![]() Writer, senior digital editor for Ebony, cultural critic Scholar, author, professor of African American Cultural Studies, Law, and Bioethics Scenes From A Sistah, Getting To The Good Part, and Blind AmbitionsĪuthor, The Sweeter the Juice and Finding Grace first woman to manage a television station in the USĪward-winning author, celebrity journalist, former beauty queen, actress, model, producer, social activist and philanthropist Poet, dancer, producer, playwright, film director, authorĪuthor of Sorority Sisters, Hand-Me-Down Heartache, Just My LuckĬivil rights activist first African-American woman to work at a white newspaper, CompassĪuthor of A Voice from the South by a Black Woman of the South feministĪuthor of Breath, Eyes, Memory and Krik? Krak!Īuthor and social entrepreneur A Woman's Guide to Soulful Living:Seven Keys to Life and Work Success Tropical Escapes Follow Her Lead: Unleashing the Greatness WithinĪuthors of Having Our Say and civil rights activists Nichelle Nichols Jada Pinkett Smith Phylicia Rashad ![]() ![]() Theatre actress, Beehive, national tour Buddy, national tourįirst African-American actress to win an Emmy awardĪctress, singer Ugly Betty, Broadway productions of The Little Mermaid and Rent, film Across the UniverseĪctress in Waiting to Exhale and This Christmas one of the original DreamgirlsĪctress portrayed Danielle Frye on All My ChildrenĪctress, roles in Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins, Fatal Attraction (TV series), Snapped: Killer Couples, and Bossip Comedy SeriesĪctress on The Cosby Show, first African-American woman to win a Tony Award for Lead ActressĪctress ( One Life to Live, The Haves and the Have Nots) Theatre actress, roles include "Motormouth Maybelle" in Hairspray, "Mazeppa" in GypsyĪctress, film, television, host, and voice 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, civil rights, education, health, law, politics, science, literature and sports.Īrts and entertainment Artists and illustrators NameĬeramic artist one of the first African-American female chemists in the US The sorority also bestows honorary membership as its highest honor. Membership is extended to female college undergraduate and graduate students. Īlpha Kappa Alpha has a membership of more than 200,000 women in over 950 chapters in the United States and several other countries. This list of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorors (commonly referred to as AKAs ) includes initiated and honorary members of Alpha Kappa Alpha (ΑΚΑ), the first inter-collegiate Greek-letter sorority established for Black college women.Īlpha Kappa Alpha Sorority was founded on January 15, 1908, at Howard University in Washington, D.C., by nine women who were known as The Original Group of 1908, and seven sophomores, honor students who are also considered founders and are known as The Sophomores of 1910. Members of Congress, all of whom are Alpha Kappa Alpha sisters, among them then-Senator Kamala Harris, the first female Vice President of the United States
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