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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority

FRATERNAL ORGANIZATION

Founded in 1908 at Howard University.

Official Website:
http://www.aka1908.com/

Founding Date:
15-Jan-1908

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Maya Angelou
Poet
4-Apr-1928 28-May-2014 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Gayleatha B. Brown
Diplomat
?   US Ambassador to Benin
Yvette Nicole Brown
Actor
12-Aug-1971   Shirley Bennett on Community
Vanessa Bell Calloway
Actor
20-Mar-1957   Coming to America
Cardiss Collins
Politician
24-Sep-1931 2-Feb-2013 Congresswoman from Illinois, 1973-97
Julie Dash
Film Director
22-Oct-1952   Daughters of the Dust
Marla Gibbs
Actor
14-Jun-1931   Florence on The Jeffersons
Althea Gibson
Tennis
25-Aug-1927 28-Sep-2003 First black woman to win Wimbledon
Kamala Harris
Attorney
20-Oct-1964   Attorney General of California
Eddie Bernice Johnson
Politician
3-Dec-1935   Congresswoman, Texas 30th
Jill Marie Jones
Actor
4-Jan-1975   Toni Childs on Girlfriends
Star Jones
TV Personality
24-Mar-1962   The View
Coretta Scott King
Activist
27-Apr-1927 30-Jan-2006 Widow of Dr. Martin Luther King
Gladys Knight
Singer
28-May-1944   Lords dominion over The Pips
Sheila Jackson Lee
Politician
12-Jan-1950   Congresswoman, Texas 18th
Juanita Millender-McDonald
Politician
7-Sep-1938 22-Apr-2007 Congresswoman from California, 1996-2007
Toni Morrison
Author
18-Feb-1931   Beloved
Rosa Parks
Activist
4-Feb-1913 24-Oct-2005 Wouldn't sit in the back of the bus
Jo Marie Payton
Actor
3-Aug-1950   Family Matters
Peggy A. Quince
Judge
3-Jan-1948   Justice, Florida Supreme Court
Phylicia Rashad
Actor
19-Jun-1948   Claire Huxtable on The Cosby Show
Roxie Roker
Actor
28-Aug-1929 2-Dec-1995 Helen Willis on The Jeffersons
Eleanor Roosevelt
First Lady
11-Oct-1884 7-Nov-1962 First Lady under FDR
Robin R. Sanders
Diplomat
?   US Ambassador to Nigeria
Leah Ward Sears
Judge
13-Jun-1955   Georgia Chief Justice
Terri Sewell
Politician
1-Jan-1965   Congresswoman, Alabama 7th
Wanda Sykes
Comic
7-Mar-1964   Wanda at Large
Patricia Timmons-Goodson
Judge
18-Sep-1954   Justice, North Carolina Supreme Court
Diane Watson
Politician
12-Nov-1933   Congresswoman from California, 2001-11
Lynn Whitfield
Actor
6-May-1953   The Josephine Baker Story


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