AKA Co-Founder Lucy Diggs Slowe Was The First Black Person To Win A National Championship In Any Sport
Did you know that Lucy Slowe was a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha? Slowe co-founded Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
Lucy Diggs Slowe was the first African-American woman to serve as Dean of Women at any American university. She was an educator, athlete, and co-founder of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, the first sorority established by African-American women.

Slowe was a tennis champion, becoming the first African-American woman to win a major sports title in 1917. Slowe was given the post of Dean of Women at Howard University in 1922, where she remained for 15 years until she passed away.