LUCY DIGGS SLOWE

STRONG IN MIND AS WELL AS BODY LUCY DIGGS SLOWE WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN TO HOLD A MAJOR SPORTS TITLE. IN 1917 SHE WON THE NATIONAL TITLE OF THE AMERICAN TENNIS ASSOCIATION. TWO YEARS LATER SHE CREATED THE FIRST JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL SYSTEM FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. ONE OF THE FOUNDING MEMBERS OF ALPHA KAP...PA ALPHA SORORITY WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN DEAN OF WOMEN AT HOWARD UNIVERSITY IN 1922.