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The 116-year-old Black sorority has more than 360,000 members and focuses on leadership, scholarship, service, and excellence.
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 .
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 ...
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.
Barbara Anne McKinzie [1] (born January 2, 1954) [2] was from 2006 to 2010, the twenty-seventh International President of Alpha Kappa Alpha (ΑΚΑ), the first Greek-lettered sorority established and incorporated by African-American college women.
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In honor of her role as founder of AKA, in 1926 Alpha Kappa Alpha designated her Honorary Basileus, the only member with that title. [9] In 1951, the sorority established the Ethel Hedgeman Lyle Endowment Fund. [9] In 1994 Lyle's granddaughters, Andrea Lyle-Wilson and Muriel Lyle-Smith, were inducted as honorary members of Alpha Kappa Alpha. [9]
Together with eight other women, Burke founded Alpha Kappa Alpha on January 15, 1908. Burke suggested Alpha Kappa Alpha to be the name of the sorority. [6] Burke also named the organization's motto, since she took classes relating to Greek and symbolism. [6] Her suggestions of the sorority's colors: salmon pink and apple green, were adopted. [7]