ALUMNAE
Left to Right: Virginia Bailey, Henri Parker,
Shirley Martin, Zerilda Palmer,
Bettye McDonald, Lola Jones, and Delores Anderson
Front row (Left to Right): Delores Anderson, Margaret Woodbury, Henri Parker, Vivian Hawkins, Shirley Martin, and Mary Gibson
Back row (Left to Right): Joetta Mial and Zerilda Palmer
HONORARY MEMBERS OF
THE LINKS, INCORPORATED
Etta Moten Barnett (1970)
Vocalist and Theater Artist and First African American to sing at the White House on January 31, 1933
Marian Anderson (1970)
Internationally acclaimed contralto concert and recital performer and first African American singer to perform as a member of the Metropolitan Opera in New York City.
Mattiwilda Dobbs (1973)
African American coloratura soprano opera and concert singer and one of the first African Americans to enjoy a major international career in opera.
Patricia Roberts Harris (1978)
First African American woman to be named a U.S. Ambassador
Constance Baker Motley (1980)
First African American woman to serve as a federal judge
Elizabeth Duncan Koontz (1984)
First African American Woman president of the National Education Association
Leontyne Price (1988)
Soprano opera singer and major superstar and recording artist
Rosa L. Parks (2003)
Civil Rights Activist
Condoleeza Rice (2013)
Global political leader, former U.S. National Security Advisor, and
first female African-American Secretary of State
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (2013)
24th President of Liberia and first elected female Head of State in Africa
Kamala Harris (2018)
United States Senator
IN MEMORY
We honor the memories of our deceased Link Sisters and Connecting Links.
LINKS
Rebecca A. Vaughn* April 14, 1984
Virginia M. Ellis June 8, 1990
Mary Hamilton* January 8, 1992
Christina Gilchrist* March 14, 1994
Willie Hobbs Moore March 14, 1996
Rosetta C. Wingo* March 21, 1996
Josephine G. Owens* August 24, 1996
Minnie Thompson-Powell January 23, 2001
Terri Lynn Johnson July 16, 2002
Christina W. Neal* March 10, 2004
Sadie R. Blackwell* December 2, 2005
Willie Edwards* November 20, 2005
Frances Watts* September 15, 2008
Hazel Turner* May 29, 2010
Gloria Horne * July 13, 2010
Thelma Brooks August 11, 2001
Juanita Bradley* February 15, 2013
Bella Gilchrist Parker August 27, 2014
Doris McLaurin December 3, 2017
Letitia J. Byrd February 14, 2018
Bonnie Davis* July 27, 2018
Virginia Bailey December 16, 2018
Gwendolyn Baker* March 7, 2019
*Charter Member
CONNECTING LINKS
David R. Byrd
Eddie Owens
Harry Mial, Sr.
James Parker
Herbert Wingo
Jim Bradley
Theodore Meadows
Joseph Vaughn
Alfred Edwards
Sidney Moore
Jasper McLaurin
Gordon Martin
Victor Turner
Herbert Ellis
Walter G. Parker
Lee V. Martin
May 15, 1987
April 4, 1996
February 16, 2001
July 12, 2002
September 8, 2002
April 29, 2003
June 25, 2005
July 13, 2005
January 26, 2007
May 20, 2008
December 3, 2010
November 6, 2011
February 8, 2013
July 10, 2014
December 12, 2016
September 28, 2018
