Aloncita Johnson Flood

Aloncita Johnson Flood (December 4, 1905 – August 23, 1973) was an American clubwoman, community leader, and New York City official, based for most of her career in Harlem.

Aloncita Johnson Flood
A black-and-white photograph of a Black woman's smiling face
Aloncita Johnson Flood, from a 1945 newspaper
BornDecember 4, 1905
Washington, D.C., US
DiedAugust 23, 1973 (aged 67)
New York, US
Occupation(s)Clubwoman, city official

Early life

Aloncita Johnson was born in Washington, D.C., the eldest daughter of Walter W. Johnson and Mary L. Johnson. Both of her parents were from Virginia; her father was a barber, and her mother was a hairdresser. She trained as a teacher at Miner Normal College (now known as University of the District of Columbia) in Washington.[1]

Career

Flood taught school in Annapolis for three years as a young woman.[1] During World War II, Flood was a substitute teacher in New York,[2] and was active with the Harlem Defense Recreation Center, the American Red Cross, the Harlem River Residents' Association, and other community organizations, hosting events and fundraisers.[2][3][4] She was a charter member of the Harlem District Committee of the Community Service Society of New York from 1939, and served as the committee's chair in 1944.[5][2]

Flood was elected treasurer of the New York Chapter of the NAACP in 1956,[6] and vice president in 1958;[7][8] she was the organization's life membership representative after that.[9] She was elected North Atlantic Regional Director of Alpha Kappa Alpha in 1959,[10] served as president (basileus) of one of the sorority's New York chapters,[2][11][12] and served on the sorority's international board of directors from 1962 to 1966.[13][14] She wrote Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority: Volunteers in Community Service (1966). She was also director of teen girls at the Harlem YWCA.[1][15][16]

Flood was an executive with the Manpower and Employment Agency of New York City in the 1960s.[17] In 1968 she testified before a hearing of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, on racial bias in white collar jobs.[18]

Personal life

In 1928, Aloncita Johnson married businessman and public housing official Roger William Flood.[19] She died in 1973, aged 67 years, at Sydenham Hospital in New York.[1][17] In 2007 she was named to the Hall of Fame of the Lambda chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha.[20]

References
  1. "Mrs. Roger Flood, Manpower Official". The New York Times. 1973-08-22. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-05-01.
  2. "Mrs. Roger W. Flood is Chairman of Harlem District Comm. of Community Service Society". The New York Age. 1944-11-18. p. 4. Retrieved 2021-05-01 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Youngsters Take Prizes in Field Day Program of the Harlem River Residents' Association". The New York Age. 1945-07-14. p. 4. Retrieved 2021-05-01 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Mrs. Lemuel L. Foster to Head Drive of Red Cross Roll Call". The New York Age. 1941-11-01. p. 4. Retrieved 2021-05-01 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Chairman of CSS". The New York Age. 1945-01-06. p. 11. Retrieved 2021-05-01 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Local NAACP Branches Elect 1956 Officers". The New York Age. 1955-12-24. p. 1. Retrieved 2021-05-01 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Overton Elected NAACP Prexy". The New York Age. 1958-12-20. p. 6. Retrieved 2021-02-28 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Women Who Influence NAACP Policy". The New York Age. 1959-07-18. p. 11. Retrieved 2021-02-28 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "The Call to Freedom". The Crisis: 238. April 1964.
  10. "N. Y. Sorority Leader, Aloncita Flood Breask Jinx, Named AKA Director". Jackson Advocate. May 16, 1959. p. 8. Retrieved May 1, 2021 – via NewspaperArchive.com.
  11. "Sorority Chapter Elect Officers". The New York Age. 1944-06-10. p. 5. Retrieved 2021-02-28 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. "Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorors Induct Nine Members at Banquet". The New York Age. 1940-07-06. p. 6. Retrieved 2021-02-28 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. "Sorority Honor". Jet: 41. May 19, 1966.
  14. "Chapter History". Lambda Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Archived from the original on 2016-03-15. Retrieved 2021-05-01.
  15. "Aloncita Flood Leaves YMCA". The New York Age. 1950-08-12. p. 13. Retrieved 2021-02-28 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. "'Non-Virgin Marriage' Fraud, N. Y. Court Rules". Indianapolis Recorder. July 9, 1949. p. 1. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
  17. "Deaths Elsewhere". The Miami Herald. 1973-08-23. p. 171. Retrieved 2021-02-28 – via Newspapers.com.
  18. "EEOC Puts Big Business on Grill in New York Probe". Jet: 50–51. February 1, 1968.
  19. "Obituary: Roger W. Flood". Daily News. 1974-03-06. p. 144. Retrieved 2021-05-01 – via Newspapers.com.
  20. "Lambda Chapter Hall Of Fame". Lambda Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Archived from the original on 2016-03-15. Retrieved 2021-05-01.
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