Leadership Through Sisterhood and Service: Spotlight on the Divine Nine Sororities Pt2

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc

Founding Date: January 13, 1913 at Howard University

Mission: Public Service

Motto: Intelligence is the Torch of Wisdom

Colors: Crimson and Cream

Famous Members: Keisha Knight Pulliam, Kym Whitley, Betty Shabazz, Melissa Harris-Perry

Melissa Harris-Perry

Melissa Harris-Perry was born on October 2, 1973 in Seattle, Washington.  She is the professor, television host and political commentator who penned Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in American.  She is a professor of political science at Tulane University and she has previously taught at both Princeton University and the University of Chicago. Harris-Perry is regularly featured on The Rachel Maddow Show and is the founding director of the Anna Julia Cooper Project on Gender, Race, and Politics in the South. She received her bachelor’s degree in English at Wake Forest University and earned her PhD in political science from Duke University. Today, Melissa Harris-Perry hosts her self-titled weekend news and opinion television show on MSNBC.

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Leadership Through Sisterhood and Service: Spotlight on the Divine Nine Sororities Pt1

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc

Founding Date: January 15, 1908 at Howard University

Incorporation Date: January 29, 1913

Mission: To be of service to all mankind

Motto: By Culture and By Merit

Colors: Salmon Pink and Apple Green

Famous Members: Phylicia Rashad, Loretta Devine, Wanda Sykes, Star Jones, Toni Morrison

Star Jones

Star Jones is a lawyer, journalist and television personality who was one of the original hosts of The View. She also came in fifth place on the fourth installment of Celebrity Apprentice.  She as was born on March 24, 1962 in North Carolina and raised in New Jersey. She earned her B.A. in Administration of Justice at American University where she joined Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. From 1986 to 1991, she worked as a prosecutor with the King’s County District Attorney’s Office in Brooklyn, NY and later became the chief legal analyst on Inside Edition.

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