Barbara McKinzie

Barbara McKinzie

Barbara McKinzie is the president of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority. She is being sued by sorority members for misappropriating hundreds of thousands of dollars. Find more information, articles and pictures of Barbara McKinzie here.

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Barbarapotamus Cooter As the fight continues in the courts to secure the future and shape the legacy of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Mo’Kelly was reminded of the parting “gift” Babs gave away during the centennial year. A Women’s Devotional Bible? Bible and Babs…same room? Are you serious? Really? This woman puts the “hypo” (hippo) in the “crite.” Thou shall not steal Barbarapotamus. Thou shall not bear false witness Babs Cooter. Don’t take Mo’Kelly’s word for it…check it out. Barbarapotamus Please! The Mo’Kelly Report is an entertainment journal with a political slant; published weekly at www.eurweb.com . It is meant to inform, infuse and incite ... Read Full Story
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Members of the nation's oldest black sorority are alleging more financial misdeeds by their president, who is already accused of spending hundreds of thousands of dollars of the group's money on questionable expenses, including a wax statue of herself. Eight members of Alpha Kappa Alpha filed a lawsuit in D.C. Superior Court in June seeking to remove international president Barbara McKinzie. Now they say she received nearly $500,000 in questionable payments from the Chicago-based sorority over six weeks this summer, starting June 19, the day before the lawsuit was filed. The lawsuit says McKinzie spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in AKA money on ... Read Full Story
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Barbara Le Pew As originally reported here, Alpha Kappa Alpha was dealt a significant blow in terms of public perception when it lost its case against former employee Kenitra Shackelford and was then responsible for granting her unemployment. (Digression – Mo’Kelly finally figured out who Babs looks like with that white streak emanating from the top of her forehead. It had been bothering Mo’Kelly for the longest.) To which, Barbara A. McKinzie-Cooter has filed an appeal, further delaying resolution of the issue and costing the organization even more in legal fees. Never mind that the legal fees for fighting the unemployment decision likely cost ... Read Full Story
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This comes courtesy of the Friends of the Weeping Ivy. Their website, (just FYI, just in case you were wondering… http://friendsoftheweepingivy.com ) Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority president Barbara A. McKinzie in her latest attempt to thwart both the lawsuit and landslide of negative press has resorted to threatening letters from her lawyers to bring down the Friends of the Weeping Ivy website, http://friendsoftheweepingivy.com Yes, Barbara McKinzie does NOT want you or anyone else to look at http://friendsoftheweepingivy.com . No, Barbara said do NOT look at http://friendsoftheweepingivy.com . Barbara McKinze argues that the website http://friendsoftheweepingivy.com , is both patently false and in violation of all ... Read Full Story
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(Getty Images) McKinzie and her wax statue (London Telegraph) Barbara McKinzie , the president of Alpha Kappa Alpha, the oldest black sorority in America, is being sued over the misappropriationg of hundreds of thousands of the sorority's dollars. Members of the sorority say McKinzie commissioned a $900,000 wax statue of herself to be displayed at the National Great Blacks in Wax Museum alongside such wax figures as President Obama . USA Today reported: McKinzie defended herself in a statement Tuesday, questioning her accusers' motives and said the wax statue, along with another of the sorority's first president, only cost $45,000. McKinzie holds an MBA ... Read Full Story
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