--- title: Loretta Lynch's Sorority Sisters from Delta Sigma Theta at Hearing description: Loretta Lynch's sorority sisters came to support her at her Senate confirmation hearing for Attorney General. canonical: https://time.com/3685812/loretta-lynch-delta-sigma-theta-sorority/ author: Maya Rhodan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-01-28T15:41:55.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T03:56:30.884Z article:section: Politics og:title: Attorney General Nominee's Sorority Sisters Came to Her Confirmation Hearing og:description: In matching outfits. og:url: https://time.com/3685812/loretta-lynch-delta-sigma-theta-sorority/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4a36944fe43181e2/69877c4b3c1639346d451704/loretta-lynch-howard-sorority-sisters.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Loretta Lynch Howard Sorority Sisters og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Attorney General Nominee's Sorority Sisters Came to Her Confirmation Hearing twitter:description: In matching outfits. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4a36944fe43181e2/69877c4b3c1639346d451704/loretta-lynch-howard-sorority-sisters.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Loretta Lynch's Sorority Sisters Came to Her Attorney General Confirmation Hearing by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Jan 28, 2015 3:41 PM UTC  Congresswoman Alma S. Adams posted this photo on Jan. 28, 2014\. "Supporting Greensboro native, Loretta Lynch, in her confirmation hearing for U.S. Attorney General. #NC12" Congresswoman Alma S. Adams posted this photo on Jan. 28, 2014\. "Supporting Greensboro native, Loretta Lynch, in her confirmation hearing for U.S. Attorney General. #NC12"Alma S. Adams (@RepAdams) via Twitter by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Jan 28, 2015 3:41 PM UTC Women of the storied African American sorority [Delta Sigma Theta](http://www.deltasigmatheta.org/about%5Fmission.html) flooded a Senate hearing room on Wednesday to support their fellow sorority sister and Attorney General nominee Loretta Lynch. Lynch, who is set to face a tough hearing for the post, started a chapter of the sorority at Harvard with current Attorney General Eric Holder’s wife, Sharon Malone. Though the connection was seen as controversial to members of the right-wing media, her sorority sisters proudly donned the organization’s signature colors—crimson and cream—in the hearing room. > [](https://twitter.com/RepBeatty/status/560452396988772352) > [](https://twitter.com/RepBeatty/status/560457534004531200) > [](https://twitter.com/LeslieProll/status/560456468273844224) The sorority was founded in 1913 at Washington, D.C.’s [Howard University](http://www2.howard.edu/) on tenets of empowerment, justice, and community service. Several current and former members of Congress are members, including Reps. Joyce Beatty and Marcia Fudge of Ohio, Rep. 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