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In 1927, the graduates formed Alpha Delta Omega chapter, leaving Pi chapter for the undergraduates at Fisk. ^ Chapter includes Barnard College, Baruch College, City College of New York, Columbia University, Columbia University, Hunter College, New York University, and Touro College. ^ Chapter was formed to serve members from Western Reserve ...
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. (ΑΚΑ) is the first intercollegiate historically African American sorority. [3] The sorority was founded on January 15, 1908, at the historically black Howard University in Washington, D.C., by a group of sixteen students led by Ethel Hedgemon Lyle. Forming a sorority broke barriers for African American women ...
The Great Lakes region of Northern America is a binational Canadian – American region centered around the Great Lakes that includes the U.S. states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin and the Canadian province of Ontario. Canada's Quebec province is at times included as part of the region ...
April 8, 1975 (age 89) Washington, D.C., U.S. Beulah Elizabeth Burke[1] (1885–1975), was, along with her sister, Lillie, one of the nine original founders of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority in 1908, the first sorority founded by African-American women. In her leadership as an educator and civic activist, Burke created important social capital.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA - NOVEMBER 15: Members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. pose during the game between the New York Knicks and the Atlanta Hawks at State Farm Arena on November 15, 2023 in ...
Members of Congress, all of whom are Alpha Kappa Alpha sisters, among them then-Senator Kamala Harris, the first female Vice President of the United States. This list of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorors (commonly referred to as AKAs [1]) includes initiated and honorary members of Alpha Kappa Alpha (ΑΚΑ), the first inter-collegiate Greek-letter sorority established for Black college women.
Oldest Alumni Chapter in the State of Ohio and 5th Oldest in the Great Lakes Region. Beta Omicron Sigma June 4, 1949 Columbus, OH: Active Gamma Alpha Sigma 1951 Cleveland, OH: Active [46] Delta Theta Sigma February 1, 1962 Cincinnati, OH: Active Delta Xi Sigma March 19, 1963 Milwaukee, WI: Active [47] Delta Rho Sigma Akron, OH: Active Epsilon ...
Alpha Kappa Kappa was established at Dartmouth Medical School on September 29, 1888. [3] It was created for "social intercourse, mental development, scholarship and mutual assistance." [ 3 ] The fraternity incorporated in New Hampshire by a special act of the legislature on July 25, 1889.