List of Alpha Kappa Alpha members

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.

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

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

Name Original chapter Notability References Elmer Lucille Allen Beta Epsilon ceramic artist; one of the first African-American female chemists in the US [4] Mary Parks Washington Kappa Omega painter, illustrator, collage artist [5]

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

Name Original chapter Notability References Jocelyn Cooper Tau Omega president of Hitco Music Publishing and former head of A&R at Universal Records [18] Terri Dean Alpha Sigma Senior Vice President of Global Communications, Verizon [19] Gwendolyn Smith Iloani Epsilon Omicron Omega former Managing Director, Aetna; Chair and CEO, Smith Whiley and Co. Venture Capital Investment Firm [20] Lucille McAllister Scott co-owner of Atlanta Daily World [21]

Civil rights and advocacy

Name Original chapter Notability References ZerNona Black Alpha Tau Omega wife of Claude Black; civil rights advocate [22] Roslyn Brock Alpha Eta Chairman of the NAACP [23] Minnijean Brown-Trickey Delta Beta one of the Little Rock Nine who integrated Central High School in 1957 in Little Rock, Arkansas [24] Septima Poinsette Clark Gamma Xi Omega education activist, trained Rosa Parks during workshops at Highlander Folk School School [6][25] Virginia Coffey civil rights advocate and social reformer [26] Pauline Redmond Coggs Epsilon Kappa Omega social worker, educator, and civil rights activist [27] Ada Sipuel Fisher desegregated the University of Oklahoma College of Law in Sipuel v. Board of Regents of University of Oklahoma [28] Alice Huffman president of the California State Conference of the NAACP [29] Nupol Kiazolu Gamma Theta activist and founder of Vote 2000 [30] Bernice King Kappa Omega civil rights leader; daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Gloria Richardson Alpha leader of the Cambridge movement, often cited as the birth of the Black Power Movement [31] Rupert Richardson Zeta Psi Omega NAACP president from 1992 to 1995 [32] Faye Wattleton Theta president of Planned Parenthood from 1978 to 1992 and president of Center for the Advancement of Women [33] Margaret Bush Wilson Chi chaired the NAACP's national board of directors in 1975 [33][34]

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] 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] Donda West Alpha Eta Chair of English Department at Chicago State University and mother of Kanye West [38] Debra Saunders-White Theta Kappa first female Chancellor of North Carolina Central University [39]

Donda West Frederica S. Wilson

Entertainment

Acting

Name Original chapter Notability References Yvette Nicole Brown Delta Pi actress, film, television, host, and voice [40] Vanessa Bell Calloway Delta Phi actress in Coming to America [41][42] Loretta Devine Epsilon Lambda actress in Waiting to Exhale and This Christmas; one of the original Dreamgirls [43] 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 [44] Phylicia Rashad Alpha actress on The Cosby Show, first African-American woman to win a Tony Award for Lead Actress [45] Roxie Roker Alpha actress on The Jeffersons [46] Wanda Sykes Gamma Theta actress and comedian [47] Regina Taylor Kappa Mu Golden Globe-winning actress

Phylicia Rashad

Models and pageant titleholders

Name Original chapter Notability References Osas Ighodaro Pi Iota Omega Miss Black USA 2010 Fionnghuala O'Reilly Mu Delta Miss Universe Ireland 2019 Marjorie Vincent Beta Miss America 1991; news anchor [21]

Music

Name Original chapter Notability References Anike Delta Xi formerly known as Wande; rapper and A&R administrator [48] Etta Moten Barnett Delta first African-American woman invited to sing at the White House [49] Shamari DeVoe Nu Lambda Omega R&B singer (Blaque) and reality television personality (Real Housewives of Atlanta) Alika Hope Boulé opera singer [50] Tiffany Monique Rho Kappa Omega R&B singer and songwriter; lead background vocalist for Beyoncé [51] Cassandra Wilson Beta Delta Omega Grammy Award-winning jazz vocalist/producer [52] Sherry Winston Alpha Grammy-nominated jazz flutist [53]

Television and film

Name Original chapter Notability References Abiola Abrams Alpha Mu independent filmmaker, author, actress, and television host [54] 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) [55] Sharon Epperson Lambda Upsilon financial correspondent for CNBC [56] Sunny Hostin Upsilon Nu Omega commentator on The View [57] Ashleigh Demi Delta Iota TV Personality [58] Janice Huff Zeta Omicron meteorologist for WNBC in New York City [59] Star Jones Lambda Zeta author, television host, and attorney [60] Depelsha Thomas McGruder Alpha Senior Vice-President of Business Operations for MTV [61] 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 [55] Daphne Valerius Theta Psi Omega filmmaker, actress, and television journalist [62] JaQuitta Williams Gamma Upsilon anchor/reporter for WSB-TV, ABC affiliate in Atlanta, Georgia [63] Keisha Williams Alpha host of Focus Atlanta and The CW Atlanta's Public Affairs Director [64]

Health and science

Name Original chapter Notability References Patricia Bath Lambda first African-American woman to receive a medical procedure patent, developer of the Cataract Laserphaco Probe in 1988 [6] Pauletta Brown Blueitt Omicron Epsilon Omega first African-American woman to achieve the rank of colonel in Air Force Medical Service Corps Dorothy Boulding Ferebee Epsilon advocate for women's health; established health clinics in Washington, D.C. and Mississippi [65] Dr. LaToya B. Gathers Mu Xi advocate for women's health, neuroscientist, political candidate, established health clinics in the Sudan [6] Hazel Harper-Johns Alpha first woman president of the National Dental Association [6] Joy Harden Bradford clinical psychologist and creator of the platform Therapy for Black Girls Katherine Johnson Nu Computer pioneer who helped calculate the trajectory for the 1969 Apollo 11 flight to the Moon Dorothy Vaughan Zeta The first African-American woman to receive a promotion and supervise a group of staff at NASA Mary Jackson Gamma Theta NASA's first black female engineer Lilian Lewis Alpha zoologist and endocrinologist. [66] Gladys West Alpha Epsilon pivotal in the development of the satellite geodesy models that were eventually incorporated into the GPS; inducted into the United States Air Force Hall of Fame in 2018 [67][68]

Patricia E. Bath Dorothy Boulding Ferebee

Law

Name Original chapter Notability References Vanita Banks Epsilon Rho President of the National Bar Association [55] 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 [69] Zina Pickens Cruse Mu Tau first African-American woman elected Circuit Judge, 20th Judicial Circuit, State of Illinois [70] Dena Douglas Delta Rho Omega Judge of the New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District [62] 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 [71] Toni King Upsilon Kappa Omega Judge, District Court of Cumberland County, North Carolina [72] Alice O. McCollum Beta Eta Omega first African-American female municipal judge, Dayton, Ohio; County Probate Judge for Montgomery County, Ohio [73] Vicki Miles-LaGrange Beta Sigma Omega first African-American Federal District Judge in Western District of Oklahoma [74][75] Juanita Jackson Mitchell First African-American woman to practice law in Maryland, civil rights lawyer and activist [76] Valerie Brathwaite Nelson Iota Upsilon Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York [77] Peggy Quince Alpha first African-American female Supreme Court Justice on the Florida Supreme Court [75][78] Fern Flanagan Saddler Xi Omega District of Columbia Superior Court Judge [79] Leah Ward Sears Mu Upsilon first African-American woman Chief Supreme Court Justice on the Georgia Supreme Court [75][80] 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 [81]

Vicki Miles-LaGrange Peggy Quince

Politics

Name Original chapter Notability References Diane Abbott Boule British Labour Party Member of Parliament [82][83] Alma Adams Beta Iota Omega Democratic Congresswoman of North Carolina's 12th Congressional District [84] Alma Allen Xi Alpha Omega Representative to Texas State Legislature [85] Angie Elisabeth Brooks Eta Beta Omega first African female President of the United Nations General Assembly from Liberia [82] Yvonne Brathwaite Burke Alpha Gamma U.S. House of Representatives from California [15] Eva M. Clayton Gamma Delta U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina [86] Bonnie Watson Coleman Epsilon Upsilon Omega U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey [87] Vivian Davis Figures Delta Theta Omega Alabama Senate [88] Katie Hall Epsilon Pi U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana [89] Kamala Harris Alpha first woman of color nominated to be President of the United States; Vice President of the United States; United States Senator from California; California Attorney General [90][91] Esther Haywood Omicron Eta Member of the Missouri House of Representatives [92][93] Christina Henderson Rho Zeta Member of the Council of the District of Columbia [94] Sheila Jackson-Lee Alpha Kappa Omega U.S. House of Representatives from of Texas [89] Eddie Bernice Johnson Alpha Xi Omega U.S. House of Representatives from Texas [89] Jolanda "Jo" Jones Epsilon Lambda Texas House of Representatives [89] Eleanor Jordan Kentucky House of Representatives [95][96] Sharon Pratt Kelly Alpha first African-American female mayor of a major city, Washington, D.C. [15] Mamie E. Locke Gamma Omicron Virginia Senate, former mayor of Hampton, Virginia. and Dean School of Liberal Arts at Hampton University [77] Kimberly A. McClain Xi Omega first African-American female U.S. Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations; United States Deputy Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Congressional and Legislative Affairs Gloria McPhee Alpha first female Cabinet Minister in Bermuda and member of the Bermuda Cabinet [97] Juanita Millender-McDonald Alpha Gamma Omega former U.S. House of Representatives for California [98] Gwendolyn M. Miller Gamma Theta Omega Chairperson, Tampa (FL) City Council; first African-American woman elected to Tampa City Council [99] Azie Taylor Morton Beta Kappa first and only African-American to serve as United States Treasurer [77] Lorraine H. Morton Gamma Lambda first African-American and longest-serving mayor of Evanston, Illinois [100] Hazel O'Leary Pi first African-American and first female United States Secretary of Energy; President of Fisk University [101] Veronica Owens Parliament of the Bahamas Terri Sewell Zeta Eta Omega U.S. House of Representatives from Alabama [102] Alisha Thomas Morgan youngest elected member of the House of Representatives in the U.S. state of Georgia [103] Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Eta Beta Omega first female president of Liberia [104] Tanisha Tynes Senate of the Bahamas [105] Joyce Waddell Democratic Senator of North Carolina District 40 Mecklenburg County Reyna Walters-Morgan Vice Chair of the Democratic National Committee Diane Watson Alpha Gamma Democratic Congresswoman of California's 33rd Congressional District [106] Frederica Wilson Pi Democratic Congresswoman of Florida's 24th Congressional District [107]

Yvonne Brathwaite Burke Eva L. Clayton Katie Hall Kamala Harris Sheila Jackson-Lee Eddie Bernice Johnson Hazel O'Leary Diane Watson

Religion

Name Original chapter Notability References Leontine T. Kelly Nu first African-American woman to become a bishop; second woman to become a bishop in the United Methodist Church [108]

Teresa Snorton

First woman to be elected bishop in the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church

Sports

Name Original chapter Notability References Robin Aikens Lambda Alpha Omega Division I golf coach, Chicago State University; founder of InnerCityGolf [109] Lisa Borders Iota Mu President of WNBA [110] Jade Cargill Omicron Delta Professional wrestler, World Wrestling Entertainment [111] 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 [112] Chryste Gaines Alpha Xi Omega US track champion; bronze medal winner, 2000 Olympics [113] Althea Gibson Beta Alpha first African-American to win a Grand Slam in tennis [114][115] 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 [116] Tiffany Mitchell Theta Gamma shooting guard for WNBA's Indiana Fever [117] Shannon Perry Epsilon Theta women's basketball assistant coach, Duke University; former assistant coach University of Southern California women's basketball team [118] 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 [119] Lucy Diggs Slowe Alpha first African-American to win a national championship in any sport (tennis) [120] Debi Thomas first African-American figure skater to win a medal (bronze) in the Winter Olympics [121] Morgan Tuck Lambda Tau forward for the WNBA's Connecticut Sun [122] 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 [123] Tonique Williams-Darling Theta Gamma gold medal Bahamian runner in the 400 meter track at the 2004 Summer Olympics [124] A'ja Wilson Theta Gamma top 2018 WNBA draft pick by the Las Vegas Aces,[125] 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 [126]

Althea Gibson

Honorary members

Name Original chapter Notability References Yolanda Adams Honorary gospel singer [127] Jane Addams Honorary founder of Hull House in Chicago; Nobel Peace Prize recipient [127] Cecelia Adkins Honorary first to lead the Publisher's Association [127] Cheryl Albury Honorary serves on the Bahamas Supreme Court [127][128] Joyce London Alexander Honorary Chief Judge in Massachusetts State Court; United States magistrate judge [127] Ethel Alpenfels Honorary anthropologist [127] Elena Diaz-Verson Amos Honorary philanthropist, humanitarian activist, and wife of John Amos [127] Lauren Anderson Honorary first African-American principal ballerina of a major company (the Houston Ballet) [127] Maya Angelou Honorary poet, dancer, producer, playwright, film director, and author [127] Joan Bernard Armstrong Honorary Judge in New Orleans [127] Nita Barrow Honorary Governor-general from Barbados; Permanent representative to the United Nations [127] 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 [127] Gayleatha B. Brown Honorary US Ambassador to the Republic of Benin [127] Sara Winifred Brown Honorary physician and first female alumna trustee of Howard University [127] Marilyn Gaston Honorary pediatrician and Assistant Surgeon General of the United States [127] Dorothy Brunson Honorary first African-American woman to own a television station, WGTW-TV [127] Rosetta Burke Honorary New York State and Army National Guard's Assistant Adjutant General [127] Margaret Burroughs Honorary founder of DuSable Museum of African American History in Chicago, Illinois [127] 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 [127] Bebe Moore Campbell Honorary author [127] Erica Campbell Honorary Gospel Singer [127] Johnnie Carr Honorary civil rights activist [127] Emma C. Chappell Honorary first African-American woman to form a commercial bank in the US [127] Suzette Charles Honorary Miss America 1984 [127] June Jackson Christmas Honorary founder of the Harlem Rehabilitation Center in Harlem, New York [127] Zoanne Clack Honorary writer known for Grey's Anatomy [129] 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 [127] Olivia Cole Honorary first African-American actress to win an Emmy award [127] Cardiss Collins Honorary Congresswoman of Illinois' 7th Congressional District, 1973-1997 [127] Julie Dash Honorary filmmaker of Daughters of the Dust [127] Belva Davis Honorary first African-American news anchor on the West Coast [127] Suzanne de Passe Honorary only African American to be nominated for an Academy Award for writing; CEO of de Passe Entertainment [127] Sadie and Bessie Delany Honorary authors and civil rights activists [127] Virginia Foster Durr Honorary civil rights activist who supported sit-ins and the Freedom Rides [127][130] Ava DuVernay Honorary filmmaker known for Selma [131] Stephanie Elam Alpha CNN Business News correspondent [132] Edith Finlayson Honorary nurse and civil rights activist [127] Ella Fitzgerald Honorary jazz singer [127] 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 [127] Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller Honorary artist and sculptor [127] Bettiann Gardner Honorary first African-American woman to be part-owner of a major National Basketball Association team, the Chicago Bulls [127] Antoinette Garnes Honorary concert performer [127] Zina Garrison Honorary first African American to win a tennis medal [127] Marla Gibbs Honorary actress known for 227 and The Jeffersons [127] Allyson Maynard Gibson Honorary Attorney-General of the Bahamas, barrister, politician, and community rights advocate [133] Jan Spivey Gilchrist Honorary illustrator [127] Elinor Guggenheimer Honorary humanitarian and founder of the Women's Forum [127] Chamique Holdsclaw Honorary top Women's National Basketball Association player [127][134] Maud Cuney Hare Honorary pianist and writer [127] Hazel Harrison Honorary pianist [127] Cathy Hughes Honorary founder and owner of Radio One [127] Jane Edna Hunter Honorary nurse who founded Phyllis Wheatley Association & House in Cleveland [127] Addie Waites Hunton Honorary a founder of the National Association of Colored Women [127] Caterina Jarboro Honorary opera singer [127] Mae Jemison Honorary first African-American female astronaut in space [135] Margaret Morgan Lawrence Honorary child psychiatrist and psychoanalyst [127] Virginia Johnson Honorary ballerina [127] Anne Gamble Kennedy Pi concert pianist Alicia Keys Honorary Grammy Award-winning R&B singer [127] Coretta Scott King Honorary civil rights leader; wife of Martin Luther King Jr. [127] Gladys Knight Honorary lead singer of Gladys Knight and the Pips; Grammy Award-winning gospel and R&B artist [127] Patti LaBelle Honorary singer and songwriter [127] Bertina E. Lampkin Honorary judge on the Illinois First District Appellate Court [127] Carmen De Lavallade Honorary dancer and choreographer; wife of Geoffrey Holder [127] Cleo Parker Robinson Honorary artistic director of Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Theater [127] Suzanne Malveaux Honorary news anchor on CNN and TVOne contributor [136] Wangari Muta Maathai Honorary first African woman to receive Nobel Peace Prize [129] Julia Cooper Mack Honorary Senior judge of District of Columbia's Court of Appeals [127] Jewell Jackson McCabe Honorary founder of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women [127] Enolia McMillan Honorary first female national president of NAACP [127] Michelle Morial Honorary journalist [127] Jessie Bryant Mosley Honorary founder of the Smith Robertson Museum & Cultural Center [127] Constance Baker Motley Honorary African-American civil rights activist, judge, and state senator [127] Nichelle Nichols Honorary actress known for Star Trek [127] Jessye Norman Honorary opera singer [127] Brandy Norwood Honorary Grammy Award-winning singer, and actress [127] Edith Mai Padmore Honorary cabinet member from Liberia [127] Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit Honorary first female President of the United Nations General Assembly and Indian diplomat [127][128] Delores Parker Honorary actress, pianist, and soloist [127] Lillian Rogers Parks Honorary author of My Thirty Years Backstairs at the White House; White House maid and seamstress [127] Rosa Parks Honorary civil rights leader; catalyst for the Montgomery bus boycott [127] Mary E. Peabody Honorary activist in civil and human rights [127] Jo Marie Payton Honorary actress known for Family Matters [127] Ernesta Procope Honorary president of E. G. Bowman Company, Incorporated [127][137] M. Athalie Range Honorary first African American to serve on Miami City Commission and Florida's Department of Community Affairs [127] Cleo Parker Robinson Honorary dancer and artistic director of Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Theater [127] Eleanor Roosevelt Honorary First Lady of the United States and humanitarian [127] Ntozake Shange Honorary playwright and performance artist known for For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf [127] Ruth Simmons Honorary 1st African American to helm one of the Seven Sisters colleges [127] Sheila Sisulu Honorary South African ambassador to the US [127] Jada Pinkett Smith Honorary actress and singer [127] Edith Ssempala Honorary US Ambassador from Uganda [127] Alma G. Stallworth Honorary Michigan House of Representatives [127] C. Vivian Stringer Honorary Rutgers University head basketball coach [129] Tika Sumpter Honorary actress known for One Life to Live and The Haves and the Have Nots) [127] Lou Nelle Sutton Honorary Texas House of Representatives [127] Marietta Tree Honorary first female U.S. ambassador to the United Nations; founder of Sydenham Hospital, Harlem, the first interracial hospital in the US [127] C. Delores Tucker Honorary civil rights activist; first African-American Pennsylvania Secretary of State [127] Debbye Turner Honorary Miss America 1990; veterinarian [127] Leah Tutu Honorary wife of South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu [127] Jessie Vann Honorary publisher of Pittsburgh Courier [127] Iyanla Vanzant Honorary author and attorney [127] Alice Walker Honorary winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction [127][8] Laura Wheeler Waring Honorary artist, painter, and writer [127] Lynn Whitfield Honorary Emmy Award-winning actress [127] Carol H. Williams Honorary founder of the Carol H. Williams Advertising Agency [129] Jane C. Wright Honorary surgeon and cancer researcher [127]

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