Notable Zetas
Zora Neale Hurston
Famous Author and Poet and Folkorist
A fixture during the Harlem Rennaissance, Hurston published several classics such as Their Eyes Were Watching God and Mules and Men.
Dionne Warwick
Singer, Actress, Ambassador
Warwick is an American singer and actress who is now a United Nations Global Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization.
Sheryl Underwood
Comedian
Underwood is a comedian, actress, and tv host on networks such as BET and CBS. She is currently a host on the show "The Talk". She is a former International President of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.
Sarah Vaughn
Singer
Vaughn was a popular American Jazz singer. She was a four-time Grammy Award winner and a recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts.
Ja'Net Dubois
Actress and Singer
Dubois is an actress known for her role as Willona Woods on Good Times. She has starred in Moesha, The Steve Harvey Show, A different world, and Maya Angelou's play And I Still Rise.
Violette Anderson
First African American woman to practice law in front of the US Supreme Court
Curlie E. McGruder
A Civil Rights Activist
Gwendolyn Brooks
Poet
Brooks was an influential poet of 20th Century American poetry from the State of Illinois. She was the first black woman poet to win the Pulitzer Prize.
Esther Rolle
Actress
Rolle is best known for her role as Florida Evans on Maude and on the spin-off show, Good Times, a role that earned her a nomination for a Golden Globe Award for best actress.
Demya Walker
Singer
Walker is a professional basketball player.
Minnie Riperton
Singer
Riperton was a singer-song writer from the Bronzeville neighborhod of Chicago. She is best known for her single "Lovin' You" and she was dubbed the "Queen of the whistle register".
Wendy Palmer
Athlete
Palmer is a former WBNA professional woman basketball player. She also worked as the head coach for UNCG woman basketball team.