[1] Aldridge attended Clark College in Atlanta, Georgia, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in sociology and Spanish.
[3] In 1998 and 1992, Aldridge studied issues of gender and race abroad in the Soviet Union and Brazil.
[1] Aldridge was the first professor at any major university to receive a chair that was named for an African American woman's honor.
[2] As of 2014, Aldridge is the Board Secretary and Chair of the Academic Affairs committee at Clark Atlanta University.
[3] Aldridge served as president of the National Council of Black Studies for two terms.
[2] In 2006, Aldridge received the Charles S. Johnson Award from the Southern Sociological Society.
[2] Aldridge has also consulted for more than ninety governments, many major national and international universities, foundations, and corporations.