[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 9 (Wednesday, January 15, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H249]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA FOUNDER'S DAY

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Speaker, we should take a moment to honor an 
outstanding organization, Alpha Kappa Alpha. This is their Founders 
Day--112 years old.
  Isn't it interesting that young women who were in the shadow of the 
Emancipation Proclamation and the shadow of slavery, in the midst of 
Jim Crow-ism and on the precipice of World War I, organized at Howard 
University to be able to give African American women a place for 
leadership and civic-mindedness?
  As we are on the precipice of a great historic moment dealing with 
protecting the Constitution here in the United States Congress and the 
United States Senate, I am glad to honor these women that included 
Ethel Hedgeman, Margaret Flagg Holmes, Marjorie Hill, Lillie Burke, 
Beulah Elizabeth Burke, Anna Easter Brown, and many other young women 
who decided to take a stand for what is right in this Nation and the 
opportunities of diversity and leadership.
  Congratulations to our national president, Dr. Glover, and 
congratulations to all of our Alpha Kappa Alpha members throughout the 
United States of America. Happy Founders Day 112.

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