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    • Chapter Newsletter
  • Membership
  • Programs
    • Black Business Directory
    • Little Miss AKA Pageant >
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  Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Omicron Psi Omega Graduate Chapter
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International history

Herstory

Founded on the campus of Howard University, in 1908, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority became America's first Greek-letter organization established by African American college women. The idea for formation of a sorority for women of color was conceived by Ethel Hedgeman Lyle of St. Louis, Missouri. She viewed the Sorority as an instrument for enriching the social and intellectual aspects of college life by providing mental stimulation through interaction with friends and associates.

Through the years, however, Alpha Kappa Alpha's function has become more complex. After her incorporation as a perpetual body in 1913, Alpha Kappa Alpha gradually branched out and became the channel through which selected college-trained women improved the socioeconomic conditions in their city, state, nation, and the world.

Our sisterhood is composed of women who have consciously chosen this affiliation as a means of self-fulfillment through volunteer service. Alpha Kappa Alpha cultivates and encourages high scholastic and ethical standards; promotes unity and friendship among college women; alleviates problems concerning girls and women; maintains a progressive interest in college life; and serves all mankind. Today the influence and concerns of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority extend far beyond campus gates and student interests.

Visit our national website www.aka1908.com for more information.
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Our twenty pearls

​The Original Group
Marjorie Hill
Lucy D. Slowe
Lillie Burke
Ethel Hedgeman Lyle
Anna E. Brown
Marie Woolfolk Taylor 
Beulah E. Burke 
Margaret Flagg Holmes

Lavinia Norman
The Incorporators
Norma Boyd
Julia E. Brooks
Ethel Jones Mowbray 
Nellie M. Quander
Nellie Pratt Russell 
Minnie B. Smith   ​
The Sophomores
Norma Boyd
Ethel J. Mowbray
Alice P. Murray
Sarah M. Nutter
Joanna B. Shields
Carrie E. Snowden 

Harriett J. Terry
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