[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15223]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                           ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA

  (Mr. COHEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. COHEN. Mr. Speaker, in Washington this week, there are thousands 
and thousands of African American women who are members of the Alpha 
Kappa Alpha sorority. That was the first Greek letter African American 
sorority in this country. It's been a sorority that's been intertwined 
with all of the activities of this society. In the last 100 years 
through women's suffrage and the civil right's movement, there have 
been active members.
  Service and scholarship are the bywords of the Alpha Kappa Alpha 
sorority. Their members have included Coretta Scott King and Rosa 
Parks, and honorary members have included Eleanor Roosevelt, and 
announced yesterday, Michelle Obama.
  The Alpha Kappa Alpha women are doing good works in this country, and 
I appreciate their including me. I will be joining them at a luncheon 
today. And I congratulate them on 100 years of service started at 
Howard University here in Washington, D.C.

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