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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated® History

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated®

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated (AKA) is an international service organization that was founded on January 15, 1908, on the campus of Howard University, in Washington, D.C. It is the oldest Greek-letter organization established by African American college-educated women. Alpha Kappa Alpha is comprised of nearly 300,000 members in approximately 1,022 graduate and undergraduate chapters in the United States, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Liberia, the Bahamas, Bermuda, Canada, Dubai, Germany, Japan, Liberia, and South Korea.

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporate®, started with nine women who were college graduates of Howard University. The initial nine, all with special talents and abilities invited seven more college educated women, which comprised and became known as the original 16 founders of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.

For more information on Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporate® and its programs, visit www.aka1908.com.

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated® Founders Norma Boyd * Anna Easter Brown * Beulah Burke * Lillie Burke * Marjorie Hill * Margaret Flagg Holmes * Ethel Hedgemon (Lyle) * Ethel Jones (Mowbray) * Alice Murray * Lavinia Norman * Sarah Meriweather (Nutter) * Joanna Berry (Shields) * Lucy Diggs Slowe * Carrie Snowden * Marie Woolfolk (Taylor) * Harriet Terry *

* Indicates deceased

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Box Number	URL Destination
BOX 1	http://www.aka1908.com
BOX 2	http://aka1908.com/northatlantic
BOX 3	http://www.aatodeaka.org

HERSTORY (1908.com)
The National Web site of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated®. Here you will find detail information of the history of the Sorority; its mission and purpose, and its service and programs.

North Atlantic Region (NAR)
The NAR of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated® covers chapters in 13 states. They are Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Eastern New York, Eastern Pennsylvania, Maine, Maryland Massachusetts, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

Alpha Alpha Tau Omega Chapter
History of Alpha Alpha Tau Omega Chapter's journey to becoming Chartered on May 16, 2021, as an official chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha, Incorporate®.

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