Sheila Jackson Lee: “We should take a moment to honor an outstanding organization, Alpha Kappa Alpha. This is their Founders Day--112 years…”

“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. ____________________”