Harris is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha, the country’s oldest Black sorority and one of the Divine Nine, which boasts four million members
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. annual convention during the 71st biennial Boule at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas, Wednesday, 10 July 2024.Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. annual convention during the 71st biennial Boule at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas, Wednesday, 10 July 2024.
AKA was founded in 1908 at Harris’s alma mater, Howard University, as a support network for Black women, who at the time faced increasing racial discrimination. Harris’s aunt was a soror in 1950. Among the sorority’s alumna were Coretta Scott King, Toni Morrison and Maya Angelou. For her Vogue cover in 2021, Harris was photographed in front of a background of draped fabric in AKA’s colours, salmon pink and apple green, and wearing its signature accessory – a pearl necklace.
“We join alumni chapters. We continue to do the work of the fraternity or sorority. And it’s one of those things that becomes part of your identity”. Black Greek letter organizations’ voter engagement programs “reach millions”, according to the New York Times. 93% of Black women who voted in 2020 voted Democrat, according an Associated Press poll.
For Obama, forming a Black identity that was distinctly American involved moving to Chicago, joining Trinity Church and sitting under the tutelage of Jeremiah Wright, Cunningham said.
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