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Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. was founded on November 12, 1922 at Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana by seven young women: Mary Lou Allison Gardner Little, Dorothy Hanley Whiteside, Vivian White Marbury, Nannie Mae Gahn Johnson, Hattie Mae Annette Dulin Redford, Bessie Mae Downey Rhoades Martin and Cubena McClure.  The sorority has over 85,000 members with 500 chapters in the U.S., Bahamas, Bermuda, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Canada, Germany and Korea. 

Motto: “Greater Service, Greater Progress”

Colors: Royal Blue and Gold

Symbol: The Poodle

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Famous Members Of Alpha Phi Alpha

Famous Members Of Alpha Kappa Alpha

Famous Members Of Omega Psi Phi

Famous Members Of Delta Sigma Theta

Famous Members Of Phi Beta Sigma

Famous Members Of Zeta Phi Beta

Famous Members Of Kappa Alpha Psi

Famous Members Of Iota Phi Theta

1. Fantasia

2. Kelly Price

Kelly Price

3. MC Lyte

MC Lyte

4. Vanessa Bell Armstrong

Vanessa Bell Armstrong

5. Victoria Rowell

Victoria Rowell

6. Anna Maria Horsford

Anna Maria Horsford

7. Maritza Correia McClendon

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First Puerto Rican of African descent in the US to set an American and World swimming record, 2004 Olympic Silver Medalist

8. Tonya Lee Williams

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Actress, The Young and the Restless

9. Renee Powell

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Retired professional golfer; second African American woman to play on the LPGA tour.

 

10. Martha Reeves

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R&B and pop singer, former politician, former lead singer of the Motown girl group “Martha and the Vandellas”

11. Hattie Mcdaniels

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Actress, Gone With the Wind, (1939)

12. U.S. Representative Robin Kelly

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13. Former Ohio state Sen. Nina Turner

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14. Audrey Jones

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15. Tressie McMillan Cottom

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16. April Sinclair

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17. Deshauna Barber

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18. Donna Orender

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19. Hydeia Broadbent

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20. Carmelita Jeter

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