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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated was founded by nine women on the campus of Howard University in Washington DC on Jan. 15, 1908. It is the oldest greek-letter organization created by and for African American collegiate women. Its founders were: Anna Easter Brown, Beulah Burke, Lillie Burke, Marjorie Hill, Margaret Flagg Holmes, Ethel Hedgeman (Lyle), Lavinia Norman, Lucy Diggs Slowe and Marie Woolfolk (Taylor). AKA has nearly 300,000 members in 1,018 graduate and undergraduate chapters worldwide.
Motto: “By Culture and By Merit”
Colors: Salmon Pink and Apple Green
Symbol: Ivy Leaf
Famous Members Of Alpha Kappa Alpha was originally published on woldcnews.com
1. Maya Angelou

Original Chapter: Honorary
2. Phylicia Rashad

Original Chapter: Alpha
3. Loretta Devine

Original Chapter: Epsilon Lambda
4. Wanda Sykes

Original Chapter: Gamma Theta
5. Toni Morrison

Original Chapter: Alpha
6. Cathy Hughes

Original Chapter: Honorary
7. Lynn Whitfield

Original Chapter: Honorary
8. Gladys Knight

Original Chapter: Honorary
9. Vice President Kamala Harris

Original Chapter: Alpha
10. Mae Jemison

Original Chapter: Honorary
11. Suzanne de Passe

Original Chapter: Honorary
12. C. Delores Tucker

Original Chapter: Honorary
13. Rosa Parks

Original Chapter: Honorary
14. Coretta Scott King

Original Chapter: Honorary
15. Jessye Norman

Original Chapter: Honorary
16. Alicia Keys

Original Chapter: Honorary
17. Ella Fitzgerald

Original Chapter: Honorary
18. Yolanda Adams

Original Chapter: Honorary
19. Ava DuVernay

Original Chapter: Honorary
20. Alice Walker

Original Chapter: Honorary
21. Iyanla Vanzant

Original Chapter: Honorary
22. Regina Taylor

Original Chapter: Kappa Mu
23. Jada Pinkett-Smith

Original Chapter: Honorary
24. JoMarie Payton

Original Chapter: Honorary
25. Brandy

Original Chapter: Honorary
26. Marla Gibbs

Original Chapter: Honorary
27. A’ja Wilson

Original Chapter: Theta Gamma
28. Althea Gibson

Original Chapter: Beta Alpha
29. Lisa Borders

Original Chapter: Iota Mu
30. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee

Original Chapter: Alpha Kappa Omega
31. Katherine Johnson

Original Chapter: Nu
32. Star Jones

Original Chapter: Lambda Zeta
33. Sunny Hostin

Original Chapter: Upsilon Nu Omega
34. Shamari DeVoe

Original Chapter: Nu Lambda Omega
35. Yvette Lee Bowser

Original Chapter: Xi Beta
36. Roxie Roker

Original Chapter: Alpha
37. Yvette Nicole Brown

Original Chapter: Delta Pi
38. Vanessa Bell Calloway

Original Chapter: Delta Phi
39. Jamilah Lemieux

Original Chapter: Delta Rho Omega
40. Donda West

Original Chapter: Alpha Eta
41. Marjorie Vincent-Tripp

Original Chapter: Beta
42. Cassandra Wilson

Original Chapter: Beta Delta Omega
43. Nichelle Nichols

Original Chapter: Honorary
44. Tika Sumpter

Original Chapter: Honorary