Chase Bank and African Ancestry Inc. on homeownership and DNA tracing initiatives, respectively. “I think our founders would be proud of the economic progress we are making which helps us continue our service mission,” McKinzie says.
The sorority recently asked Michelle Obama, an attorney and wife of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, to become an honorary member. The senator’s wife, who has accepted, will join the ranks of other prominent women inducted over the years, including Maya Angelou, actress Phylicia Rashad, former astronaut Mae Jemison, and civil rights icons Rosa Parks, and Coretta Scott King.