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Kamala Harris and the Alpha Kappa Alpha Agenda

Think Divine Nine.

Did we know that Alpha Kappa Alpha is a lifetime member of the NAACP?

Smithsonian Magazine - Why Kamala Harris’ Pearls Have a Special Significance (January 15, 2021)

"The vice president-elect’s ties to her sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha, run deep, and her jewelry lets that shine".

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/why-kamala-harris-pearls-have-special-significance-180976766/

Women's Wear Daily - Kamala Harris’ Pearls: The Pieces She Loves Most, the Viral Converse Chucks and Pearls Movement and the ‘Glamorous But Still Tough’ Symbolism (July 24, 2024)

https://wwd.com/feature/kamala-harris-pearls-chucks-1236503184/

Harpers Bazaar - The story behind Kamala Harris' inauguration necklace (21 January 2021)

https://www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/fashion/jewellery-watches/a35269263/kamala-harris-inauguration-pearl-necklace/

Oprah Daily - The Real Meaning Behind Kamala Harris' Pearl Necklaces (Oct 08, 2020)

https://www.oprahdaily.com/style/a34313872/kamala-harris-pearls/

Big League Politics - BUSTED: Kamala Photographed With Jussie Two Weeks BEFORE The Hate Hoax (Jun 24, 2019)

https://bigleaguepolitics.com/busted-kamala-photographed-with-jussie-two-weeks-before-the-hate-hoax/

Classic Chicago Magazine - A Sisterhood of Service

Kamala Harris and Kim Foxx areDivine Nine.

https://classicchicagomagazine.com/tag/kimberly-foxx/

Chicago Sun Times - Chicago is an ‘epicenter’ for the ‘Divine Nine’ (Feb 13, 2019)

https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/2/13/18403876/chicago-is-an-epicenter-for-the-divine-nine

Anon notes from this CNN article are in part 2/5 below.

CNN - A look at Alpha Kappa Alpha, the legendary sorority repped by Kamala Harris (July 25, 2024)

• Pretty in pink and apple green.

• Push to makelynchinga federal crime.

• Non-Partisan Lobby for Economic and Democratic Rights (NPC).

• If "Alpha Kappa Alpha joined the NAACP as a lifetime member" in 1939, does that mean that every AKA member is also an NAACP member?

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/07/25/us/aka-alpha-kappa-alpha-kamala-harris-cec/index.html

Anon notes from this AAR piece are in part 3/5 below.

African American Registry - entry about Norma Elizabeth Boyd (part 3/ below).

• Non-Partisan Council (NPC).

• Voting suppression.

• The pearls are important. When Harris acts goofy about the pearl necklace, it has meaning.

https://aaregistry.org/story/norma-boyd-teacher-and-administrator-born/

Screencaps from this AAR piece are in part 4/5 below. (Black Elite)

African American Registry - The American Black Bourgeoisie, a story

• Because AAR's words need to be reported accurately, Anon will post screencaps. Please, read the caps in part 4/5 below.

https://aaregistry.org/story/the-american-black-bourgeoisie-a-brief-story/

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CNN - A look at Alpha Kappa Alpha, the legendary sorority repped by Kamala Harris (July 25, 2024)

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/07/25/us/aka-alpha-kappa-alpha-kamala-harris-cec/index.html

• salmon pink and apple green of Alpha Kappa Alpha

• Howard University,Harris’ alma mater

• • “Divine Nine,” a group of Black Pan-Hellenic organizations

• Danette Anthony Reed - international president and CEO of Alpha Kappa Alpha, Incorporated

• January 15,1908- Alpha Kappa Alpha founded at Howard University

• • Ethel Hedgemon

• • Anna Easter Brown

• • Beulah Burke

• • Lillie Burke

• • Marjorie Hill

• • Margaret Flagg Holmes

• • Lavinia Norman

• • Lucy Diggs Slowe

• • Marie Woolfolk

• Evelyn Sample-Oates

• Alpha Kappa Alpha incorprated in 1913

• • Nellie Quander

• • Norma Boyd

• • Minnie Smith

"Then in 1921, Alpha Kappa Alpha sent a telegram to President Warren G. Harding, urging the administration to back a bill that would have made

lynching a federal crime, according to AKA’s website."

• Mississippi Health Project - 1935-1942

• • aka President Ida Jackson

• • Dr. Dorothy Ferebee

• • “Twenty Pearls: The Story of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.”

• 1938 Norma Boyd - founded a congressional lobbying group

• 1939 -Alpha Kappa Alpha joined the NAACP as a lifetime member

• 1965 - Cleveland Job Corps. (Afro American Newspapers/Gado/Getty Images)

• Today (2024) - awarding millions of dollars in scholarships and grants

• luminaries - in politics, law, literature, science

• • Constance Baker Motley - first female attorney for the Legal Defense Fund - wrote the original complaint in Brown v. Board of Ed

• • Sheila Jackson Lee - leading champion of Black American issues in Congress

• • Toni Morrison - Nobel Laureate

• • three Black mathematicians who worked for NASA in the 1950s and were at the center of the film “Hidden Figures”

• • • Katherine Johnson

• • Dorothy Vaughan

• • Mary Jackson

• • • NASA astronaut

• • • Mae Jemison, the first African American woman in space

• • Rosa Parks

• • Ella Fitzgerald

• • director Ava DuVernay

• • Ashley Gantt - Florida Rep.

• • CNN’s Fredreka Schouten

"…Harris’ campaign saw more than 1,500 contributions of exactly $19.08 between Sunday afternoon — when Biden exited the presidential race — and Monday evening, nodding toAKA’s founding in 1908."

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African American Registry - Norma Boyd, Teacher, and Administrator born

Thu, 08.09.1888

https://aaregistry.org/story/norma-boyd-teacher-and-administrator-born/

• Norma Elizabeth Boyd was born and educated in public schools in Washington, D.C.

• Howard University

• January 29, 1913 - Alpha Kappa Alpha - incorporated

• • Norma Boyd

• • Nellie Quander

• • Julia Evangeline Brooks

• • Minnie B. Smith

• • Nellie Pratt Russell

• • Ethel Jones Mowbray

• Boyd was:

• • secretary on the firstDirectorateof Alpha Kappa Alpha

• • regional director of the North Atlantic Region

• • chartered the Xi Omega chapter in Washington, D.C., and was president

• • 1934, she raised funds for the first year of Alpha Kappa Alpha'sMississippi Health Project

• 1938 - Boyd established the "Non-Partisan Lobby for Economic and Democratic Rights" (NPC)

• • which lobbied Congress on public service, education,voting suppression, and employment related to Blacks

• • • later, the organization worked on civil, social, and political issues

• Non-Partisan Council (NPC)

• • reviewed all congressional bills, providing comments to Congress when necessary

• • helped expand the Public Works Program

• • establish a minimum wage for laundry workers

• • supported a continuation of the American Youth Act

• • lobbied agencies:

• • • Department of State

• • • United Nations

• • • national educational, scientific, and cultural organizations to draw attention to the need for integration

• • worked with the NAACP

• • The Urban League

• • The United Office and Professional Workers of America

• • The National Association of Graduate Nurses

• • American Federation of Churches

• • Colored Women's Club

• • Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and Auxiliary

• • New York Voter's League

• • Established in 1946 - American Council of Human Rights superseded the Non-Partisan Council (NPC)

• • organization was dissolved on July 15, 1948, by Supreme Basileus Edna Over Gray-Campbell

• WWII

• • "Labor and Women in the War Effort," a three-day event

• • "Defense Planning for the Future," a five-day conference

• 1948 National Council of Negro Women - "Woman of the Year in the Field of Legislation" (for creating and guiding theNPC)

• United Nations observer in 1949 - several committees

• • Advisory Committee to the American Delegate to the Inter-American Council of Women

• • Pan-American Liaison Committee

• • east-West Association

• 1949 - South America as an observer at the Inter-American Commission of Women in Buenos Aires, Argentina

• • children's rights

• • supported Principle 10 of the Declaration of Human Rights

• 1959 - established the Women's International Religious Fellowship - helped draw attention to children's safety and rights

• autobiography - A Love That Equals My Labor

• Norma Elizabeth Boyd - last surviving founder of Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA), died in Washington, D.C., on March 14, 1985

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African American Registry - The American Black Bourgeoisie, a story

Mon, 04.01.1619

-Black Elite

https://aaregistry.org/story/the-american-black-bourgeoisie-a-brief-story/

ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY, INC.® INTERNATIONAL CONNECTION COMMITTEE - CONNECTION RESOURCE GUIDE - PDF

https://akawebnet.aka1908.net/eWeb/documents/Committee%20Forms%20-%20International%20Connection%20Committee/Connection%20Resource%20Guide.pdf

The AKA PDF above discuses Alpha Kappa Alpha's efforts toinfluence politics.

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African American Registry - Kamala Harris, Politician born

Tue, 10.20.1964

https://aaregistry.org/story/kamala-harris-born/

African American Registry - Kamala Harris, Politician born - archived 31 Jan 2019

https://archive.md/Av2Hz

African American Registry - Lynching in the United States of America, a story

Sat, 01.09.1830

https://aaregistry.org/story/lynching-in-the-united-states-of-america-a-story/

African American Registry - Juneteenth Becomes a National Holiday in the United States of America

Thu, 06.17.2021

https://aaregistry.org/story/juneteenth-becomes-a-national-holiday-in-the-united-states-of-america/

"On this date in 2021, Juneteenth National Freedom Day became a federal holiday. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris signed into law a bill establishing Juneteenth National Independence Day, a celebration designating the end of slavery in the United States, as a federal holiday."

African American Registry -Voter Suppressionin America, an article

Thu, 02.03.1870

https://aaregistry.org/story/voter-suppression-in-america-an-article/