by Dr. Boyce Watkins, Syracuse University
The women of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. are in the middle of a crazy legal situation, which has led to a judge in Chicago ordering the director of the sorority to bring financial records to the courthouse today. The Chicago Sun-Times is reporting that Cook County Judge Daniel Riley seemed concerned that for two days in a row, he requested that the person in charge of the organization's financial records appear in court, and this was the second day that it didn't happen.
"They didn't bring me the person I asked for twice," the judge said.
On Tuesday, the group was found to be in contempt of court for not bringing its records custodian to the courthouse. The organization had instead sent an HR manager who said she didn't have access to the financial records.
The legal wrangling has occurred as a result of a lawsuit filed by members of the group alleging improper spending by Barbara A. McKinzie, the group's president. They are questioning, among other things, the $1 million in compensation she received from the organization.
The judge ruled on July 1 that 94-year old Julia Purnell, a former president and the oldest living former president of the organization, could inspect the financial records. Purnell, who sued to see the documents, said she would present her findings to the organization at the St. Louis meeting. Her attorneys are saying that the group refused to give her access to the records.
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