Ethel Hedgeman Lyle, original founder of Alpha Kappa AlphaCentennial Boule
Membership
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Worldwide Webcast of Centennial
centennial celebration
A Once-in-a-Century Celebration
"Stomp the Yard" Producers
Celebrate AKA Style
Honoring the Past & Pictures of Founders
Alpha Kappa Alpha (ΆΚΆ) is the first Greek-lettered sorority established and incorporated by African American college women. The sorority was founded on January 15, 1908, at Howard University in Washington, D.C. by a group of nine students, led by Ethel Hedgeman Lyle. Forming a sorority broke barriers for African-American women in areas where little power or authority existed due to a lack of opportunities for minorities and women in the early twentieth century. Alpha Kappa Alpha was incorporated on January 29, 1913. Consisting of college-educated women of African, Caucasian, Asian, and Hispanic descent, the sorority serves through a membership of more than 200,000 women in over 975 chapters in the United States and several other countries. Women may join through undergraduate chapters at a college or university, or through a graduate chapter after acquiring a college degree. Courtesy of Wikipedia.
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