List of Alpha Kappa Alpha members
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
This list of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorors (commonly referred to as AKAs [ 1] ) includes initiated and honorary members of Alpha Kappa Alpha (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 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 .[ 2]
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.[ 3]
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 .
Art
Authors and journalists
Name
Original chapter
Notability
References
Marvel Cooke
first African-American woman to work at a white newspaper, Compass
[ 6]
Anna Julia Cooper
Alpha
author and feminist
[ 7]
Edwidge Danticat
Theta Psi Omega
author
[ 8]
Linsey Davis
Theta Kappa
ABC News anchor
[ 9]
Leslie Esdaile Banks
author
[ 10]
Lolita Files
Iota Lambda
author
[ 10]
Gwendolyn Goldsby Grant
Beta Alpha Omega
advice columnist for Essence and media psychologist
[ 6]
Ayana Gray
Kappa Iota
author of Beasts of Prey
[ 10]
Shirlee Taylor Haizlip
author and the first woman to manage a television station in the US
[ 10]
Germany Kent
Lambda Eta
award-winning author, celebrity journalist, actress, model, and producer
[ 10]
Jamilah Lemieux
Delta Rho Omega
writer, senior digital editor for Ebony , and cultural critic
[ 11]
Felicia Mason
author
[ 10]
Toni Morrison
Alpha
Nobel Prize -winning author
[ 12]
Sophia A. Nelson
Xi Omega
author, journalist, lawyer , and political commentator
[ 13]
Patricia Russell-McCloud
Zeta Xi Omega
motivational speaker and author
[ 14]
Sonia Sanchez
Lambda
poet
[ 15]
Sandra Seaton
Chi Epsilon Omega
award-winning playwright and librettist
Reshonda Tate-Billingsley
Delta Xi
journalist and author
[ 16]
Miki Turner
Sigma Omega
award-winning photojournalist and author
[ 10]
Ann B. Walker
Journalist and radio personality
[ 17]
Anna Julia Cooper
Edwidge Danticat
Business
Civil rights and advocacy
Bernice King
Education
Name
Original chapter
Notability
References
Rose Browne
first black woman to gain a PhD in education from Harvard University; professor at Virginia State University and North Carolina Central University
[ 6]
Jewel Plummer Cobb
Chi
cancer researcher, former President of California State University, Fullerton
[ 6]
Marva Collins
Alpha Pi
founder of Westside Preparatory School in Chicago
[ 35]
Lia Epperson
Lambda Upsilon
Professor of Law, American University Washington College of Law ; former Director of Education, Litigation and Policy, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
LaTonya Goffney
first Black superintendent of Aldine Independent School District
[ 36]
Karla F. C. Holloway
Chi
professor of African American Cultural Studies, Law, and Bioethics at Duke University
[ 10]
Monique Holsey-Hyman
professor of social work at North Carolina Central University , a former social worker in New York City, and member of the Durham City Council
[ 37]
Wyona Lynch-McWhite
Alpha Mu Omega
director of the Eleanor D. Wilson Museum Roanoke, VA ; lecturer at Boston University , and executive director of the Social Innovation Forum in Boston
[ 38]
Hilda Pinnix-Ragland
Alpha Phi
first woman and first African American to chair the State Board of Community Colleges in North Carolina; vice president of Northern Regions Energy Delivery Services, Progress Energy;
[ 19]
Kenya Tyson
Iota Kappa Omega
Vice Provost for Strategic Initiatives at Dartmouth University and Miss Black Delaware 1996
Donda West
Alpha Eta
Chair of English Department at Chicago State University and mother of Kanye West
[ 39]
Debra Saunders-White
Theta Kappa
first female Chancellor of North Carolina Central University
[ 40]
Donda West
Frederica S. Wilson
Entertainment
Acting
Name
Original chapter
Notability
References
Yvette Nicole Brown
Delta Pi
actress, film, television, host, and voice
[ 41]
Vanessa Bell Calloway
Delta Phi
actress in Coming to America
[ 42] [ 43]
Loretta Devine
Epsilon Lambda
actress in Waiting to Exhale and This Christmas ; one of the original Dreamgirls
[ 44]
Tanisha Lynn
Lambda
actress; portrayed Danielle Frye on All My Children
Taylor Polidore
Alpha Pi
actress, roles in Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins , Fatal Attraction (TV series), Snapped: Killer Couples , and Bossip Comedy Series
[ 45]
Phylicia Rashad
Alpha
actress on The Cosby Show , first African-American woman to win a Tony Award for Lead Actress
[ 46]
Roxie Roker
Alpha
actress on The Jeffersons
[ 47]
Wanda Sykes
Gamma Theta
actress and comedian
[ 48]
Regina Taylor
Kappa Mu
Golden Globe-winning actress
Phylicia Rashad
Models and pageant titleholders
Music
Television and film
Name
Original chapter
Notability
References
Abiola Abrams
Alpha Mu
independent filmmaker , author, actress, and television host
[ 58]
Yvette Lee Bowser
Xi Beta
writer and producer, Half & Half , Living Single , and A Different World
[ 15]
Xernona Clayton Brady
Alpha Psi
creator of CNN 's Trumpet Awards and creator of the Xernona Clayton Show on WAGA-TV
[ 21]
Jameka Cameron
Delta Theta
contestant on Big Brother (Season 8, 2007)
Barbara Ciara
Upsilon Omicron Omega
Managing editor and primary anchor at WTKR NewsChannel 3 in Norfolk, Virginia ; youngest woman and first African-American to become news director at a commercial television station in the Southwest (KMSB-TV in Tucson, Arizona )
[ 59]
Sharon Epperson
Lambda Upsilon
financial correspondent for CNBC
[ 60]
Sunny Hostin
Upsilon Nu Omega
commentator on The View
[ 61]
Ashleigh Demi
Delta Iota
TV Personality
[ 62]
Janice Huff
Zeta Omicron
meteorologist for WNBC in New York City
[ 63]
Star Jones
Lambda Zeta
author, television host, and attorney
[ 64]
Depelsha Thomas McGruder
Alpha
Senior Vice-President of Business Operations for MTV
[ 65]
Wanda Sykes
Gamma Theta
comedian and television personality
Kathy Times
Beta Alpha
Emmy Award -winning investigative reporter for WVTM-TV (NBC13) in Birmingham, Alabama ; president of National Association of Black Journalists
[ 59]
Daphne Valerius
Theta Psi Omega
filmmaker, actress, and television journalist
[ 66]
JaQuitta Williams
Gamma Upsilon
anchor/reporter for WSB-TV , ABC affiliate in Atlanta, Georgia
[ 67]
Keisha Williams
Alpha
host of Focus Atlanta and The CW Atlanta's Public Affairs Director
[ 68]
Health and science
Patricia E. Bath
Dorothy Boulding Ferebee
Law
Name
Original chapter
Notability
References
Vanita Banks
Epsilon Rho
President of the National Bar Association
[ 59]
Ada E. Brown
Mu Pi
first African-American woman federal judge in the Northern District of Texas
Chereé A. Buggs
Epsilon Pi Omega
Judge, Civil Court of the City of New York
[ 73]
Zina Pickens Cruse
Mu Tau
first African-American woman elected Circuit Judge, 20th Judicial Circuit, State of Illinois
[ 74]
Dena Douglas
Delta Rho Omega
Judge of the New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District
[ 66]
Lia Epperson
Lambda Upsilon
Professor of Law, American University Washington College of Law and former Director of Education Litigation and Policy, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
Leecia Eve
Gamma Phi Omega
counsel to Senator Hillary Clinton
[ 75]
Toni King
Upsilon Kappa Omega
Judge, District Court of Cumberland County, North Carolina
[ 76]
Alice O. McCollum
Beta Eta Omega
first African-American female municipal judge, Dayton, Ohio ; County Probate Judge for Montgomery County, Ohio
[ 77]
Vicki Miles-LaGrange
Beta Sigma Omega
first African-American Federal District Judge in Western District of Oklahoma
[ 78] [ 79]
Valerie Brathwaite Nelson
Iota Upsilon
Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
[ 80]
Peggy Quince
Alpha
first African-American female Supreme Court Justice on the Florida Supreme Court
[ 79] [ 81]
Fern Flanagan Saddler
Xi Omega
District of Columbia Superior Court Judge
[ 82]
Leah Ward Sears
Mu Upsilon
first African-American woman Chief Supreme Court Justice on the Georgia Supreme Court
[ 79] [ 83]
Donna Hill Staton
Iota Lambda Omega
first African-American female deputy attorney general in Maryland and first African-American circuit court judge in Howard County, Maryland
[ 84]
Vicki Miles-LaGrange
Peggy Quince
Politics
Yvonne Brathwaite Burke
Eva L. Clayton
Katie Hall
Kamala Harris
Sheila Jackson-Lee
Eddie Bernice Johnson
Hazel O'Leary
Diane Watson
Religion
Sports
Name
Original chapter
Notability
References
Robin Aikens
Lambda Alpha Omega
Division I golf coach, Chicago State University ; founder of InnerCityGolf
[ 112]
Lisa Borders
Iota Mu
President of WNBA
[ 113]
Jade Cargill
Omicron Delta
Professional wrestler, World Wrestling Entertainment
[ 114]
Brandit Copper
Theta Sigma
former professional track runner, college all-American; assistant track and field coach, US Military Academy; Associated Head track coach, California State University-Fullerton , first female (African-American) on their coaching staff; Olympic track and field coach of 2016 bronze medalist Bolade Ajomale
[ 115]
Chryste Gaines
Alpha Xi Omega
US track champion; bronze medal winner, 2000 Olympics
[ 116]
Althea Gibson
Beta Alpha
first African-American to win a Grand Slam in tennis
[ 117] [ 118]
Jolanda "Jo" Jones
Epsilon Lambda
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
Mabel Landry
Beta
member of US track and field team, 1952 Olympics; won several national championships in 50 meters and long jump
[ 119]
Tiffany Mitchell
Theta Gamma
shooting guard for WNBA's Indiana Fever
[ 120]
Shannon Perry
Epsilon Theta
women's basketball assistant coach, Duke University ; former assistant coach University of Southern California women's basketball team
[ 121]
Danya Pilgrim
Pi Beta
head coach, field hockey, Bryn Mawr College ; head field hockey coach, State University of New York at Oswego ; assistant coach, Wittenberg University
[ 122]
Lucy Diggs Slowe
Alpha
first African-American to win a national championship in any sport (tennis)
[ 123]
Debi Thomas
first African-American figure skater to win a medal (bronze) in the Winter Olympics
[ 124]
Morgan Tuck
Lambda Tau
forward for the WNBA's Connecticut Sun
[ 125]
Marlena Wesh
Lambda Theta
NCAA track-runner, 3-time ACC Champion in the 400, 3-time All-American; 2012 Summer Olympics Semi-finalist in the 400
[ 126]
Tonique Williams-Darling
Theta Gamma
gold medal Bahamian runner in the 400 meter track at the 2004 Summer Olympics
[ 127]
A'ja Wilson
Theta Gamma
top 2018 WNBA draft pick by the Las Vegas Aces ,[ 128] 2017 NCAA Champion , 2018 unanimous national player of the year, Wooden Trophy , Naismith and Wooden award , three-time SEC Player of the year
Corrinne Tarver
Eta Xi
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
[ 129]
Althea Gibson
Honorary members
Name
Original chapter
Notability
References
Yolanda Adams
Honorary
gospel singer
[ 130]
Jane Addams
Honorary
founder of Hull House in Chicago ; Nobel Peace Prize recipient
[ 130]
Cecelia Adkins
Honorary
first to lead the Publisher's Association
[ 130]
Cheryl Albury
Honorary
serves on the Bahamas Supreme Court
[ 130] [ 131]
Joyce London Alexander
Honorary
Chief Judge in Massachusetts State Court; United States magistrate judge
[ 130]
Ethel Alpenfels
Honorary
anthropologist
[ 130]
Elena Diaz-Verson Amos
Honorary
philanthropist, humanitarian activist, and wife of John Amos
[ 130]
Lauren Anderson
Honorary
first African-American principal ballerina of a major company (the Houston Ballet )
[ 130]
Maya Angelou
Honorary
poet, dancer, producer , playwright, film director, and author
[ 130]
Joan Bernard Armstrong
Honorary
Judge in New Orleans
[ 130]
Nita Barrow
Honorary
Governor-general from Barbados ; Permanent representative to the United Nations
[ 130]
Mary L. Bell
Honorary
first African American to own and operate a radio station in the city of Detroit ; president and chairperson of Bell Broadcasting Corporation
[ 130]
Gayleatha B. Brown
Honorary
US Ambassador to the Republic of Benin
[ 130]
Sara Winifred Brown
Honorary
physician and first female alumna trustee of Howard University
[ 130]
Marilyn Gaston
Honorary
pediatrician and Assistant Surgeon General of the United States
[ 130]
Dorothy Brunson
Honorary
first African-American woman to own a television station, WGTW-TV
[ 130]
Rosetta Burke
Honorary
New York State and Army National Guard 's Assistant Adjutant General
[ 130]
Margaret Burroughs
Honorary
founder of DuSable Museum of African American History in Chicago, Illinois
[ 130]
Margaret Busby
Honorary
first African book publisher in the United Kingdom; writer and broadcaster; inducted into the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Queen Elizabeth II
[ 130]
Bebe Moore Campbell
Honorary
author
[ 130]
Erica Campbell
Honorary
Gospel Singer
[ 130]
Johnnie Carr
Honorary
civil rights activist
[ 130]
Emma C. Chappell
Honorary
first African-American woman to form a commercial bank in the US
[ 130]
Suzette Charles
Honorary
Miss America 1984
[ 130]
June Jackson Christmas
Honorary
founder of the Harlem Rehabilitation Center in Harlem, New York
[ 130]
Zoanne Clack
Honorary
writer known for Grey's Anatomy
[ 132]
Alice Coachman
Honorary
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
[ 130]
Olivia Cole
Honorary
first African-American actress to win an Emmy award
[ 130]
Cardiss Collins
Honorary
Congresswoman of Illinois' 7th Congressional District , 1973-1997
[ 130]
Julie Dash
Honorary
filmmaker of Daughters of the Dust
[ 130]
Belva Davis
Honorary
first African-American news anchor on the West Coast
[ 130]
Suzanne de Passe
Honorary
only African American to be nominated for an Academy Award for writing; CEO of de Passe Entertainment
[ 130]
Sadie and Bessie Delany
Honorary
authors and civil rights activists
[ 130]
Virginia Foster Durr
Honorary
civil rights activist who supported sit-ins and the Freedom Rides
[ 130] [ 133]
Ava DuVernay
Honorary
filmmaker known for Selma
[ 134]
Stephanie Elam
Alpha
CNN Business News correspondent
[ 135]
Edith Finlayson
Honorary
nurse and civil rights activist
[ 130]
Ella Fitzgerald
Honorary
jazz singer
[ 130]
Vonetta Flowers
Honorary
gold medal winner of bobsledding at the 2002 Winter Olympics ; first African American (male or female) to win a gold medal in the Winter Olympics
[ 130]
Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller
Honorary
artist and sculptor
[ 130]
Bettiann Gardner
Honorary
first African-American woman to be part-owner of a major National Basketball Association team, the Chicago Bulls
[ 130]
Antoinette Garnes
Honorary
concert performer
[ 130]
Zina Garrison
Honorary
first African American to win a tennis medal
[ 130]
Marla Gibbs
Honorary
actress known for 227 and The Jeffersons
[ 130]
Allyson Maynard Gibson
Honorary
Attorney-General of the Bahamas, barrister, politician, and community rights advocate
[ 136]
Jan Spivey Gilchrist
Honorary
illustrator
[ 130]
Elinor Guggenheimer
Honorary
humanitarian and founder of the Women's Forum
[ 130]
Chamique Holdsclaw
Honorary
top Women's National Basketball Association player
[ 130] [ 137]
Maud Cuney Hare
Honorary
pianist and writer
[ 130]
Hazel Harrison
Honorary
pianist
[ 130]
Cathy Hughes
Honorary
founder and owner of Radio One
[ 130]
Jane Edna Hunter
Honorary
nurse who founded Phyllis Wheatley Association & House in Cleveland
[ 130]
Addie Waites Hunton
Honorary
a founder of the National Association of Colored Women
[ 130]
Caterina Jarboro
Honorary
opera singer
[ 130]
Mae Jemison
Honorary
first African-American female astronaut in space
[ 138]
Margaret Morgan Lawrence
Honorary
child psychiatrist and psychoanalyst
[ 130]
Virginia Johnson
Honorary
ballerina
[ 130]
Anne Gamble Kennedy
Pi
concert pianist
Alicia Keys
Honorary
Grammy Award -winning R&B singer
[ 130]
Coretta Scott King
Honorary
civil rights leader; wife of Martin Luther King Jr.
[ 130]
Gladys Knight
Honorary
lead singer of Gladys Knight and the Pips ; Grammy Award -winning gospel and R&B artist
[ 130]
Patti LaBelle
Honorary
singer and songwriter
[ 130]
Bertina E. Lampkin
Honorary
judge on the Illinois First District Appellate Court
[ 130]
Carmen De Lavallade
Honorary
dancer and choreographer ; wife of Geoffrey Holder
[ 130]
Cleo Parker Robinson
Honorary
artistic director of Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Theater
[ 130]
Suzanne Malveaux
Honorary
news anchor on CNN and TVOne contributor
[ 139]
Wangari Muta Maathai
Honorary
first African woman to receive Nobel Peace Prize
[ 132]
Julia Cooper Mack
Honorary
Senior judge of District of Columbia 's Court of Appeals
[ 130]
Jewell Jackson McCabe
Honorary
founder of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women
[ 130]
Enolia McMillan
Honorary
first female national president of NAACP
[ 130]
Michelle Morial
Honorary
journalist
[ 130]
Jessie Bryant Mosley
Honorary
founder of the Smith Robertson Museum & Cultural Center
[ 130]
Constance Baker Motley
Honorary
African-American civil rights activist, judge, and state senator
[ 130]
Nichelle Nichols
Honorary
actress known for Star Trek
[ 130]
Jessye Norman
Honorary
opera singer
[ 130]
Brandy Norwood
Honorary
Grammy Award -winning singer, and actress
[ 130]
Edith Mai Padmore
Honorary
cabinet member from Liberia
[ 130]
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
Honorary
first female President of the United Nations General Assembly and Indian diplomat
[ 130] [ 131]
Delores Parker
Honorary
actress, pianist, and soloist
[ 130]
Lillian Rogers Parks
Honorary
author of My Thirty Years Backstairs at the White House ; White House maid and seamstress
[ 130]
Rosa Parks
Honorary
civil rights leader; catalyst for the Montgomery bus boycott
[ 130]
Mary E. Peabody
Honorary
activist in civil and human rights
[ 130]
Jo Marie Payton
Honorary
actress known for Family Matters
[ 130]
Ernesta Procope
Honorary
president of E. G. Bowman Company, Incorporated
[ 130] [ 140]
M. Athalie Range
Honorary
first African American to serve on Miami City Commission and Florida 's Department of Community Affairs
[ 130]
Cleo Parker Robinson
Honorary
dancer and artistic director of Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Theater
[ 130]
Eleanor Roosevelt
Honorary
First Lady of the United States and humanitarian
[ 130]
Ntozake Shange
Honorary
playwright and performance artist known for For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf
[ 130]
Ruth Simmons
Honorary
1st African American to helm one of the Seven Sisters colleges
[ 130]
Sheila Sisulu
Honorary
South African ambassador to the US
[ 130]
Jada Pinkett Smith
Honorary
actress and singer
[ 130]
Edith Ssempala
Honorary
US Ambassador from Uganda
[ 130]
Alma G. Stallworth
Honorary
Michigan House of Representatives
[ 130]
C. Vivian Stringer
Honorary
Rutgers University head basketball coach
[ 132]
Tika Sumpter
Honorary
actress known for One Life to Live and The Haves and the Have Nots )
[ 130]
Lou Nelle Sutton
Honorary
Texas House of Representatives
[ 130]
Marietta Tree
Honorary
first female U.S. ambassador to the United Nations ; founder of Sydenham Hospital, Harlem , the first interracial hospital in the US
[ 130]
C. Delores Tucker
Honorary
civil rights activist; first African-American Pennsylvania Secretary of State
[ 130]
Debbye Turner
Honorary
Miss America 1990 ; veterinarian
[ 130]
Leah Tutu
Honorary
wife of South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu
[ 130]
Jessie Vann
Honorary
publisher of Pittsburgh Courier
[ 130]
Iyanla Vanzant
Honorary
author and attorney
[ 130]
Alice Walker
Honorary
winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
[ 130] [ 8]
Laura Wheeler Waring
Honorary
artist, painter, and writer
[ 130]
Lynn Whitfield
Honorary
Emmy Award -winning actress
[ 130]
Carol H. Williams
Honorary
founder of the Carol H. Williams Advertising Agency
[ 132]
Jane C. Wright
Honorary
surgeon and cancer researcher
[ 130]
Jane Addams
Maya Angelou
Gayleatha Brown
Cardiss Collins
Ella Fitzgerald
Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller
Antoinette Garnes
Vonetta Flowers
Alicia Keys
Coretta Scott King
Carmen de Lavallade-Holder
Wangari Maathai
Nichelle Nichols
Rosa Parks
Eleanor Roosevelt
Jada Pinkett Smith
C. Vivian Stringer
Alice Walker
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