@deniseverdant: July 19th post. Portions of the story will be in the comments due to caption regulations. 💗💚 Happy 104th Birthday to Diamond Soror Rachel Robinson! 💗💚 Sometimes history begins with a simple introduction from Sisters gathered together. As Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated® gathers for our 72nd Boule in the Far Western Region, it seems especially fitting to celebrate one of our own whose life reflects the very purpose of Boule. Long before she became Diamond Soror Rachel Robinson, she attended UCLA as a student sitting in Kerckhoff Hall with friends who were pledging Alpha Kappa Alpha. The young women were discussing the social progress of Black Americans when another student walked by. One of the pledgees turned to Rachel and asked, “Rae, would you like to meet him?” Rachel politely replied, “Why...of course.” That student was Jackie Robinson. Despite what Hollywood might have us believe, it was hardly love at first sight. Jackie later recalled that Rachel’s friends had already warned her about his confident reputation, and her greeting was courteous, but far from impressed. History, however, had other plans. Rachel would later become a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated., joining through the Far Western Region, the very region hosting our current 2026 Boule. Sorors stood beside her on her wedding day, and throughout her life she embodied the ideals of our Sisterhood.

Denise Verdant

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