List of Sigma Gamma Rho members
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sigma Gamma Rho is a historically African American sorority that was founded in 1922 at Butler University.[1] Below is a list of some of the notable members of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority.
- Fatim Badjie - entrepreneur, strategic communications expert, and infrastructure development partner in Gambia
- Mary T. Washington - first African-American Certified Public Accountant[2]
Civil rights and activism
- Sandra Bland - activist; her following a traffic stop invigorated the Black Lives Matter movement[3]
- Hydeia Broadbent (honorary) - United-States–based HIV/AIDS activist[4][5]
- Gwen Carr (honorary) - activist, public speaker, and author[6]
Education
- Lucille Baldwin Brown - first Black public county librarian in the state of Florida; founding member of Sigma Gamma Rho[7]
- Selena Sloan Butler (Eta Sigma) - founder and first president of the National Congress of Colored Parents and Teachers Association; co-founder of the National Parent-Teacher Association[8]
- Mary Ellen Cable - educator and principal of Indianapolis Public Schools no. 4[9]
- Tressie McMillan Cottom - American writer, sociologist, and professor[5]
- Rosa Slade Gragg - educator who founded the first black vocational school in Detroit, Michigan[10]
- Mary Lou Allison Gardner Little - (Alpha) - educator and primary founder of Sigma Gamma Rho[11]
- Lorraine A. Williams - first African-American woman to serve as vice president for academic affairs at Howard University[12]
Entertainment
- Marsha Ambrosius (honorary) - R&B singer and songwriter[6][13]
- Vanessa Bell Armstrong - four-time Grammy-nominated gospel singer[14][15]
- Deshauna Barber (Alpha Zeta) - Miss USA 2016[16][5]
- Hettie Vyrine Barnhill - choreographer and dancer[17]
- Louise Beavers (honorary) - film and television actress[18]
- Teisha Brown - (honorary) - R&B singer, member of Brownstone[19][6][20]
- Jekalyn Carr - (honorary) - gospel singer, speaker, entrepreneur, actress, and author[6][13]
- Maranda Curtis (honorary) - gospel singer and worship leader[13]
- DJ Spinderella (honorary) - DJ, rapper, and producer best known as a member of Salt-N-Pepa[21][13]
- Ellia English - singer, dancer, stage and film actress[22]
- Ezinma - (honorary) - violinist, model, music educator, and film composer[23][6]
- Fantasia (honorary) - R&B singer, actress, American Idol contestant[24][25][26]
- Sheila Fortson - television journalist, radio host, and media/communications specialist
- Mercedes Gilbert - actress, novelist, and poet[27]
- Nicci Gilbert - R&B singer, founding member of Brownstone[20][19]
- Trudy Haynes - television news reporter; first African American TV weather reporter in the United States
- Anna Maria Horsford - actress[28]
- Arin Jackson - (honorary) R&B singer, member of Brownstone[20][19][6]
- Alexis Jones (honorary) - Grammy-nominated singer and actress[25][6]
- Ta'Rhonda Jones (honorary) - actress[29]
- Eva Jessye - conductor and composer[15]
- Maysa Leak - jazz singer known for solo work and work with the band Incognito[15][13]
- MC Lyte - rapper[30][15][5]
- Tasha Page-Lockhart (honorary) - Christian R&B and gospel singer[31]
- Marilyn McCoo - singer, actress, and television presenter[32][13]
- Hattie McDaniel - actress, singer-songwriter, comedian, and first African American winner of an Academy Award[33][5]
- Tasha Page-Lockhart (honorary) - gospel singer[31]
- Carriebel Cole Plummer - dance, dance teacher, and choreographer[34]
- Kelly Price (honorary) - Grammy-nominated R&B and gospel singer[35][15][5]
- Martha Reeves - lead singer of Martha and the Vandellas[15][13][5]
- Vickilyn Reynolds (honorary) - film and television actress and singer[36]
- LaTavia Roberson (honorary) - R&B singer, entrepreneur, television personality; founding member of Destiny's Child[37][13]
- Rebecca Roberts - (honorary) - radio commentator and curator of programming at Planet Word[6]
- Wendy Raquel Robinson (honorary) - actress, producer, and co-founder of Amazing Grace Conservatory[19][6]
- Victoria Rowell - actress, screenwriter, director, and producer[38]
- Tonya Williams - actress, director, and producer[39]
Law
- Piper D. Griffin - Associate Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court[40]
- Anita Laster Mays - judge of the Ohio Eighth District Court of Appeals[41][42][43]
- Ruth Whitehead Whaley - attorney, first Black woman admitted to the bar in North Carolina[44]
Literature and journalism
- Alice Childress - novelist and playwright[45]
- Alice Allison Dunnigan - first African-American female journalist credentialed to cover the White House in 1948[46]
- Cynthia Horner - writer and magazine editor[47]
- Beverly Jenkins - American author of historical and contemporary romance novels[5]
- Erika Renee Land (Lambda Delta) - war poet, author, and spoken word performer
- Era Bell Thompson - writer and editor with Ebony[48]
Medicine
- Kathleen Jones-King - physician, one of the first Caribbean-born women to earn a medical degree at Howard University College of Medicine[49]
Politics
- Tiffany T. Alston - Maryland House of Delegates[50]
- Lindy Boggs - first woman from Louisiana elected to United States House of Representatives; first woman to chair the Democratic National Convention[51]
- Aisha Braveboy - former member of the Maryland House of Delegates, state's attorney for Prince George's County[52]
- Eugenia Charles - first woman to hold the position of Prime Minister of Dominica[53]
- Gwen Cherry - first African American female to serve in the Florida House of Representatives[54]
- Robin Kelly - United States House of Representatives[55][26][5]
- Barbara Lee - (honorary) - United States House of Representatives, Mayor of Oakland, California, chair of the Congressional Black Caucus[6][56]
- JoAnn Maxey - Nebraska Legislature
- Wanda Brownlee Paige - Kansas House of Representatives[57]
- Georgia Davis Powers - Kentucky Senate[58]
- Mary Pruitt (honorary) - Tennessee House of Representatives[59]
- Leah Landrum Taylor - Arizona Senate[60]
- Nina Turner - Ohio Senate[61][5]