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First African American justice of US Supreme Court; attorney in the landmark case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka; first Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund; 1946 Spingarn Medal and 1993 Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient; authored the constitution for the newly independent African nation of Kenya [84] [114]
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.
First African American chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court; 53rd Laurel Wreath Laureate [5] William P. Greene, Jr. Tau: Former judge on the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims [3] George Edward Chalmer Hayes: Washington (DC) Alumni: Civil rights attorney; 15th Laurel Wreath laureate [3] Nathaniel R. Jones: Beta Pi
Harriet Tubman is one of the most famous Black historical figures out there. She was born into slavery in Maryland in the early 19th century. She was born into slavery in Maryland in the early ...
Peace activists usually work with others in the overall anti-war and peace movements to focus the world's attention on what they perceive to be the irrationality of violent conflicts, decisions, and actions. They thus initiate and facilitate wide public dialogues intended to nonviolently alter long-standing societal agreements directly relating ...
African American Fraternities and Sororities: The Legacy and the Vision. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 978-0-8131-2344-8. Parks, Gregory Scott (2008). Black Greek-Letter Organizations in the 21st Century: Our Fight Has Just Begun. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 978-0-8131-2491-9.
Name Original chapter Notability References Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander, J.D., Ph.D. Gamma: 1919–1923. Mossell Alexander was the first African-American woman to receive a Ph.D. in the United States, the first woman to receive a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, one of the first Black women to receive a Phi Beta Kappa Key in the state of Pennsylvania, and the first ...
First Black Four Star General - U.S. Army & 1st Black representative on the NATO Military Committee: William E. "Kip" Ward: Phi Nu First Commander of US Africa Command [7] Charles Young: Honorary Member (March 12, 1912) Third Black West Point Graduate, Col. US Army, Buffalo Soldier [8] Matthew A. Zimmerman: Theta Rho