Helen Louise (Wheeler) Riddle was a founding member of the #SigmaChapter of the #AlphaKappaAlpha at #UniversityOfSouthernCalifornia (1922), & FIRST Black Woman to graduate from #USCLawSchool (1927). She married #JohnThomasRiddle, a USC graduate and #USCFootball player. Group photograph of about 125 members of the #AlphaKappaAlphaSororityInc in the courtyard behind Kerckhoff Hall at #UCLA. Helen Louise Riddle is standing in the next to last row within the center arch, centered between the ladies who are 3rd and 4th from the right in the last row under the center arch representing the #SigmaChapterAKAs. A flower-covered sign reads: "#Boule1932." Naida McCullough was a school teacher in Los Angeles, and a charter member of the University of Southern California Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. She served as president for the USC branch. In 1925 she also was a temporary #FarWesternRegionalDirector and she established the #AlphaGamma Chapter at #UCLA. She was a well-known concert pianist and art patron. Corine Stovall was a member of the Stovall family of Los Angeles, and was active with events for the Stovall Foundation. She was active in clubs and events aimed at community uplift, often called the African American clubwomen’s movement.. Hortense Taylor was a member of the Los Angeles branch of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority. She was active in clubs and events. Dr. Alice Watkins Garrott was a dentist who married dentist. Dr. Alva Curtis Garrott. Top row from left: Corine Stovall, Ph.G., Minnie Mitchell Wickliffe, Ph. B., Vada Somerville, D.D.S., Alice Garrott, D.D.S., La Verne Martin, Junior Liberal Arts. Bottom row from left: Hortense Taylor, Junior Liberal Arts; Grace Broyles, A.B.; Helen Wheeler, Junior Law; Naida McCullough, Grad. Music; Hazel Baskins, Senior Liberal Arts; Edith A. Jones, A.B. #AKAExcellence #AKAHistoryIsBlackHistory #AKA1908 https://www.instagram.com/p/CoNuLQ1Pjzc/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
