.htm , title=Bryn Mawr Field Hockey Coaches , access-date=2007-12-16 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110307025848/http://www.brynmawr.edu/athletics/intercollegiate/fieldhockey/coach.htm , archive-date=2011-03-07 , url-status=dead {{Mem/f , name=
Lucy Diggs Slowe Lucy Diggs Slowe (July 4, 1885 – October 21, 1937) was an American educator and athlete, and the first Black woman to serve as Dean of Women at any American university. She was a founder of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, the first sorority fou ...
, chapter=Alpha , nota=first African-American to win a national championship in any sport (tennis) , ref={{cite web, url=http://www.culturaltourismdc.org/info-url3948/info-url_show.htm?doc_id=213185&attrib_id=7968, title=African American Heritage Trail Database, access-date=2007-12-12 , archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070814102437/http://www.culturaltourismdc.org/info-url3948/info-url_show.htm?doc_id=213185&attrib_id=7968 , archive-date = 2007-08-14 {{Mem/f , name=Dolly "Mabel" Landry Staton , chapter=
Beta Beta (, ; uppercase , lowercase , or cursive ; grc, βῆτα, bē̂ta or ell, βήτα, víta) is the second letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals, it has a value of 2. In Modern Greek, it represents the voiced labiod ...
, nota=member of US track and field team, 1952 Olympics; won several national championships in 50 meters and long jump , ref=''Ivy Leaf Magazine'', Winter 2004. {{Mem/f , name=
C. Vivian Stringer Charlaine Vivian Stringer (born March 16, 1948) is an American former basketball coach. She holds one of the best coaching records in the history of women's basketball. She was the head coach of the Rutgers University women's basketball team from ...
, chapter=''Honorary'' , nota= Rutgers University head basketball coach , ref= {{Mem/f , name= Debi Thomas , chapter=unknown , nota=first African-American
figure skater Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contested at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic disciplines are me ...
to win a medal (bronze) in the Winter Olympics , ref={{cite web , date=July–August 2002 , url=http://www.stanfordalumni.org/news/magazine/2002/julaug/classnotes/thomas.html , title=Whatever Happened to...Debi Thomas, '91: Good-Bye Skates, Hello Scrubs , magazine=Stanford Magazine , access-date=2007-11-10 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611050008/http://www.stanfordalumni.org/news/magazine/2002/julaug/classnotes/thomas.html , archive-date=2011-06-11 , url-status=dead {{Mem/f , name=
Morgan Tuck Morgan Tuck (born April 30, 1994) is an American former professional basketball player. She played her first four WNBA seasons with the Connecticut Sun. She won 4 consecutive NCAA championships with the University of Connecticut. She completed he ...
, chapter= Lambda Tau , nota=forward for the WNBA's Connecticut Sun , ref={{cite web, url=http://akapioneers.aka1908.com/index.php/emerging-leaders/76-tuck-morgan, title=Tuck, Morgan, access-date=2019-09-15, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171007103416/http://akapioneers.aka1908.com/index.php/emerging-leaders/76-tuck-morgan, archive-date=2017-10-07, url-status=live {{Mem/f , name=MarLena Wesh, chapter= Lambda Theta , nota=NCAA track-runner, 3-time ACC Champion in the 400, 3-time All-American; 2012 Summer Olympics Semi-finalist in the 400, ref= Marlena Wesh {{Mem/f , name= Tonique Williams-Darling , chapter= Theta Gamma , nota=gold medal Bahamian runner in the 400 meter
track Track or Tracks may refer to: Routes or imprints * Ancient trackway, any track or trail whose origin is lost in antiquity * Animal track, imprints left on surfaces that an animal walks across * Desire path, a line worn by people taking the shorte ...
at the
2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...
, ref={{cite web , date=September 17, 2004 , url=http://media.www.thefamuanonline.com/media/storage/paper319/news/2005/09/21/Announcements/Famu-Announcements-991963.shtml , title=Williams-Darling And Johnson To Compete In World Athletics Final , publisher=The University of South Carolina Athletics Site , access-date=2007-10-24 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716233136/http://media.www.thefamuanonline.com/media/storage/paper319/news/2005/09/21/Announcements/Famu-Announcements-991963.shtml , archive-date=July 16, 2011 , url-status=dead {{Mem/f , name= A'ja Wilson , chapter= Theta Gamma , nota=top
2018 WNBA draft The 2018 WNBA draft was the WNBA, league's draft for the 2018 WNBA season. On March 12, the league announced the draft would be held on April 12 at Nike, Inc., Nike New York City, New York Headquarters, a recently opened secondary headquarters for ...
pick by the Las Vegas Aces, 2017 NCAA Champion, 2018 unanimous national player of the year, Wooden Trophy, Naismith and
Wooden award The John R. Wooden Award is an award given annually to the most outstanding men's and women's college basketball players. The program consists of the men's and women's Player of the Year awards, the Legends of Coaching award, and recognizing the ...
, three-time
SEC Player of the year Southeastern Conference Player of the Year refers to the most outstanding player for the Southeastern Conference (SEC) in a given sport for a given season. For lists of individual sport SEC Players of the Year by year: *Southeastern Conference Bas ...
{{Mem/f , name=Corrinne Wright , chapter= Eta Xi , nota= nine-time All-American winner in gymnastics; won NCAA championships in all-around and floor exercise in 1989; member of U.S. National team; Associate Director of Intercollegiate Athletics, Stockton University , ref={{cite web , date = September 2005 , url = http://president.stockton.edu/newsletter/9-05/ , title = Corrinne Wright Named "Circle of Honor" Inductee at University of Georgia , publisher = Richard Stockton College of New Jersey , access-date = 2007-12-16 , archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110720050820/http://president.stockton.edu/newsletter/9-05/ , archive-date = 2011-07-20 , url-status = live


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{{Mem/fstart, alist= {{Mem/f , name=LaDonna Bradford Suggs , chapter= Gamma Mu , nota=2008 winner of '' Today''{{'s "
Race to the Altar ''Race to the Altar'' is an American reality television series hosted by Lisa Dergan Podsednik, Lisa Dergan. The series premiered July 30, 2003, on NBC. The show found 8 engaged couples to compete in a series of physical and mental challenges desig ...
" wedding contest, ref= {{Mem/f , name=Tobie Brown , chapter= Beta Zeta , nota=model, '' Ebony'' Fashion Fair , ref=''Ivy Leaf Magazine'', Spring 2003 {{Mem/f , name=Pauletta Brown Blueitt , chapter= Omicron Epsilon Omega , nota=first African-American woman to achieve the rank of colonel in Air Force Medical Service Corps , ref= {{Mem/f , name=Jameka Cameron , chapter= Delta Theta , nota=contestant on reality TV show ''Big Brother'' (Season 8, 2007) {{Mem/f , name=Emma Clarissa Clement , chapter=''Honorary'' , nota=Mother of the Year in 1946 , ref= {{Mem/f , name=Keisha Dean , chapter=Beta Alpha , nota=fashion and jewelry designer , ref={{cite web , url=http://www.keigeejewelry.com , title=Kei Gee Jewelry: Meet the Designer , access-date=2007-12-16 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090714142814/http://www.keigeejewelry.com/ , archive-date=2009-07-14 , url-status=dead {{Mem/f , name=Elena Diaz-Verson Amos , chapter=''Honorary'' , nota=first female president of Latin American Studies Club , ref= {{Mem/f , name=Kathryn Dickerson , chapter=''Honorary'' , nota=first woman to be honored with "Man of the Year" by the Chicago Urban League , ref= {{Mem/f , name=
Leecia Eve Leecia Roberta Eve is an attorney from New York (state), New York with experience in federal government, state government, and the private sector who currently works as a lobbyist for telecommunications giant Verizon. Born in Buffalo, Eve was a c ...
, chapter=
Gamma Phi Omega The National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations (NALFO) is an umbrella council for 16 Latino Greek Letter Organizations (GLOs) established in 1998. The purpose of NALFO is to promote and foster positive interfraternal relations, commun ...
, nota=counsel to
Senator A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...
Hillary Clinton , ref={{cite web , url=http://www.law.harvard.edu/alumni/cba/biographies.php , title=Harvard Law School Alumni , access-date=2007-12-26 , archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071015050742/http://www.law.harvard.edu/alumni/cba/biographies.php , archive-date = 2007-10-15 {{Mem/f , name=Ashley Gardner , chapter= Eta Mu , nota=beauty blogger, XOAshtonNicole , ref={{cite web , url=http://www.internationalspeakers.com/speakers/ISBB-553LZG/Patricia_Russell-McCloud/ , title=International Speakers Bureau- Bios , access-date=2007-12-16 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080506120411/http://www.internationalspeakers.com/speakers/ISBB-553LZG/Patricia_Russell-McCloud/ , archive-date=2008-05-06 , url-status=dead {{Mem/f , name=Venus Hylton , chapter=
Alpha Theta Alpha Theta () is a gender-inclusive Greek house at Dartmouth College. Alpha Theta is a 501(c)(7) non-profit and the chapter house and property are owned by the Alpha Theta House Corporation, a 501(c)(2) non-profit. History Early years Alpha ...
, nota=jewelry designer , ref={{cite web , url=http://www.venushylton.com/ , title=Venus Hylton Jewelry , access-date=2007-12-16 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110506115358/http://www.venushylton.com/ , archive-date=2011-05-06 , url-status=dead {{Mem/f , name=Wyona Lynch-McWhite , chapter= Alpha Mu Omega , nota=director of the Eleanor D. Wilson Museum Roanoke, VA; former curator, Columbus Museum Uptown,
Columbus, GA Columbus is a consolidated city-county located on the west-central border of the U.S. state of Georgia. Columbus lies on the Chattahoochee River directly across from Phenix City, Alabama. It is the county seat of Muscogee County, with which it off ...
, ref= {{Mem/f , name=Cleo Parker Robinson , chapter=''Honorary'' , nota=artistic director of Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Theater , ref= {{Mem/f , name=Patricia Russell-McCloud , chapter= Zeta Xi Omega , nota=internationally-known motivational speaker; former National President of The Links, Inc; author , ref=


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{{Refbegin * {{cite book , last=McNealey, first=Earnestine G. , title=Pearls of Service: The Legacy of America's First Black Sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha , year=2006 , publisher=Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated , location=Chicago , lccn=2006928528 * {{cite book , last=Parker , first=Marjorie H., title=Alpha Kappa Alpha: 1908-1958 , year=1958 , publisher=Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated , location=Chicago * {{cite book , last=Parker , first=Marjorie H., title=Alpha Kappa Alpha: Sixty Years of Service , year=1966 , publisher=Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated , location=Chicago * {{cite book , last=Parker , first=Marjorie H., title=Alpha Kappa Alpha: In the Eye of the Beholder , year=1979 , publisher=Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated , location=Chicago * {{cite book , last=Parker , first=Marjorie H. , title=Alpha Kappa Alpha Through the Years: 1908-1988 , year=1990 , publisher=Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated , location=Chicago * {{cite book , last=Parker , first=Marjorie H., title=Past Is Prologue: The History of Alpha Kappa Alpha 1908-1999 , year=1999 , publisher=Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated , location=Chicago, isbn=978-0-933244-00-9 * {{cite book , last=Ross, Jr. , first=Lawrence , author-link=Lawrence Ross, title=The Divine Nine: The History of African-American Fraternities and Sororities in America , year=2000 , publisher=Kensington , location=New York, isbn=978-1-57566-491-0 {{Refend {{clear


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