A fascinating introduction to Alpha Kappa Alpha’s pioneering members - women who have been active, visionary barrier breakers, seizing every opportunity to make a difference throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. This exhibit ensures that their empowering stories continue to inspire and are not left out of recorded history.
Sanders, Lillie Blackmon
Listing Details
Region:
South Eastern Region
Chapter:
Gamma Phi & Zeta Delta Omega Chapters
Contribution:
First African American female Circuit Judge in the State of Mississippi. This pioneer was appointed to an unexpired term ( February 1989). She was elected for the first time to the Sixth Circuit Judicial District (November 1994).