sorority

“Joan was in a sorority in high school; she was a joiner. Eve was the outcast.”

The idea resonated with her sorority sisters, who urged her to post it online.

Several current members of Alpha Kappa Alpha, the historically Black sorority Harris joined at Howard, gathered in a circle.

Many attendees wore their sorority or fraternity colors — a celebration of a storied strand of Black culture in America.

Among them was Cheryl Taylor, the Howard alum who tapped Harris as a freshman to join Alpha Kappa Alpha, the country’s first black sorority, which was founded at Howard in 1908.