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
Source:WENNOriginal 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
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11. Suzanne de Passe
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12. C. Delores Tucker
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13. Rosa Parks
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14. Coretta Scott King
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15. Jessye Norman
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16. Alicia Keys
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17. Ella Fitzgerald
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18. Yolanda Adams
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19. Ava DuVernay
Source:WENNOriginal Chapter: Honorary
20. Alice Walker
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21. Iyanla Vanzant
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22. Regina Taylor
Source:GettyOriginal Chapter: Kappa Mu
23. Jada Pinkett-Smith
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24. JoMarie Payton
Source:WENNOriginal Chapter: Honorary
25. Brandy
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26. Marla Gibbs
Source:WENNOriginal Chapter: Honorary
27. A’ja Wilson
Source:GettyOriginal Chapter: Theta Gamma
28. Althea Gibson
Source:GettyOriginal Chapter: Beta Alpha
29. Lisa Borders
Source:GettyOriginal Chapter: Iota Mu
30. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee
Source:GettyOriginal Chapter: Alpha Kappa Omega
31. Katherine Johnson
Source:GettyOriginal Chapter: Nu
32. Star Jones
Source:GettyOriginal Chapter: Lambda Zeta
33. Sunny Hostin
Source:WENNOriginal Chapter: Upsilon Nu Omega
34. Shamari DeVoe
Source:GettyOriginal Chapter: Nu Lambda Omega
35. Yvette Lee Bowser
Source:GettyOriginal Chapter: Xi Beta
36. Roxie Roker
Source:GettyOriginal Chapter: Alpha
37. Yvette Nicole Brown
Source:GettyOriginal Chapter: Delta Pi
38. Vanessa Bell Calloway
Source:GettyOriginal Chapter: Delta Phi
39. Jamilah Lemieux
Source:GettyOriginal Chapter: Delta Rho Omega
40. Donda West
Source:GettyOriginal Chapter: Alpha Eta
41. Marjorie Vincent-Tripp
Source:GettyOriginal Chapter: Beta
42. Cassandra Wilson
Source:GettyOriginal Chapter: Beta Delta Omega
43. Nichelle Nichols
Source:WENNOriginal Chapter: Honorary
44. Tika Sumpter
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