the Links

{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://www.middlesexcountylinksinc.org/about |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=The Links, Inc. Middlesex County Chapter |language=en}}

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{{Infobox fraternity

| name = The Links

| crest = Logo for The Links, Incorporated.png

| founded = {{start date and age|1946|11|9}}

| flower = White rose

| chapters = 299

| lifetime = 17,000+

| nickname =

| birthplace = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US

| affiliation = Independent

| type = Service

| status = Active

| emphasis = African American women

| scope = International

| pillars = Friendship, Integrity, Honesty, Service, Commitment, Family Relationships, Courage, Respect for Self and Others, Legacy, Confidentiality, Responsibility, and Accountability

| colors = {{color box|#009959}} Emerald Green and {{color box|#FFFFFF}} White

| symbol = Globe of the world encircled by a chain

| address = 1200 Massachusetts Avenue, NW

| city = Washington, D.C.

| state =

| postal code = 20005

| country = United States

| website = {{URL|https://linksinc.org/}}

}}

The Links is an American social and service organization of prominent black women. It was founded in 1946 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As of 2021, it has more than 17,000 members in 299 chapters. Its members include Kamala Harris, Marian Wright Edelman, and Betty Shabazz.

History

The Links, Incorporated, a nonprofit corporation, was founded in 1946 in Philadelphia Sarah Strickland Scott and Margaret Roselle Hawkins.{{Cite web |last=Brown |first=Olive D. |date=October 22, 2020 |title=The History and Impact of Links, Incorporated in Texas {{!}} Handbook of Texas |url=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/links-incorporated |access-date=2025-06-29 |website=Texas State Historical Association |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=The Links, Incorporated {{!}} American organization {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Links-Incorporated |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240829034551/https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Links-Incorporated |archive-date=August 29, 2024 |access-date=February 7, 2022 |website=Britannica.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=November 9, 2021 |title=The Links, Incorporated Celebrates 75 Years Of Excellence |url=https://www.bet.com/article/gv0bzg/the-links-celebrates-75-year-anniversary |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207175758/https://www.bet.com/article/gv0bzg/the-links-celebrates-75-year-anniversary |archive-date=February 7, 2022 |access-date=February 7, 2022 |website=BET}}{{Cite book|last=Graham|first=Lawrence Otis|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/877899803|title=Our kind of people|date=2014|publisher=HarperCollins e-Books|isbn=978-0-06-187081-1|location=[Place of publication not identified]|oclc=877899803|archive-date=2022-09-24|access-date=2022-02-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220924221604/https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/877899803|url-status=live}}{{Rp|page=102}} They recruited the other founding members, Frances Atkinson, Katie Green, Marion Minton, Lillian Stanford, Myrtle Manigault Stratton, Lillian Wall, and Dorothy Wright.{{Cite web |title=History |url=https://www.ghvnylinksinc.org/history-1 |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=Greater Hudson Valley (NY) Links, Incorporated |language=en}} Hawkins served as its first president.

All of the founding members were members of prominent black professional families of Philadelphia; six were the wives of physicians and the seventh the wife of a bank president.{{Rp|page=103}} All had bachelor's or master's degrees from elite universities, and had been active in other elite black social organizations. Most were members of St. Thomas Episcopal Church.{{Rp|page=104}}

Other cities soon created chapters. By 1949, it had ten chapters. The organization was incorporated in 1951. By 1952, it had 56 chapter.{{Rp|page=105}} In 2008, there were approximately 12,000 members of 273 chapters in 42 states.[http://www.linksinc.org/about.shtml About the Links, Inc.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516214041/http://www.linksinc.org/about.shtml|date=May 16, 2008}} Retrieved April 17, 2008, from The Links, Incorporated Web site.

Over the decades, the group transformed itself from "a group of women married to influential men, to a group of women who became influential themselves", according to one member. The evolution caused "clear conflict between the old guard and the new guard", according to another.{{Rp|page=108}} The Links Foundation, Inc. in a separate philanthropic organization. As of 2025, it has more than 17,000 members.

Symbols

The group's name was suggested by founding member Lillian Wall as a symbol of enduring friendship.{{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/44720533 |title=Organizing Black America: an encyclopedia of African American associations |date=2001 |publisher=Garland |others=Nina Mjagkij |isbn=0-8153-2309-3 |location=New York |pages=308 |oclc=44720533}} The Links' core values or pillars are friendship, integrity, honesty, service, commitment, family relationships, courage, respect for self and others, legacy, confidentiality, responsibility, and accountability.{{Cite web |title=The Links, Incorporated |url=https://linksinc.org/the-links-incorporated/ |access-date=2024-10-12 |website=LinksInc.org |language=en-US |archive-date=2024-10-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241010125754/https://linksinc.org/the-links-incorporated/ |url-status=live }} Its emblem is a globe of the world, encircled by a chain.{{Cite web |date=2010 |title=Protocol Manual |url=https://fresnolinksinc.com/uploads/3/9/4/1/3941944/protocol_manual_2010.pdf |access-date=October 12, 2024 |website=The Links Fresno |publisher=The Links, Incorporated |archive-date=September 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240901155030/https://fresnolinksinc.com/uploads/3/9/4/1/3941944/protocol_manual_2010.pdf |url-status=live }} Its colors are emerald green and white. Its flower is the white rose.

Organization

The Links' national headquarters is in Washington, D.C., in a building that was purchased in August 1984 to house both the society and its related foundation.{{Cite web |last=Farr |first=Stephanie |date=November 7, 2021 |title=Smith Memorial Playground gets $25,000 donation from The Links, Inc., a service organization founded in Philly |url=https://www.inquirer.com/news/the-links-incorporated-donation-smith-memorial-playground-philadelphia-20211107.html |access-date=February 9, 2022 |website=Philadelphia Inquirer |language=en}} In 1954, The Links decentralized its operations into four geographic areas: Central, Eastern, Southern, and Western.{{Cite web |title=Regional History |url=https://easternshorenylinksinc.org/regional-history/ |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=Eastern Shore NY |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://midcitieslinks.org/about-us/ |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=Mid Cities Links, Incorporated |language=en}} Each area oversee the chapters located within its states. As of 2024, there were 17,000 members in 299 chapters.{{Cite web |last=Talley |first=Scott |date=June 26, 2021 |title=The Links, Inc., 'committed to service in the community' in Detroit |url=https://www.freep.com/mosaic-story/news/local/detroit-is/2021/06/01/links-inc-service-community-detroit/7476922002/ |access-date=February 7, 2022 |website=Detroit Free Press |language=en}} In, 1999 each chapter membership was limited to no more than 55 women.{{Rp|page=102}} Chapters are also organized into clusters or groups of chapters located within the same metro-area.

Membership

Women interested in joining any of the local chapters must be nominated by a current member;{{Rp|page=109}} if a chapter has 55 members, no more may be accepted until one leaves.{{Rp|page=102}} Admission is "extremely competitive", according to Lawrence Otis Graham.{{Rp|page=109}} One member of a Washington, D.C. chapter describes having spent "twelve years of strategizing, party-giving, and brownnosing to get into this group."{{Rp|page=103}} Most women do join The Links until they are in their 40s or older, and most remain members until they die.{{Rp|page=109}}

The Links has been criticized for its exclusivity; one member noted that while a woman could be nominated by any other member, for practical intents those admitted are "usually those who know at least half of the chapter's membership".{{Rp|page=109}} Social, professional or economic prominence within a city's Black population also may help get a candidate admitted, as members with such backgrounds help add to the chapter's prestige.{{Rp|page=109}}

Activities

Chapters typically also hold multiple social events for a city's black elites, such as debutante cotillions, fashion shows, gala fund-raisers, balls, luncheons, and formal parties.{{Rp|pages=103,107}} Members are required to accumulate volunteer hours.{{Rp|page=103}} The national core focuses include education, health, youth services, art, domestic legislation and international welfare.{{Rp|page=107}} The Links has provided support to Africare, the Haitian Refugee Center, the NAACP, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, and the United Negro College Fund..{{Rp|page=102}}

Chapters

As of 2024, there were 299 chapters. Chapters are located in the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Commonwealth of the Bahamas.

Following are The Links chapters, with active chapters indicated in bold and inactive chapters in italics.{{Cite web |title=Chapters |url=https://www.ealinks.org/chapters |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=Eastern Area Links |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Chapters – Western Area |url=https://walinks.org/chapters/ |access-date=2025-06-26 |website=Western Area Links}}

class="wikitable sortable"

!Chapter

!Charter date and range

!Location

!Area

!Status

!References

Alameda Contra Costa

|February 9, 1985

|Alameda, California

|Western

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=Chapter History |url=https://www.alamedacontracostalinks.org/ |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=Alameda Links |language=en}}

Albany District

|1952

|Albany, New York

|Eastern

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=Albany District Links |url=https://www.albanydistrictlinks.org/ |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=Albany District Links |language=en-US}}

Albuquerque

|1950

|Albuquerque, New Mexico

|Western

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=New Mexico |url=https://walinks.org/new-mexico/ |access-date=2025-06-26 |website=Western Area Links}}

Anchorage

|1950 – xxxx ?; May 4, 2001

|Anchorage, Alaska

|Western

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=Alaska |url=https://walinks.org/alaska/# |access-date=2025-06-26 |website=Western Area}}{{Cite web |title=Our History |url=https://anchoragelinks.org/our-history |access-date=2025-06-26 |website=Anchorage Chapter of the Links |language=en-US}}

Angel City

|February 1963

|Los Angeles, California

|Western

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=About Angel City (CA) |url=https://angelcitylinksinc.org/about-angel-city-ca |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=Angel City (CA) Links |language=en-US}}

Annapolis

|August 20, 1962

|Annapolis, Maryland

|Eastern

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=Our History |url=https://www.annapolislinks.org/about/our-history |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=Annapolis Links}}

Arlington

|1966

|Arlington, Virginia

|Eastern

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=Our History |url=https://arlingtonlinks.org/our-history/ |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=The Links, Inc. Arlington (VA) Chapter |language=en}}

Atlantic City

|February 28, 1948

|Atlantic City, New Jersey

|Eastern

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.acnjlinks.org/about-us |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=Atlantic City, NJ Links |language=en}}

Austin

|December 9, 1960

|Austin, Texas

|Western

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://theaustinlinks.org/about/ |access-date=2025-06-26 |website=Austin (TX) Chapter of The Links Inc. |language=en}}

Bakersfield

|1977

|Bakersfield, California

|Western

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=California |url=https://walinks.org/california/ |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=Western Area Links}}

Baltimore

|1952

|Baltimore, Maryland

|Eastern

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=Our Chapter |url=https://www.bostonlinks.org/about-us |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=The Boston Links |language=en}}

Bergen County

| March 2, 1974

|Bergen County, New Jersey

|Eastern

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=Bergen County Links, Incorporated |url=https://www.bergencountylinks.org/ |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=Bergen County Links |language=en}}

Beverly Hills West

|May 25, 1985

|Beverly Hills, California

|Western

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=History |url=https://www.beverlyhillswestlinks.org/about-us |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=Beverly Hills West (CA) Links, Inc. |language=en}}

Boston

|1952

|Boston, Massachusetts

|Eastern

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=Our History |url=https://www.bostonlinks.org/our-history |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=The Boston Links |language=en}}

Brooklyn

|November 15, 1952

|Brooklyn, New York

|Eastern

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://brooklynlinksinc.org/aboutus |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=The Brooklyn Links |language=en-US}}

Bucks County

|October 29, 1966

|Doylestown, Pennsylvania

|Eastern

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=Our History |url=https://buckscountylinks.org/ |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=The Links - Bucks County |language=en}}

Buffalo

|May 26, 1950

|Buffalo, New York

|Eastern

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=Links History |url=https://www.linksbuffalochapter.org/links-history |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=Buffalo (NY) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated |language=en-US}}

Capital City

|Washington, D.C.

|Eastern

|Active

Central Massachusetts

|June 9, 2018

|Worcester, Massachusetts

|Eastern

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://www.centralmasslinks.org/ |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=Central Massachusetts Links |language=en}}

Central New Jersey

|March 28, 1951

|New Brunswick, New Jersey

|Eastern

|Active

|{{Cite web |date=2024-10-11 |title=Chapter History |url=https://centralnewjerseylinksinc.org/chapter-history/ |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=The Links, Central New Jersey (NJ) Chapter |language=en-US}}

Channel Islands

|1982

|Camarillo, California

|Western

|Active

|{{Cite web |date=2021-04-06 |title=Contact Information |url=https://ciclinksincorporated.org/contact/ |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=Channel Islands (CA) Chapter Links |language=en}}

Charlottesville

|Charlottesville, Virginia

|Eastern

|Active

Chesapeake/Virginia Beach

|1976

|Chesapeake and Virginia Beach, Virginia

|Eastern

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://cvblinksinc.org/ |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=Chesapeake and Virginia Beach Links, Inc. |language=en-US}}

Cherry Blossom

|February 2025

|Washington, D.C.

|Eastern

|Active

Claremont Area

|May 26, 1985

|Upland, California

|Western

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=Chapter History |url=https://claremontarealinks.com/chapter-history |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=Claremont Area (CA) Links, Incorporated |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Contact Us |url=https://claremontarealinks.com/contact-us |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=Claremont Area (CA) Links, Incorporated |language=en-US}}

Colorado Springs

|May 2, 2015

|Colorado Springs, Colorado

|Western

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=Colorado |url=https://walinks.org/colorado/ |access-date=2025-06-26 |website=Western Area Links}}{{Cite web |title=Welcome |url=https://www.coloradospringslinksinc.org/welcome-1 |access-date=2025-06-26 |website=Colorado Springs (CO) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated |language=en-US}}

Columbia

|June 28, 1975

|Columbia, Maryland

|Eastern

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.columbiamdlinks.org/about |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=The Columbia (MD) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated |language=en}}

Commonwealth

|1998

|Richmond, Virginia

|Eastern

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=History |url=https://www.commonwealthlinks.com/history |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=Commonwealth Links |language=en}}

Dallas

|December 1957

|Dallas, Texas

|Western

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://dallaslinksinc.org/about/ |access-date=2025-06-26 |website=Dallas Links}}

Danville

|November 15, 1953

|Danville, Virginia

|Eastern

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=Chapter History |url=http://danvillelinksinc.org/chapter-history/ |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=The Links Incorporated, Danville (VA) Chapter |language=en}}

Delaware Valley

|November 21, 1964

|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

|Eastern

|Active

Denver

|1952

|Denver, Colorado

|Western

|Active

Dover

|April 1986

|Dover, Delaware

|Eastern

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=Dover (DE) Chapter History |url=https://www.doverdelinksinc.org/about-4 |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=Dover DE Links |language=en}}

East Texas

|December 1952

|Marshall, Tyler, and Longview, Texas

|Western

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=East Texas (TX) Chapter |url=https://walinks.org/texas/ |access-date=2025-06-26 |website=Western Area Links}}

Eastern Shore

|1998

|Wheatley Heights, New York

|Eastern

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=Contact |url=https://easternshorenylinksinc.org/contact/ |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=Eastern Shore NY |language=en-US}}

El Paso

|September 17, 1977

|El Paso, Texas

|Western

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://www.eptxlinksinc.org/about-us |access-date=2025-06-26 |website=El Paso, Texas Links |language=en}}

Erie County

|October 3, 1987

|Amherst, New York

|Eastern

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.eriecountylinksinc.org/about-us.php |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=Erie County Links}}{{Cite web |title=Contact Page |url=https://www.eriecountylinksinc.org/contact-us.php |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=Erie County Links}}

Essex County

|1986

|West Orange, New Jersey

|Eastern

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=Contact Us |url=https://www.essexcountynjlinks.com/contact-us |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=Essex County NJ Links, Inc. |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Our Chapter |url=https://www.essexcountynjlinks.com/our-chapter |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=Essex County NJ Links, Inc. |language=en}}

Farmington Valley

|April 28, 1979

|West Hartford, Connecticut

|Eastern

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://www.farmingtonvalleylinks.org/about |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=Farmington Valley Links |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Contact |url=https://www.farmingtonvalleylinks.org/contact |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=Farmington Valley Links |language=en}}

Fairfield County

|May 15, 1976

|Fairfield County, Connecticut

|Eastern

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=Our History |url=https://www.thefairfieldcountylinks.org/our-history/ |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=The Links, Incorporated - Fairfield County (CT) Chapter |language=en-US}}

Fort Bend County

|March 2, 1996

|Sugar Land, Texas

|Western

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=Chapter History |url=https://fortbendcountylinksinc.com/chapter-history |access-date=2025-06-26 |website=Fort Bend County (TX) Chapter |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Contact Us |url=https://fortbendcountylinksinc.com/contact-us |access-date=2025-06-26 |website=Fort Bend County (TX) Chapter |language=en-US}}

Fort Worth

|December 5, 1959

|Fort Worth, Texas

|Western

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://fortworthlinksinc.org/ |access-date=2025-06-26 |website=Fort Worth (TX) Chapter, The Links, Inc. |language=en-US}}

Golden Triangle

|May 8, 1971

|Beaumont, Texas

|Western

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=Golden Triangle Chapter of the Links, Incorporated |url=https://business.bmtcoc.org/list/member/golden-triangle-chapter-of-the-links-incorporated-13567.htm |access-date=2025-06-26 |website=Greater Beaumont Chamber of Commerce |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Welcome |url=https://goldentrianglelinks.org/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220116110439/https://goldentrianglelinks.org/ |archive-date=2022-01-16 |access-date=2025-06-26 |website=Golden Triangle (TX) Links |language=en-US}}{{Efn|This chapter cover Beaumont, Port Arthur, and Orange, Texas.}}

Greater Bronx

|May 31, 2014

|Bronx, New York

|Eastern

|Active

|{{Efn|Chapter formed from the Bronx Women’s Service League, established on February 26, 2013.}}

Greater Denton County

|June 9, 2012

|Lewisville, Texas

|Western

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://greaterdentoncountylinks.org/ |access-date=2025-06-26 |website=Greater Denton County (TX) Chapter, The Links Inc. |language=en-US}}

Greater Hartford

|May 31, 1986

|Hartford, Connecticut

|Eastern

|Active

Greater Hudson Valley

|1990

|White Plains, New York

|Eastern

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=GHV Chapter History |url=https://www.ghvnylinksinc.org/copy-of-members |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=Greater Hudson Valley (NY) Links, Incorporated |language=en}}

Greater New York

|May 21, 1949

|New York City, New York

|Eastern

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=GNY History |url=https://greaternewyorklinksinc.org/gny-history/ |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=Greater New York Chapter of the Links, Inc. |language=en-US}}

Greater Pearland Area

|June 14, 2014

|Houston, Texas

|Western

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=Charter Members |url=https://www.greaterpearlandarealinksinc.org/greater-pearland-area-tx-chapter |access-date=2025-06-26 |website=Greater Pearland Area Chapter The Links, Inc. |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Contact |url=https://www.greaterpearlandarealinksinc.org/contact |access-date=2025-06-26 |website=Greater Pearland Area Chapter The Links, Inc. |language=en}}

Greater Providence

|April 8, 1995

|Providence, Rhode Island

|Eastern

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://www.gprilinks.org/ |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=Greater Providence Chapter of The Links Inc. |language=en}}

Greater Queens

|March 9, 1996

|Queens, New York

|Eastern

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://www.greaterqueenslinks.org/ |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=Greater Queens (NY) Chapter of The Links |language=en}}

Greater Rappahannock

|2014

|Fredericksburg, Virginia

|Eastern

|Active

|{{Cite web |last=Sinkler |first=Beth L. |date=December 2024 |title=Celebrate, Elevate, and Serve: A Decade of Friendship and Community Service |url=https://www.fxbgneighbors.com/blog/elevateandserve |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=FXBG Neighbors |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Virginia HR567 |url=https://trackbill.com/bill/virginia-house-resolution-567-commending-the-greater-rappahannock-va-chapter-of-the-links-incorporated/2640612/ |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=trackbill.com |language=en}}

Greater Seattle

|December 1955

|Seattle, Washington

|Western

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://www.greaterseattlelinks.org/ |access-date=2025-06-26 |website=Greater Seattle Links |language=en}}

Greater Springfield

|May 31, 1986

|Springfield, Massachusetts

|Eastern

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=About the Links, Inc. |url=https://springfieldlinks.weebly.com/ |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=Greater Springfield ChapterLinks Inc.}}

Gulf Coast Apollo

|August 1995

|Houston, Texas

|Western

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=Chapter History |url=https://www.gulfcoastapollolinks.org/copy-of-about-us |access-date=2025-06-26 |website=Gulf Coast Apollo Chapter The Links |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Contact Us |url=https://www.gulfcoastapollolinks.org/contact-us |access-date=2025-06-26 |website=Gulf Coast Apollo Chapter The Links |language=en}}

Hampton

|1952

|Hampton, Virginia

|Eastern

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=From Our President |url=https://www.hamptonlinks.org/from-our-president.html |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=Hampton (VA) Chapter of The Links Incorporated |language=en}}

Harbor City

|1985

|Baltimore, Maryland

|Eastern

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=Harbor City Chapter of The Links, Inc. |url=https://www.harborcitylinksinc.org/ |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=Harbor City Links |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Contact Us |url=https://www.harborcitylinksinc.org/contact-us |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=Harbor City Links |language=en}}

Harrisburg

|Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

|Eastern

|Active

Hawaii

|January 11, 1986

|Mililani, Hawaii

|Western

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=Aloha! |url=https://hawaiilinksinc.org/ |access-date=2025-06-26 |website=Hawaii Chapter The Links |language=en-US}}

Houston

|1951

|Houston, Texas

|Western

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=Texas |url=https://walinks.org/texas/ |access-date=2025-06-26 |website=Western Area Links}}

James River Valley

|May 14, 1983

|Richmond, Virginia

|Eastern

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://www.jamesrivervalleylinks.org/about.html |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=James River Valley (VA) Chapter, The Links, Incorporated |language=en}}

Jersey Shore

|April 23, 2022

|New Jersey

|Eastern

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=Chapter History |url=https://jerseyshorenjlinks.wixsite.com/jerseyshore-nj-links/general-8 |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=Jersey Shore NJ Chapter |language=en}}

Katy-Richmond Area

|April 14, 2018

|Katy and Richmond, Texas

|Western

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=Chapter History |url=https://katyrichmondarealinks.org/chapter-history/ |access-date=2025-06-26 |website=Katy Richmond Area Chapter of The Links, Inc. |language=en-US}}

Las Vegas

|May 27, 1976

|Las Vegas, Nevada

|Western

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://thelinksinclv.org/home |access-date=2025-06-26 |website=The Las Vegas (NV) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated |language=en-US}}

London

|2018

|London, England

|Eastern

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=History |url=https://www.londonlinksinc.org.uk/history |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=London (UK) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated |language=en-US}}

Lone Star

|April 26, 2014

|Round Rock, Texas

|Western

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://lonestarlinksinc.org/about-us/ |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=The Lone Star (TX) Chapter, The Links, Inc. |language=en-US}}

Long Island

|October 27, 1962

|Manhasset, New York

|Eastern

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://lilinksinc.org/ |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=The Long Island Links Inc. |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Contact |url=https://lilinksinc.org/contact |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=The Long Island Links Inc. |language=en-US}}

Loudoun County

|December 5, 2020

|Broadlands, Virginia

|Eastern

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=History |url=https://www.loudouncountylinksinc.org/history |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=Loudoun County Links Inc. |language=en}}

Lynchburg

|1950

|Lynchburg, Virginia

|Eastern

|Active

Metro-Manhattan

|April 23, 1988

|Manhattan, New York

|Eastern

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=Our History |url=https://www.metromanhattanlinks.org/history |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=The Metro-Manhattan (NY) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated |language=en-US}}

Metropolitan

|August 11, 1979

|Washington, D.C.

|Eastern

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=Chapter History |url=https://www.metrodclinks.org/history |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=Metropolitan (DC) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated |language=en-US}}

Mid-Cities

|April 20, 1985

|Irving, Texas

|Western

|Active

Middlesex County

|1976

|Middlesex County, Massachusetts

|Eastern

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://www.middlesexcountylinksinc.org/about |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=The Links, Inc. Middlesex County Chapter |language=en}}

Midland

|1973

|Midland, Texas

|Western

|Inactive

Milford

|May 17, 1986

|Milford, Connecticut

|Eastern

|Active

Missouri City

|May 12, 1979

|Houston, Texas

|Western

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=Chapter History |url=https://missouricitytxlinks.org/chapter-history/ |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=Missouri City (TX) Chapter of The Links Inc. |language=en}}

Montgomery County

|1975

|Blue Bell, Pennsylvania

|Eastern

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.montgomerycountylinks.org/about-us/ |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=Montgomery County Links |language=en-US}}

Morris County

|May 1982

|Morristown, New Jersey

|Eastern

|Active

|{{Cite web |date=2017-01-06 |title=Welcome |url=https://morriscountylinks.org/about-us/welcome/ |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=Morris County (NJ) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated |language=en-US}}

Mount Rose

|June 4, 2016

|Fort Washington, Maryland

|Eastern

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=Chapter History |url=https://www.mountroselinks.org/chapter-history |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=Mount Rose Links |language=en}}

New Haven

|December 18, 1972

|Hamden, Connecticut

|Eastern

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.nhlinksinc.org/about-us/ |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=The Links Incorporated - New Haven (CT) Chapter |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Contact Us |url=https://www.mountroselinks.org/contact |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=Mount Rose Links |language=en}}

Newport News

|February, 1952

|Newport News, Virginia

|Eastern

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=Chapter History |url=https://www.newportnewslinks.org/chapter-history.html |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=Newport News (VA) Chapter The Links, Inc. |language=en}}

Niagara Falls

|May 24, 1950

|Niagara Falls, New York

|Eastern

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=History |url=https://www.linksniagarafallschapter.com/history |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=Niagara Falls Links |language=en}}

Norfolk

|February 1952

|Norfolk, Virginia

|Eastern

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://norfolklinksinc.org/about-menu |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=Norfolk (VA) Chapter, The Links, Inc.}}

North Jersey

|June 1949

|West Orange, New Jersey

|Eastern

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=Our History |url=https://www.northjerseylinks.org/links_history |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=North Jersey (NJ) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Contact Us |url=https://www.northjerseylinks.org/contact-us |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=North Jersey (NJ) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated |language=en-US}}

Old Dominion

|September 18, 1993

|Woodbridge, Virginia

|Eastern

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=Chapter History Page |url=https://odclinks.org/chapter-history.aspx |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=Old Dominion (VA) Chapter of The Links, Inc.}}

Passaic County

|Passaic County, New Jersey

|Eastern

|Active

Patapsco River

|March 31, 1990

|Owings Mills, Maryland

|Eastern

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=Welcome |url=http://www.patapscoriverlinksinc.org/welcome |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=Patapsco River Chapter, Links, Incorporated |language=en-US}}

Patuxent River

|June 27, 2014

|Gaithersburg, Maryland

|Eastern

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=Chapter History |url=https://www.patuxentmdlinks.org/about-us/chapter-history/ |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=Patuxent River Chapter MD of The Links Inc |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Contact Us |url=https://www.patuxentmdlinks.org/about-us/contact/ |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=Patuxent River Chapter MD of The Links Inc |language=en}}

Penn Towne

|1975

|Flourtown, Pennsylvania

|Eastern

|Active

|{{Cite web |date=2021-04-16 |title=Home |url=https://penntownelinks.org/ |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=Penn Town Links Inc. |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2021-10-07 |title=Contact |url=https://penntownelinks.org/contact/ |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=Penn Town Links Inc. |language=en-US}}

Petersburg

|May 7, 1948

|Petersburg, Virginia

|Eastern

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.petersburgvalinks.com/about-us |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=Petersburg (VA) Chapter The Links, Incorporated |language=en}}

Philadelphia

|November 9, 1946

|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

|Eastern

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=Our History |url=https://easternshorenylinksinc.org/our-history/ |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=Eastern Shore NY |language=en-US}}

Phoenix

|1952

|Phoenix, Arizona

|Western

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=Arizona |url=https://walinks.org/arizona/ |access-date=2025-06-26 |website=Western Area Links}}

Pittsburgh

|December 5, 1948

|Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

|Eastern

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=Chapter History |url=http://pittsburghlinksinc.org/chapter-history.html |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=Pittsburgh Chapter of The Links, Inc. |language=en}}

Plano North Metroplex

|April 1, 1989

|Plano, Texas

|Western

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.planonorthmetroplexlinks.org/about-us |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=Plano North Metroplex Chapter Links |language=en}}

Port City

|May 16, 1987

|Houston, Texas

|Western

|Active

|{{Cite web |date=2020-11-16 |title=Donor Spotlight: Port City Chapter of The Links, Inc. |url=https://www.cfthhouston.org/donor-spotlight-port-city-chapter-of-the-links-inc |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=Coalition for the Homeless of Houston/Harris County |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Our History |url=https://www.portcitylinks.com/history |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121102156/https://www.portcitylinks.com/history |archive-date=2022-01-21 |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=Port City Chapter of Links Inc.}}{{Efn|Chapter was formed by the Metropolitan Women's League, founded in 1985 in Houston, Texas.}}

Portland

|1957

|Portland, Oregon

|Western

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=Oregon |url=https://walinks.org/oregon/ |access-date=2025-06-26 |website=Western Area Links}}

Portsmouth

|Portsmouth, Virginia

|Eastern

|Active

Potomac

|1984

|Greater Washington, D.C.

|Eastern

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://www.potomacvalinks.org/ |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=Potomac (VA) Links |language=en}}

Prince George's County

|March 24, 1979

|Mitchellville, Maryland

|Eastern

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=Our Chapter |url=https://www.princegeorgescountylinks.org/chapter-history |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=Prince George's County (MD) Chapter of The Links Inc. |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Contact Us |url=https://www.princegeorgescountylinks.org/contact-us |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=Prince George's County (MD) Chapter of The Links, Inc. |language=en}}

Princess Anne

|March 15, 1969

|Princess Anne, Maryland

|Eastern

|Active

Rancocas Valley

|October 26, 1974

|Willingboro, New Jersey

|Eastern

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=Our History |url=https://www.rancocasvalleylinks.org/history |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=Rancocas Valley (NJ) Chapter, The Links Incorporated |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Contact |url=https://www.rancocasvalleylinks.org/contact |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=Rancocas Valley (NJ) Chapter, The Links Incorporated |language=en-US}}

Raritan Valley

|April 26, 1986

|Somerset, New Jersey

|Eastern

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://www.raritanvalleylinks.org/about |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=Raritan Valley NJ Chapter The Links |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Contact |url=https://www.raritanvalleylinks.org/contact-1 |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=Raritan Valley NJ Chapter The Links |language=en}}

Reston

|1975

|Reston, Virginia

|Eastern

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://restonlinksinc.org/?action=documents.detail&zid=60&ContentID=00 |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=Reston Links, Inc.}}

Richmond

|1952

|Richmond, Virginia

|Eastern

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=Richmond Chapter Charter Members |url=https://www.richmondlinksinc.org/charter-members/ |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=The Links Incorporated, Richmond Chapter |language=en-US}}

Roanoke

|Roanoke, Virginia

|Eastern

|Active

|{{Cite web |date=2023-07-04 |title=Roanoke Links receives award for Hurt Park program |url=https://theroanoketribune.org/roanoke-links-receives-award-for-hurt-park-program/ |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=The Roanoke Tribune |language=en-US}}

Rochester

|Rochester, New York

|Eastern

|Active

San Antonio

|December 10, 1960

|San Antonio, Texas

|Western

|Active

|{{Cite web |date=2023-08-15 |title=About Us |url=https://sanantoniolinks.org/about-us-2/ |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=San Antonio Chapter (TX) of The Links, Inc. |language=en}}

Silver Spring

|November 1972

|Silver Spring, Maryland

|Eastern

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://silverspringlinkschapter.org/about/ |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=Silver Spring (MD) Chapter, The Links, Inc. |language=en-US}}

South Jersey

|New Jersey

|Eastern

|Active

Southern Chain

|May 15, 1982

|Bryans Road, Maryland

|Eastern

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=History |url=https://southernmdchainlinks.org/history-1 |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=Southern Maryland (MD) Chain Links |language=en-US}}

Southern Metroplex

|May 1, 2022

|Texas

|Western

|Active

Spokane

|May 27, 1978

|Spokane, Washington

|Western

|Active

|{{Cite web |date=May 1, 2013 |title=Spokane Links, Inc. Honors Unsung Heroes |url=https://www.thefigtree.org/may13/050113links.html |access-date=2025-06-26 |website=The Fig Tree}}

Suffolk

|October 12, 1985

|Suffolk, Virginia

|Eastern

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.suffolklinks.org/history |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=Suffolk VA Chapter |language=en}}

Syracuse

|Syracuse, New York

|Eastern

|Active

Tacoma

|October 19, 1966

|Tacoma, Washington

|Western

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://tacomalinksinc.org/about-us/ |access-date=2025-06-26 |website=Tacoma (WA) Chapter |language=en-US}}

Texas Spring Cypress

|March 11, 1995

|Cypress, Texas

|Western

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=Chapter History |url=https://tscclinks.org/about-us/chapter-history/ |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=Texas Spring Cypress (TX) Chapter of the Links, Incorporated |language=en-US}}

Town Lake

|April 30, 1988

|Austin, Texas

|Western

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://townlakelinks.org/about-us/ |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=The Links Inc. - Town Lake (TX) Chapter |language=en-US}}

Tri-Cities

|May 9, 1981

|Richland, Washington

|Western

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://tricitieslinks.com/about-us |access-date=2025-06-26 |website=Tri Cities WA Chapter of The Links, Incorporated |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Chapter History |url=https://tricitieslinks.com/chapter-history |access-date=2025-06-26 |website=Tri Cities WA Chapter of The Links, Incorporated |language=en-US}}

Trinity

|May 14, 1994

|Dallas, Texas

|Western

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://trinitylinksinc.org/about-us/ |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=Trinity (TX) Chapter, The Links Inc.}}{{Cite web |title=Contact Us |url=https://trinitylinksinc.org/contact-us/ |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=Trinity (TX) Chapter, The Links Inc.}}

Tucson

|1962

|Tucson, Arizona

|Western

|Active

Waco Central

|May 25, 1974

|Waco, Texas

|Western

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=History |url=https://www.wacolinks.org/about-1-1 |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=Waco Central (TX) Links |language=en}}

Washington, D.C.

|April 1948

|Washington, D.C.

|Eastern

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=Chapter History |url=https://washingtondclinksinc.org/chapter-history |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=Washington (DC) Chapter of The Links, Inc. |language=en-US}}

Waterbury

|May 1975

|Waterbury, Connecticut

|Eastern

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://www.waterburyctlinks.com/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230527085907/https://www.waterburyctlinks.com/ |archive-date=2023-05-27 |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=Waterbury CT Links |language=en}}

Westchester County

|June 10, 1950

|White Plains, New York

|Eastern

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=Westchester County (NY) Chapter |url=https://westchestercountylinksinc.com/westchester_chapter.aspx |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=Westchester County Links}}{{Cite web |title=Contact |url=https://westchestercountylinksinc.com/contact_us.aspx |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=Westchester County Links}}

Willow Oak

|Prince George's County, Maryland

|Eastern

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://www.willowoakchapter.com/ |access-date=2025-06-29 |website=Willow Oak Chapter of The Links, Inc. |language=en}}

Wilmington

|April 10, 1948

|Wilmington, Delaware

|Eastern

|Active

|{{Cite web |date=2020-09-27 |title=Our History |url=https://wilmingtondelinksinc.org/our-history/ |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=Wilmington (DE) Chapter of The Links, Inc. |language=en-US}}

Importance

According to Graham, The Links is the "most elite organization" for prominent American black women,{{Rp|page=102}} and is both the largest and the most influential.{{Rp|page=102}} Membership in the organization, he writes, signals to other prominent blacks that "your social background, lifestyle, physical appearance, and family's academic and professional accomplishments passed muster".{{Rp|page=102}}

Los Angeles PBS station KCET called The Links "the most prominent" of the black women's clubs.{{Cite web|last=Bythewood-Porter|first=Taylor|date=July 22, 2021|title=The Links, Incorporated: How African American Debutantes Shaped a New Vision of Black Womanhood|url=https://www.kcet.org/shows/lost-la/the-links-incorporated-how-african-american-debutantes-shaped-a-new-vision-of-black-womanhood|access-date=February 7, 2022|website=KCET|language=en|archive-date=February 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207181050/https://www.kcet.org/shows/lost-la/the-links-incorporated-how-african-american-debutantes-shaped-a-new-vision-of-black-womanhood|url-status=live}} Rolling Stone called it "one of the most influential and prestigious".{{Cite magazine|last=McFadden|first=Syreeta|date=July 1, 2021|title=Meet the Women Bringing Weed to the Deep South|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/blounts-moore-black-investment-legal-weed-1186858/|access-date=February 7, 2022|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}}

John Lewis called The Links a "distinguished organization of outstanding community service and influence".

Notable members

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Members include philanthropists, college presidents, politicians, activists, judges, doctors, bankers, lawyers, executives, educators, and the wives of well-known public figures.{{cite news|date=August 22, 2020|title=America's black upper class and Black Lives Matter|newspaper=The Economist|url=https://www.economist.com/united-states/2020/08/22/americas-black-upper-class-and-black-lives-matter|access-date=July 21, 2021|archive-date=February 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207154050/https://www.economist.com/united-states/2020/08/22/americas-black-upper-class-and-black-lives-matter|url-status=live}}{{Rp|page=105}} Some of The Links' notable members include:

class="wikitable sortable"

!Name

!Chapter

!Notability

!References

Hannah Atkins

|Oklahoma Secretary of State and Oklahoma House of Representatives

|{{cite web |date= |title=Hannah Atkins Obituary (2010) - Oklahoman |url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/oklahoman/obituary.aspx?n=hannah-atkins&pid=143732018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150218220923/http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/oklahoman/obituary.aspx?n=hannah-atkins&pid=143732018 |archive-date=2015-02-18 |access-date=2021-01-20 |publisher=Legacy.com}}

Etta Moten Barnett

|Actress and contralto vocalist,

|{{Cite web |title=Etta Moten Barnett Papers |url=https://www.chipublib.org/fa-etta-moten-barnett-papers/ |access-date=2025-05-26 |website=Chicago Public Library |language=en-US}}

Cheri Beasley

|Triangle Park

|Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court

|{{Cite web |last=Hudnell |first=Jennifer |date=2020-10-09 |title=The Links, Incorporated Hosts 25th Anniversary Walk For Healthy Living Walk-A-Thon Virtually; Thousands of Black Women and Community Members Make Strides Toward Better Health |url=https://linksinc.org/25th-anniversary-walk-a-thon/ |access-date=2025-05-26 |website=LinksInc.org |language=en-US}}

Joyce Beatty

|United States House of Representatives and Ohio House of Representatives

|{{Cite web |date=April 20, 2019 |title=Civil Rights Icon John Lewis Lauds The Links, Incorporated and Issues Voting Rights Call to Action |url=https://beatty.house.gov/media-center/news-articles/civil-rights-icon-john-lewis-lauds-the-links-incorporated-and-issues |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209155332/https://beatty.house.gov/media-center/news-articles/civil-rights-icon-john-lewis-lauds-the-links-incorporated-and-issues |archive-date=February 9, 2022 |access-date=February 9, 2022 |website=Congresswoman Joyce Beatty |language=en}}

Anita Lyons Bond

|Civil rights activist and academic

|{{Rp|page=108}}

Keisha Lance Bottoms

|Mayor of Atlanta, Senior Advisor to the President of the United States, and director of the White House Office of Public Liaison

|{{Cite web |last=Hudson |first=Christina |date=2022-01-25 |title=The Links, Incorporated (1945- ) |url=https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/the-links-incorporated-1945/ |access-date=2025-05-26 |website=BlackPast.org |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2018-01-03 |title=Keisha Lance Bottoms sworn in as Atlanta mayor |url=https://www.wtxl.com/news/keisha-lance-bottoms-sworn-in-as-atlanta-mayor/article_f4f6876c-f0aa-11e7-ab19-b77b9d49bf9c.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215135845/https://www.wtxl.com/news/keisha-lance-bottoms-sworn-in-as-atlanta-mayor/article_f4f6876c-f0aa-11e7-ab19-b77b9d49bf9c.html |archive-date=2022-02-15 |access-date=2022-02-15 |website=WTXL |language=en}}

Gwendolyn Boyd

|President of Alabama State University and mechanical engineer at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

|[http://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/gwendolyn-e-boyd-41 Gwendolyn E. Boyd], The History Makers, April 25, 2007. Retrieved November 21, 2017.

Johnnetta Cole

|President of Spelman College and Bennett College; director of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of African Art

|{{Rp|page=105}}

Misty Copeland

| Ballet dancer for American Ballet Theatre

|{{Cite web |date=2023-02-17 |title=The Links, Inc: A women's volunteer service organization enriching African American culture |url=https://www.wxyz.com/news/black-history-month/the-links-inc-a-womens-volunteer-service-organization-enriching-african-american-culture |access-date=2025-05-26 |website=WXYZ 7 News Detroit |language=en}}

Val Demings

|United States House of Representatives

Marian Wright Edelman

|Founder and president emerita of the Children's Defense Fund

|{{Rp|page=105}}

Helen G. Edmonds

| Professor and chair of the Department of History and dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at North Carolina College (now North Carolina Central University)

|{{Cite web |last=admin |title=Leadership |url=https://linksinc.org/leadership/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806135223/https://linksinc.org/leadership/ |archive-date=2024-08-06 |access-date=2024-07-18 |website=Links |language=en-US}}

Amanda Edwards

|Member of the Houston City Council

|{{Cite web |title=Chapter Members | Houston (TX) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated |url=http://houstonlinks.org/about/chapter-members/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220321093032/http://houstonlinks.org/about/chapter-members/ |archive-date=2022-03-21 |access-date=2022-02-25 |website=houstonlinks.org}}

Kamala Harris

|Vice President of the United States, United States Senate, and Attorney General of California

|{{Cite web |last=Pitts |first=Myron B. |title=Myron B. Pitts: Sen. Kamala Harris, VP-elect, shines light on The Links |url=https://www.fayobserver.com/story/news/columns/2020/11/14/myron-b-pitts-sen-kamala-harris-vp-elect-shines-light-links/6180696002/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207185038/https://www.fayobserver.com/story/news/columns/2020/11/14/myron-b-pitts-sen-kamala-harris-vp-elect-shines-light-links/6180696002/ |archive-date=February 7, 2022 |access-date=February 7, 2022 |website=The Fayetteville Observer |language=en-US}}

Mary Gibson Hundley

|Teacher at Dunbar High School, Miner Teacher's College, Eastern High School, and Howard University

|{{Cite web |title=Collection: Papers of Mary Gibson Hundley, 1910-1985 |url=https://hollisarchives.lib.harvard.edu/repositories/8/resources/7860 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220321093023/https://hollisarchives.lib.harvard.edu/repositories/8/resources/7860 |archive-date=2022-03-21 |access-date=2022-02-25 |website=hollisarchives.lib.harvard.edu}}

Sheila Jackson Lee

|United States House of Representatives and member of the Houston City Council

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Jo Ann Jenkins

|CEO of AARP

Eddie Bernice Johnson

|United States House of Representatives and Texas Senate

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Edith Irby Jones

|physician and first woman president of the National Medical Association

Elaine Jones

|President and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund

|{{Cite web |last=Brown |first=Olive D. |date=March 1, 1995 |title=The History and Impact of Links, Incorporated in Texas |url=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/links-incorporated |access-date=2025-05-26 |website=Texas State Historical Association |language=en}}{{Rp|page=105}}

Ann Jordan

|Director of the Department of Social Services for the University of Chicago Medical Center

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Barbara Jordan

|United States House of Representatives and Texas Senate

Thelma Patten Law

|Physician

Pauline Weeden Maloney

|Rector of Norfolk State University.

|{{Cite news |date=1960-07-07 |title=Many Lavish Social Events Highlight Links' Twelfth National Assembly |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94697807/many-lavish-social-events-highlight/ |access-date=2022-02-11 |work=California Eagle |pages=7 |via=Newspapers.com}}

Veronica Mallett

|Urogynecologist and senior vice president and chief administrative officer of the More in Common Alliance (MICA)

|{{Cite web |date=2021-05-10 |title=Meharry Medical College Ventures Names Dr. Veronica Mallett President and CEO |url=https://www.nashvillemedicalnews.com/article/4128/meharry-medical-college-ventures-names-dr-veronica-mallett-president-and-ceo- |access-date=2023-08-22 |website=www.nashvillemedicalnews.com |language=en}}

Annette March-Grier

|President of Roberta's House Inc.

|{{Cite web |title=Annette R. March-Grier |url=https://robertashouse.org/annette-r-march-grier/ |access-date=2025-05-26 |website=Roberta's House |language=en-US}}

Eugenia L. Mobley

|Dean of the Dental School and vice-president at Meharry Medical College

|[https://www.parthenonlinks.org/officers-members "Charter Members"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220217015131/https://www.parthenonlinks.org/officers-members|date=2022-02-17}} Parthenon (TN) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated.

Sharon Pratt

|Mayor of the District of Columbia and treasurer of the Democratic National Committee

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Ayanna Pressley

|United States House of Representatives and member of the Boston City Council

Hazel R. O'Leary

|United States Secretary of Energy and president of Fisk University

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Danielle Outlaw

|Commissioner of the Philadelphia Police Department and chief Portland Police Bureau

|{{Cite news |title=Protecting Public Safety with Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle M. Outlaw |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/washington-post-live/2022/02/07/protecting-public-safety-with-philadelphia-police-commissioner-danielle-m-outlaw/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207110607/https://www.washingtonpost.com/washington-post-live/2022/02/07/protecting-public-safety-with-philadelphia-police-commissioner-danielle-m-outlaw/ |archive-date=February 7, 2022 |access-date=February 7, 2022 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}

Jo Ann Robinson

|Activist during the Civil Rights Movement and educator in Montgomery, Alabama

|{{Cite web |title=Robinson, Jo Ann Gibson {{!}} Encyclopedia.com |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/robinson-jo-ann-gibson |access-date=February 9, 2022 |website=www.encyclopedia.com}}

Angela Rye

|Commentator on CNN and executive director and general counsel to the Congressional Black Caucus

|{{Cite web |title=About Angela Rye |url=https://diversity.gatech.edu/about-angela-rye |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215231617/https://diversity.gatech.edu/about-angela-rye |archive-date=2022-02-15 |access-date=2022-02-15 |website=diversity.gatech.edu}}

Tami Sawyer

|Civil rights activist and local politician

|{{Cite web |title=Public Policy |url=https://www.heytamisawyer.com/ |access-date=2022-01-21 |website=Tami Sawyer |language=en}}

Betty Shabazz

|Civil rights advocate and wife of Malcolm X

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Marian Spencer

|Vice Mayor of the Cincinnati City Council

|{{Cite book |last=Moore |first=Gina Ruffin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sqUsXrSHzHIC&q=%2522the%2520links%2522 |title=Cincinnati |date=2007 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=978-0-7385-5144-9 |language=en}}

Juliana Stratton

|Chicago

|Lieutenant Governor of Illinois and Illinois House of Representatives

Evelyn Reid Syphax

|Educator who was chair of the Arlington Public Schools Board

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Pat Timmons-Goodson

|Associate justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court

Yvonne Walker-Taylor

|President of Wilberforce University

|{{Cite web |title=Yvonne Walker Taylor, Educator born |url=https://aaregistry.org/story/yvonne-walker-taylor-a-willberforce-icon/ |access-date=2022-02-13 |website=African American Registry |language=en}}

Carmen J. Walters

|Jackson (MS)

|President of Tougaloo College

Susie Ione Brown Waxwood

|Philanthropist and clubwoman

|{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=1996 |title=The Links, Incorporated, 30th National Assembly, July 1996: Celebrating 50 Years, 1946–1996 |url=https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth305912/m1/77/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209192829/https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth305912/m1/77/ |archive-date=February 9, 2022 |access-date=February 9, 2022 |website=Thirtieth National Assembly of Links, Inc., 1996, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States |language=English}}{{Cite web |title=Chapter History |url=https://centralnewjerseylinksinc.org/ |access-date=February 9, 2022 |website=Central New Jersey (NJ) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated |language=en-US}}

Frederica Wilson

|United States House of Representatives, Florida Senate, and Florida House of Representatives

Mary Wineberg

|Cincinnati

|Gold medalist in the 2008 Summer Olympics for track and field athlete