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Alpha Kappa Alpha is the first sorority founded by African-American women. The sorority was founded on January 15, 1908, at Howard University. The sorority has more than 200,000 women in over 950 chapters. They are in the United States, the Caribbean, Germany, Korea and Japan.
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The official crest of Alpha Kappa Alpha.
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Main Hall and Miner Hall in 1868. Miner Hall is located to the left. Miner Hall was the site of Alpha Kappa Alpha's founding on January 15, 1908. The building was demolished in 1961.
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A 1921 Certificate of Membership from the Gamma Chapter at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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A close up of an Alpha Phi Alpha delegate badge from the 23rd Boulé. The tri-convention—consisting of Alpha Kappa Alpha, Alpha Phi Alpha, and Kappa Alpha Psi—was held from December 27, through 31, 1940 in Kansas City, Missouri.
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A 1934 issue of Ivy Leaf, Alpha Kappa Alpha's official organ
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Acting Surgeon General Rear Admiral Kenneth P. Moritsugu addressing participants at the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated's 98th National Founders Day in 2006. Then Alpha Kappa Alpha Executive Director Barbara McKinzie sits to the right.
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ΑΚΑ's centennial museum at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center
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An "Ivy Leaf Pledge Club" located at Wilberforce University in 1922
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The nine regions of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority within the United States
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Members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated assisting Delaware's Department of Highway Safety in distributing booster seats to low income children
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Alpha Kappa Alpha's Alpha Epsilon chapter at Virginia State University in 1994.