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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.
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 nine students led by Ethel Hedgemon Lyle.
Alpha Beta (First) Reissued Alpha Gamma: December 19, 1925: University of California, Los Angeles: Los Angeles: California Active Alpha Delta: March 15, 1926: Morgan State University: Baltimore: Maryland Active Alpha Epsilon: 1926 Virginia State University: Ettrick: Virginia Active Alpha Zeta (First) 1925–1933 Atlanta Citywide Atlanta ...
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 ...
Two years later, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. was established. Both Alpha Phi Alpha and AKA are members of the Divine Nine , a group of nine historically Black fraternities and sororities ...
The credit union, FMO, was created to foster greater financial prosperity for women of color and AKA members. Alpha Kappa The post Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority launches members-only credit union ...
The founding members of the NPHC were Alpha Kappa Alpha, Kappa Alpha Psi, Omega Psi Phi, Delta Sigma Theta, and Zeta Phi Beta. The council's membership expanded as Alpha Phi Alpha (1931), Phi Beta Sigma (1931), Sigma Gamma Rho (1937), and Iota Phi Theta (1996) later joined. [ 5 ]
The sorority has been a critical source of support and sisterhood for the 360,000 some women that make up its ranks. Here’s how it became a force in American society.