Alpha Kappa Alpha

On January 15, 1908, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated began as a vision of nine college students on the campus of Howard University.  As the first African American Greek Lettered sorority, the sorority has grown into a union of thousands of college-trained women who are bound by a powerful mystique, a real moving factor in the lives of students in more than four hundred institutions of higher learning; it is one of the most solvent corporations in the world today.

As Alpha Kappa Alpha has grown, it has kept in balance two very important themes: the importance of the individual and strength of an organization of women of courage and ability.  As the world became more complex, there was a need for associations which cut across racial, geographical, political, physical and social barriers. Members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated strives to maintain high scholastic standards, sisterhood, and service to all mankind.