Stroll to the Polls: AKAs Speak Out on Supporting Soror Kamala Harris

The organization has a long tradition of being politically active

Candice Marie Benbow
ZORA
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5 min readNov 3, 2020

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A group of AKA members dance onstage at a Biden/Harris event.
Members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority dance during an early voting mobilization event at the Central Florida Fairgrounds on October 19, 2020 in Orlando, Florida. Photo: Octavio Jones/Getty Images

If a picture is indeed worth a thousand words, the viral photo of Black women marching in unison to the polls spoke volumes. Lawrence Ross, a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. and author of The Divine Nine: The History of African

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Candice Marie Benbow
ZORA
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Candice Marie Benbow is a theologian, essayist and creative who situates her work at the intersections of beauty, faith, feminism and culture.