Alpha Kappa Alpha History
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. was founded on January 15, 1908 on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C in Miner Hall. It is the first Greek-letter sorority established and incorporated by African-American college women. Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. was incorporated on January 29, 1913.
Quick Facts
Purpose
To cultivate and encourage high scholastic and ethical standards, to promote unity and friendship among college women, to study and help alleviate problems concerning girls and women in order to improve their social stature, to maintain a progressive interest in college life and to be of service to ALL mankind.
Colors
Salmon Pink and Apple Green
Femininity and Vitality
Motto
“By Culture and By Merit”
Founders
Ethel Hedgemon Lyle
Anna Easter Brown
Beulah Burke
Lillie Burke
Margaret Flagg Holmes
Marjorie Hill
Lucy Diggs Slowe
Lavinia Norman
Marie Woolfolk Taylor
Joanna Berry Shields
Norma E. Boyd
Ethel Jones Mowbray
Sarah Merriweather Nutter
Alice P. Murray
Carrie E. Snowden
Harriet J. Terry
As Alpha Kappa Alpha has grown, it has maintained its focus in two key arenas: the lifelong personal and professional development of each of its members; and galvanizing its membership into an organization of respected power and influence, consistently at the forefront of effective advocacy and social change that results in equality and equity for all citizens of the world.