Sonia Sanchez

Sonia Sanchez

female, 75 years old
From Birmingham, Alabama, Howard University alumni, AlphaKappaAlphasister, poet, African American, Wilsonia Benita Driver
Sonia Sanchez was born in Birmingham, Alabama. Sanchez attended public schools in New York City and then Hunter College, where she received a B.A....
C. Delores Tucker

C. Delores Tucker

female, deceased (2005)
African American, from Philadelphia, African Americans' rights activist, AlphaKappaAlphasister, hip hop music, rap
C. DeLores Tucker (née Cynthia DeLores Nottage was a U.S. politician and civil rights activist best known for her stance against rap music.
Bernice King

Bernice King

female, 46 years old
Baptist, Martin Luther King III, alpha kappa alpha, minister, From Atlanta, ebony magazine…AlphaKappaAlphasister
Bernice Albertine King (born March 28, 1963 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States) is the second daughter and youngest child of the great civil rights...
Coretta Scott King

Coretta Scott King

female, deceased (2006)
Bates University alumni, Congressional Gold Medal, Princeton University alumni, Baptist from the United States, Non-South African anti-apartheid activist, Duke University alumni…AlphaKappaAlphasister
Coretta Scott King was the wife of the assassinated civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr., and a noted community leader. Coretta King is a...
Jada Pinkett Smith

Jada Pinkett Smith

female, 38 years old
actress, Black rock musician, Maryland actor, Jada Koren Pinkett, Scream actor, contractor…alpha kappa alpha, AlphaKappaAlphasister
Jada Pinkett Smith (born Jada Koren Pinkett on September 18, 1971) is an American actress and singer.
Rosa Parks

Rosa Parks

female, 96 years old (Montgomery, Alabama)
African Americans' rights activist, vegetarian, montgomery bus boycott, civil disobedience, American Civil Rights Movement, Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient…AlphaKappaAlphasister
Rosa Parks ( February 4 1913 a October 24 2005 ) was an African American civil rights activist whom the U.S. Congress later called "Mother of the...
Eleanor Roosevelt

Eleanor Roosevelt

female, deceased (1962)
New Deal, First Lady of the United States, United Nations General Assembly, UN General Assembly, UN Association of the United States, politician…AlphaKappaAlphasister
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (October 11 1884 - November 7 1962) was an American political leader who used her influence as an active First Lady from...
Star Jones

Star Jones

female, 47 years old
truTV, court tv, from North Carolina, American Broadcasting Company, American Broadcasting Company personality, American…AlphaKappaAlphasister
Star Jones Reynolds (born March 24, 1962) is an American lawyer and television personality, best known for her stint as a co-host of the ABC...
Ethel Hedgeman Lyle

Ethel Hedgeman Lyle

female, deceased (1950)
From st. louis, missouri, Howard University, Christian Endeavor, Greek-letter, liberal arts, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority…Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Alpha Phi Alpha, alpha kappa alpha, AlphaKappaAlphasister
Ethel Hedgeman Lyle (born Ethel Hedgeman, February 10, 1885 - November 28, 1950) was an African-American founder of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority...
Sharon Pratt Kelly

Sharon Pratt Kelly

female, 65 years old
African American, AlphaKappaAlphasister, Mayor, politician, Howard University alumni, from Washington, D.C.
Sharon Pratt Kelly (1944-), formerly Sharon Pratt Dixon, was the third mayor of the District of Columbia from 1991 to 1995