Berry Shields, Joanna Mary (1884 – 1965)

Berry Shields, Joanna Mary (1884 – 1965)

  • <p>Joanna Mary Berry Shields. Image courtesy of Tumblr (https://blackkudos.tumblr.com/post/138491971032/joanna-mary-berry-shields-joanna-mary-berry).</p>
  • <p>Sorors Harriet Josephine Terry, Joanna Mary Berry Shields, Margaret Flagg Holmes, and Beulah Elizabeth Burke - AKA Founders. Image courtesy of pinterest.com.</p>

Joanna Mary Berry Shields was a founding member of the first sorority founded by African-American women, Alpha Kappa Alpha. Read more here: https://tinyurl.com/y2nlvg6l.

Joanna Mary Berry Shields is buried at the Frederick Douglass Memorial Park on Staten Island.