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