Name
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Original chapter
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Notability
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References
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Cecilia Nabrit Adkins
|
Honorary
|
first to lead the Publisher's Association
|
[7]
|
Vanita Banks
|
Epsilon Rho
|
President of the
National Bar Association
|
[68]
|
Mary L. Bell
|
Honorary
|
first African-American to own and operate a radio station in the city of
Detroit; president and chairperson of Bell Broadcasting Corporation
|
[7]
|
Roslyn Brock
|
Alpha Eta
|
Chairman of the NAACP
|
[79]
|
Mecole Brown
|
Kappa Mu
|
Vice President of Employment and Diversity, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
|
[41]
|
Jessie Bryant Mosley
|
Honorary
|
founder of the Smith-Robertson Museum and Cultural Center
|
[7]
|
Margaret Burroughs
|
Honorary
|
founder of DuSable Museum of African American History in
Chicago, Illinois
|
[7]
|
Margaret Busby
|
Honorary
|
first African book publisher in the United Kingdom; writer and broadcaster; inducted into the
Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) by
Queen Elizabeth II
|
[7]
|
Margaret Bush Wilson
|
Chi
|
chaired the
NAACP's national board of directors in 1975
|
[80]
[81]
|
Louise Butler
|
Gamma Epsilon
|
global marketing director, personal care division, Avon
|
[82]
|
Emma C. Chappell
|
Honorary
|
first African-American woman to form a commercial
bank in the US
|
[7]
|
Barbara Ciara
|
Upsilon Omicron Omega
|
president of the National Association of Black Journalists; Managing Editor and primary anchor at
WTKR NewsChannel 3 in
Norfolk, Virginia; youngest woman and first African-American to become news director at a commercial television station in the Southwest (
KMSB-TV in
Tucson, Arizona)
|
[68]
|
Deborah S. Coleman
|
Honorary
|
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for
National Urban League
|
[58]
|
Marva Collins
|
Alpha Pi
|
founder of Westside Preparatory School in
Chicago
|
[83]
|
Leathe Colvert Hemachandra
|
Tau Omega
|
taught in New York City schools for 28 years
|
[84]
|
Jocelyn Cooper
|
Tau Omega
|
president of Hitco Music Publishing; first and only African-American woman to run a major publishing company, Midnight Songs; former head of A&R at Universal Records; Senior Vice President/Special Assistant to the Chairman (Doug Morris) of the Universal Music Group; advisor,
Afropunk Festival
|
[85]
|
Suzanne de Passe
|
Honorary
|
only African-American to be nominated for an
Academy Award for writing;
CEO of
de Passe Entertainment
|
[7]
|
Terri Dean
|
Alpha Sigma
|
Senior Vice President of Global Communications,
Verizon
|
[86]
|
Lia Epperson
|
Lambda Upsilon
|
Professor of Law,
American University Washington College of Law; civil rights activist; former Director of Education Litigation and Policy,
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
|
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Bettiann Gueno Gardner
|
Honorary
|
first African-American woman to be part-owner of a major
National Basketball Association team, the
Chicago Bulls
|
[7]
|
Patricia P. Gibson
|
Honorary
|
businesswoman, recipient of the William F. Nabors Marketer of the Year Award
|
[7]
|
Linda Gill
|
Xi Omega
|
general manager, founder of
Kimani Press
|
[87]
|
LaTonya Goffney
|
Unknown
|
first Black superintendent of
Aldine Independent School District
|
[88]
|
Hazel Harper-Johns
|
Alpha
|
first woman president of the National Dental Association (1997)
|
[23]
|
Marjorie Fields Harris
|
unknown
|
principal consultant with the Fields Harris Group, LLC; Executive Director, National Action Network
|
[89]
|
Alice Huffman
|
unknown
|
president of the California State Conference of the NAACP
|
[90]
|
Catherine L. Hughes
|
Honorary
|
founder and owner of
Radio One
|
[7]
|
Jane Edna Hunter
|
Honorary
|
nurse who founded
Phyllis Wheatley Association & House in
Cleveland
|
[7]
|
Gwendolyn Smith Iloani
|
Epsilon Omicron Omega
|
former Managing Director, Aetna; Chair and CEO, Smith Whiley and Co. Venture Capital Investment Firm
|
[91]
|
June Jackson Christmas
|
Honorary
|
founder of the Harlem Rehabilitation Center in
Harlem, New York
|
[7]
|
Jewell Jackson McCabe
|
Honorary
|
founder of the
National Coalition of 100 Black Women
|
[7]
|
Wilhelmina Lawrence
|
Honorary
|
president of the
A.M.E. Church Women's Missionary Society
|
[7]
|
Lucille McAllister Scott
|
unknown
|
co-owner of Atlanta Daily World
|
[50]
|
Depelsha McGruder
|
Alpha
|
Senior Vice-President, Business Operations,
MTV
|
[92]
|
Enolia McMillan
|
Honorary
|
first female national president of
NAACP
|
[7]
|
Lorraine H. Morton
|
Gamma Lambda
|
first African-American and longest-serving mayor of
Evanston, Illinois
|
[93]
|
Cleo Parker Robinson
|
Honorary
|
artistic director of Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Theater
|
[7]
|
Hilda Pinnix-Ragland
|
Alpha Phi
|
Vice President of Northern Regions Energy Delivery Services, Progress Energy; first woman and first African American to chair the State Board of Community Colleges in North Carolina
|
[86]
|
Ernesta Procope
|
Honorary
|
president of E. G. Bowman Company, Incorporated
|
[7]
[94]
|
Rupert F. Richardson
|
Zeta Psi Omega
|
NAACP president from 1992 to 1995
|
[95]
|
Deborah Stewart-Parker
|
Honorary
|
president and CEO/Consultant of International Business Solutions; first woman to lead an assembly plant at
Ford Motor Company
|
[96]
|
Carol Thompson Cole
|
Honorary
|
president and CEO of Venture Philanthropy Partners
|
[7]
[97]
|
Jessie L. Vann
|
Honorary
|
publisher of
Pittsburgh Courier
|
[7]
|
Addie D. Waites-Hunton
|
Honorary
|
a founder of the
National Association of Colored Women
|
[7]
|
Faye Wattleton
|
Theta
|
president of
Planned Parenthood from 1978 to 1992; president of
Center for the Advancement of Women
|
[80]
|
Delores D. Wharton
|
Honorary
|
president of the Fund for Corporate Initiatives; on the board of directors for
Phillips Petroleum,
Gannett, and
Kellogg
|
[7]
[98]
|
Debra Saunders-White
|
Theta Kappa
|
first female Chancellor of North Carolina Central University
|
[99]
|
Carol H. Williams
|
Honorary
|
founder of the Carol H. Williams Advertising Agency
|
[58]
|
Frederica Wilson
|
Pi
|
Founder and Executive Director of 5000 Role Models of Excellence, Incorporated, State Senator, District 33
|
[80]
[100]
|
Jacquline Woodard
|
Rho Mu Omega
|
CEO, Performance-based Systems, Inc.
|
[101]
|