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Alpha Kappa Delta (ΑΚΔ) is an international honor society of sociology. It is a non-secret, democratic organization founded in 1920 by Emory S. Bogardus . It has over 106,000 members across more than 630 chapters worldwide.
Delta Sigma Theta founders, 1913, at Howard University. Myra Davis Hemmings at the far left, back row. At Howard University in Washington, D.C., Davis was a part of the group of seven who joined the Alpha chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha in 1912; she served as its president.
Ethel Jones Mowbray (died November 25, 1948) was one of the twenty founders of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated, the first sorority founded by African-American women. Her legacy was an organization that has helped African-American women succeed in college, prepare for leadership and organize in communities, and serve their communities in ...
Alpha Delta: 2008 University of Florida: Gainesville, Florida: Active Alpha Epsilon: 2008 University of Wisconsin–Madison: Madison, Wisconsin: Active Alpha Zeta: 1998 University of Illinois Chicago: Chicago, Illinois: Active Alpha Eta: 1997 Baylor University: Waco, Texas: Active Alpha Theta: 2002 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State ...
In 2006, Alpha Kappa Alpha paired with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in celebrating the seventy-first anniversary of the Mississippi Health Project. International President Linda White commented on the necessity to bring attention to the healthcare in the area: "Our members began working with the NIH in a campaign to reduce the risks ...
Nellie May Quander (February 11, 1880 - September 24, 1961) was an incorporator and the first international president of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority. As president for several years, she helped expand the sorority and further its support of African-American women at colleges and in communities.
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.
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]